FNW discusses lawsuit on Fish Hunt Northwest
Our friends at Fish Hunt Northwest interviewed FNW’s Mark Riedesel to discuss progress on the pending litigation. The 20 minute interview begins roughly at 30:30 in the video below.
Fish Northwest membership topped 150 individuals and 25 businesses this month.
How do you become a member? By donating to Fish Northwest you are automatically a member of our team! New members are joining weekly. We thank all of you who are stepping up to help restore equity and opportunity to Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing! Visit us at Fishnorthwest.org
The leadership within WDFW has turned its back on Washington State’s recreational salmon anglers
Admittedly, salmon fisheries management and season setting are highly complex. But over the last six years we’ve witnessed and learned enough to understand that something has gone very wrong, and the current process is broken. The fact is that by failing to address these critical management deficiencies, the leadership within WDFW has turned its back […]
Just how bad has it gotten?
Fish Northwest (FNW) sees three areas where major deficiencies exist within the management of Puget Sound recreational salmon fisheries; A dysfunctional North of Falcon season setting process, a flawed ten year Puget Sound Chinook Resource Management Plan (RMP), and the lack of an Endangered Species Act (ESA) fishing permit for the State. The cumulative effect […]
FNW INITIATES LAWSUIT CALLING FOR COURT TO UPHOLD BOLDT DECISION
NEWS RELEASE CONTACT INFORMATION:Brett Rosson, PresidentFish Northwestwww.fishnorthwest.org RELEASE DATE:October 5, 2020 FISH NORTHWEST INITIATES LAWSUIT CALLING FOR COURT TO UPHOLD BOLDT DECISION OLYMPIA, WA: This week Fish Northwest (FNW), a non-profit entity concerned with restoring fishing opportunities for Washington’s recreational anglers, has filed a Motion to Intervene in the United States versus Washington, 384 F. […]
Progress
Many individuals and businesses have given financial contributions to Fish Northwest over the past few months. They did this in hopes of seeing a reversal in the massive decline in the fishing opportunity we sportsmen of Puget Sound have witnessed in the last five years. Like our generous donors, we at Fish Northwest came to […]
Why Do You Fish? An interview with Mark Riedesel of Fish Northwest
Fish Northwest’s own Mark Riedesel had the opportunity to chat with Jamie Peth of Anglers Unlimited about the Fish Northwest mission, history and the road ahead as we fight to restore opportunity for Puget Sound recreational anglers.
The Future
Predation mitigation In the near future, we intend to address pinniped (seals and sea lions), and bird predation of our juvenile salmon through the use of non-lethal measures. We believe predation of young salmon, along with habitat degradation, are the primary threats to the survival of Puget Sound salmon. Without an intense and proactive focus […]
Inslee is not on our side. No big surprise there!
This article should leave no doubt as to where the Governor is with regard to recreational fishing. The tribes, along with the Department and some members of the Commission, worked hard to get these vetoes. This is what we are up against politically and why FNW needs to be involved in the legislative process. https://www.fishermensnews.com/story/2020/05/01/todays-catch/credit-where-its-due/664.html
The public’s opportunity to fish has been severely reduced and, in some areas, eliminated.
While progress has been made on many of the conservationefforts underway throughout the state, the same cannot be said for thepublic’s opportunity to fish for salmon in Puget Sound. Quite the contrary,over the last decade, the public’s opportunity to fish has been severelyreduced and, in some areas, eliminated.
