by NSIA | Jan 26, 2018 | General
Oregon’ Governor Brown issues letter expressing “deep concerns” that HR 3144, an anti-spill bill that flies in the face of science-based analysis. NSIA’s Executive Liz Hamilton testified at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing in DC last...
by NSIA | Jan 26, 2018 | General
An unprecedented 3-Governor letter has been signed in support of HR 2083. After months of collaboration between NSIA, The Fish and Wildlife Departments in OR, WA and ID, The Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission and The Wild Salmon Center, this...
by NSIA | Jan 12, 2018 | General
This week, NSIA Executive Director, Liz Hamilton, wrote to Robert Anderson, Acting Branch Chief for the NOAA Fisheries’ West Coast Region, Protected Resources Division, submitting comments in support of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s...
by NSIA | Jan 12, 2018 | General
NSIA has sent a letter to Dr. Jim Unsworth, Director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Dr. Brad Smith, Chair of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to communicate our concerns with the Puget Sound Chinook Harvest Management Plan as it is...
by NSIA | Dec 15, 2017 | General
NSIA hosted their annual Run Forecast meeting where industry leaders met with agency heads to discuss the 2018 expectations for the Columbia River system salmon runs. Posted here is the Preliminary Draft of the ODFW/WDFW analysis of 2017’s returns and the...