by NSIA | Aug 3, 2018 | General
NSIA has been pushing for years for legislation to offer some relief to the salmon populations in the Columbia Basin that being decimated year after year by increasing numbers of voracious sea lions. Finally this year we are seeing some progress, first with...
by NSIA | Jul 6, 2018 | General
With a good deal of pressure from anglers, salmon conservation groups and the sportfishing industry, HR 2083, The Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act, passed through the House of Representatives 288/116. Speaking to the importance of salmon to our...
by NSIA | Jun 22, 2018 | General
NSIA joined with a coalition of fisheries organizations, representing both recreational and commercial fishermen, to voice our opposition to several salmon killing riders that are currently included House version of the 2019 Energy and Water Development Appropriations...
by NSIA | Jun 22, 2018 | General
At the request of NSIA and supported by the CCA, the NW Steelheaders, and the McKenzie River Guides Association , Oregon’s U. S. Representative Kurt Schrader, and the entire Oregon congressional delegation, sent a strongly worded set of questions to Colonel Aaron...
by NSIA | Jun 15, 2018 | General
NSIA has submitted a letter, signed by more than a hundred leaders in the Sportfishing industry, in support of H. R. 2083, which seeks to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow take of sea lions which are currently decimating threatened runs of salmon in...
by NSIA | Apr 20, 2018 | General
NSIA and 139 other sportfishing and related businesses have signed onto a letter opposing HR3144, which would do serious damage to salmon recovery in the Columbia River system. This bill would require Congressional authorization before changing dam operations or even...
