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...
by NSIA | Nov 3, 2017 | General
Liz Hamilton, Executive Director of the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association was asked by House and Senate Leadership to serve on the Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Rural Communities, and Tribes Work Group – for the Clean Energy and Jobs Bill. Additionally,...
by NSIA | Oct 27, 2017 | General
Gabe Miller of Sportco/Farwest Sports & NSIA both want to encourage all anglers salmon fishing in the Puget Sound, to fill out and return WDFW’s Salmon Trip Report form below. Per Gabe: “As many of you know collecting enough of the right data can be challenging...
by NSIA | Oct 13, 2017 | General
HR 3144 Testimony Final
by NSIA | Aug 25, 2017 | General
Anglers from all over the Northwest came together Friday, August 18th, to compete for the most and biggest salmon at the Buoy 10 on the Columbia River, the biggest salmon fishery in the lower 48 states. They were competing in the Northwest’s most popular derby...
by NSIA | Aug 7, 2017 | General
Last winter a mere 512 ESA-Listed, wild winter steelhead passed over Willamette falls to spawn in their natal streams. Sadly, a minimum of 25% of this historic low return was consumed by male sea lions staged at the base of the falls, where the steelhead are...