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...
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 | Sep 8, 2017 | Action Alert
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...
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...
