The new NWIFC News features a story about the concerns of the Quinault Indian Nation about shrinking glaciers that feed two major coastal rivers. From the magazine:

The glaciers that feed the Queets and Quinault rivers are just fractions of their size today from a few decades ago. As they recede, they threaten salmon stocks important to the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN).

“These glaciers once provided

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The new NWIFC Magazine features the efforts of coastal tribes to track harmful algea blooms in the Pacific Ocean and their impact on wildlife and fish stocks.

From the magazine:

In only the second incident of its kind reported in scientific journals on the West Coast, thousands of seabirds died on the Washington coast as the result of the effects of a harmful algae bloom.

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The new NWIFC Magazine features a round up of salmon management successes by the tribes which are yielding results for all fishermen.

From the management roundup:

While overall salmon populations continue to decline mostly because of lost and damaged habitat, 2009 was a bright year for many stocks. Indian and non-Indian fishermen enjoyed harvests in some areas for the first time in years. While the tribal

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A look back on the 25 year history of tribal and state fisheries co-management is one of the featured stories in the newest NWIFC Magazine, which you can download as a pdf here: .

Lorraine Loomis, the Swinomish Tribe’s fisheries manager, has participated in every North of Falcon process since the 1980s and acts at the treaty tribes’ lead negotiator. From the article:

Cooperative co-management continues

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The work by the Quinault Indian Nation to combat fish disease is one of the featured stories in the new NWIFC Magazine. You can download the entire magazine as a pdf file here: .

From the article:

Like humans, fish can carry pathogens that don’t kill them. Different strains of the same pathogen, however, can be lethal. That’s the problem confronting the Quinault Indian Nation (QIN)

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