Let our Salmon Come Home

[the_chemist]

Hey folks,

The once a decade Pacific Salmon Treaty conversation is officially going down. I don’t always align with Wild Fish Conservancy, but they nailed this one filing a monster lawsuit to provide leverage for PST. Providing comments for this process via Let Our Salmon Come Home is the biggest contribution you can currently make for the future of our fish populations IMO.

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Too many of our salmon are intercepted and killed far from home in distant ocean fisheries—and too few fish return from the ocean nursery to spawn and give

letoursalmoncomehome.org

 

[speedbird]

Signed the letter, where else can I comment?

 

[DimeBrite]

Uhhh, maybe read the text of the lawsuit first

 

[FinLuver]

Broodstock…
Viva La Hatcheries.

 

[the_chemist]

Uhhh, maybe read the text of the lawsuit first

Like I said, I dont align on a lot of wfc policies but check their stats:

There is a 5:1 ratio of SE Alaska/Canada caught Puget Sound chinook to all of WA state. Letting even half our fish back would alleviate a lot of the problems we've experienced the last 10 years.

This lawsuit is working to get more wild chinook (and by extension hatchery) back to puget sound.

 

[DimeBrite]

Here's some detailed info on WFC's most recent intent to sue from their website:

Wild Fish Conservancy Serves Notice of Intent to Sue Over Alaska Fisheries Catching Threatened and Endangered Pacific Northwest Chinook Without Federal Oversight – Wild Fish Conservancy Northwest

Today, Wild Fish Conservancy announced that it has notified NOAA Fisheries and Alaska state officials of its intent to sue over commercial and sport salmon fisheries along the Alaska Peninsula, including the marine waters of the Chignik area, and around Kodiak Island that harvest threatened and...

wildfishconservancy.org

https://wildfishconservancy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-28_Notice-Letter_Alaska-Peninsula-Kodiak.pdf.pdf

 

[the_chemist]

Signed the letter, where else can I comment?

Great question. If I find anything else, ill pass it along.

 

[Westfly Refugee]

Done.
The last 20 years of this treaty and the deliberate targeting of OR/WA chinook stocks has resulted in the decline of our fisheries and the younger age class, 12lb cookie-cutter chinook that now predominate our in-river fisheries.