October 7, 2009 marked the official debut of a new educational tool now available to the general public on the Salmon For All website. Tangle Net Fishing on the Columbia River: A Sustainable Fishery is a new video by Larry Johnson of {read more}

The 12th annual Fisher Poets Gathering took place in Astoria, Oregon at the end of February 2009. Building on a surprisingly successful first event in 1998, each year since then the Fisher Poets Gathering has grown in size and in {read more}

In the year 2005, Rev. Irene Martin of Skamokawa, Washington set about undertaking a social study of poverty-related issues in the four rural counties in which the majority of Columbia River gillnet permit holders reside. These same four {read more}

Dan and Clair Stephan requested an easy to understand description of the mainstem commercial fishing Zones as they are used in Compact Action Notices. The following map is from the Joint Management Staff Status Report for Fall Fisheries. {read more}

The Working Snake River is an interesting site for those curious to see what the Lower Snake River looked like before the four lower Snake River dams were constructed. There are several articles and photo galleries, which among other {read more}

The rise of the CCA and its successful attempts to ban net fisheries in Texas, Florida, and Louisiana are chronicled in a fascinating book by Robert Fritchey, titled Wetland Riders, published by New Moon Books (Golden Meadow, LA, 1993). {read more}

Shortly after the Fisher Poets Gathering at the end of February 2009, Rhoda Toteff of Kalama, Washington kindly forwarded the link to a website of Historic Fishing photo albums, about which I had heard, but never had been able to {read more}