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Sustainable reef net fishing is a salmon harvesting technique created and used by Lummi and Coast Salish Indigenous people over 1,000 years. In WA’s northern waters, Lummi keep sustainable ...
The NMFS maintains the Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Science Centers, both located in Seattle. The Alaska Fisheries Science Center is located on the grounds of the now-closed Naval Station Puget Sound. The Northwest Fisheries Science Center is located adjacent to the University of Washington. This site is also home to the Northwest and Alaska ...
The first Lummi potlatch since 1937 was hosted in 2007. [4] For the Lummi nation, canoes are a large part of their culture. Each year in June, the Lummi Nation hosts the Lummi Stommish Water Carnival, which features large canoe race, as well as having dancing and traditional gambling games. Tribes from Washington and British Columbia compete in ...
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) and the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs announced that $240 million from the Inflation Reduction Act would be awarded to 27 Tribal Nations ...
[1] [2] The ferry carries both pedestrians and vehicles to Lummi Island from Gooseberry Point west of Bellingham, Washington. The Gooseberry Point terminal is situated on land belonging to the Lummi Nation. [3] A 35-year lease was agreed between Whatcom County and the Lummi Nation in September 2011.
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Fisheries in inland waters of the United States are small compared to marine fisheries. The largest fisheries are the landings from the Great Lakes, worth about $13 million in 2003, [15] with a similar amount from the Mississippi River basin. [16] This is less than one percent of the dollar value of the marine fisheries. [5]
The Gateway Pacific Terminal was a proposed export terminal at Cherry Point (Lummi: Xwe’chi’eXen) in Whatcom County, Washington, along the Salish Sea shoreline. It was announced in 2011 and would have exported coal, but was opposed by local residents and the Lummi Nation, who had an ancestral village site at Cherry Point.