Citing a desire to protect fisheries and to put subsistence salmon on the tables of elders, the Samish Indian Nation is moving forward with its quest to regain treaty fishing rights. On Oct. 10, the ...

The Samish Tribe was back in federal court Wednesday, arguing for a motion to revisit a landmark ruling that stripped the Northwest tribe of its fishing rights more than 25 years ago. Tribal Chairman ...

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has instituted special fishing rules to maintain a more orderly Samish River hatchery Chinook salmon fishery. These rules are detailed in the annual fishing ...

Samish Indian elder Lena Daniels, 96, gazed from the deck of a boat last summer at the site of a fish camp on Orcas Island that her family once called home. Nine decades ago -- long before the U.S.

A hook gap size restriction is in effect for anglers on the Samish River from the mouth at Bayview-Edison Road to Thomas Bridge. According to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the maximum ...