Fisheries

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Department Contact:

Joseph Anderson

Director

Staff:

Archie Cantrell

Fisheries Technician

Policy Representative

Steve Dillon

Hatchery Manager

Sarah Bryant

Secretary/Receptionist

Herman Dillon, Jr.

Program Coordinator

Russell Ladley

Resource Protection Manager

Eric Marks

Fisheries Biologist

Chris Phinney

Biologist, Harvest Management

Terry Sebastian

Fisheries Biologist

Blake Smith

Enhancement Biologist

Jeffery Thomas

TFW Program Director

Marie Parnel

Field Biologist

Andrew Berger

Field Biologist

Phone:

(253) 845-9225

Fisheries Regulations Hotline:

(253) 845-7747

Mailing Address:

6824 Pioneer Way W.
Puyallup, WA 98424

Mission

To preserve, protect, and enhance the five species of the Pacific Salmon in our usual and accustomed areas, and the water resources that determine their viability. The mission statement relates to the following Tribal departments working together to address Tribal issues as follows:

  • Tribal Fish and Wildlife
  • Historical Preservation (archives)
  • G.I.S.
  • Shellfish
  • Hunting
  • Environmental
  • Land Use
  • Law Enforcement (fisheries)
  • Law Office
  • Puyallup Tribal Fish Commission
  • TERO Program
  • Puyallup International
  • Tribal Building Inspector
  • Chief Leschi Schools (field trips, job fair, presentations)
  • Chinook Landing Marina
  • Compliance Office

Cooperating with the following agencies:

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Army Core of Engineers
  • WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
  • NW Indian Fish Commission
  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife
  • Pierce County Planning Dept.
  • National Marine Fisheries Service
  • Dept. of Ecology
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • Pacific Salmon Commission
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Accomplishments

Spawning Report

Fisheries completed its 12th annual Puyallup River Watershed salmon, steel­head and char spawning report. This report presents the most detailed review of anadromous fish distribution and abundance available. It also contains survey data collected by the WDFW and Muckleshoot Tribes affording readers a compilation of all fish survey data collected. We also incorporate the Corps of Engineers fish haul data collected at the Buckley Trap on the White River as well as the Electron Project smolt trap data. This data is presented in graphic form. The report is posted electronically at the NW Indian Fisheries Commission website.

Puyallup River Smolt Trap

Since 2000, the Puyallup Tribe has monitored out–migrating, juvenile sal-monid, and populations in the Puyallup River using a five–foot diameter, rotary screw trap. This project is part of an ongoing effort to estimate juvenile production of native Chinook (O. tschawytscha), Coho (O. kitsutch), Pink (O. nerka), Chum (O. keta) and Steelhead (O. mykiss) in the Puyallup system. The trap is located at River Mile 10.6, just upstream from the confluence of the White River.