Yakama Nation Fisheries | Yakama Nation Fisheries

The fish in the Columbia River and its tributaries are of paramount importance to our people, our diet, and our health.

Through our treaty-reserved rights, we advocate for the resources that cannot speak for themselves, and we provide outreach and education activities that empower others to do the same.

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Restore

Our biologists and technicians are out in the field every day, actively restoring the river in accordance with our traditions and rigorous science.

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Project Gallery

Eel-like Pacific lamprey J.Yallup and Patrick Luke

Coho work-up at Prosser

Willamette Falls

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Resources for Educators

Washington state now requires all K-12 schools to teach a new curriculum called Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington State. The Yakama Nation has been an active participant in the development of the curriculum, which educators will use as they teach...

Harvest

Yakama Nation Harvest Management

Under the Treaty of 1855, the Yakama Nation reserved the right to fish, hunt and gather and other rights at all usual and accustomed places. This includes the preservation of fish habitat at all usual and accustomed fishing places...