July 29, 2024 — West Coast tribes are getting nearly $240 million from the federal government to improve their salmon hatcheries.
Twenty-seven tribes, including 21 from Washington state, will get an initial $2 million each to repair and modernize their aging hatcheries, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Thursday.
The remaining funds will be awarded competitively among the tribes “in the coming months,” federal officials said.
Jennifer Quan, regional administrator of NOAA Fisheries, called it “one of our greatest commitments of support for tribal fisheries since the treaties themselves that first assured the tribes access to the fisheries.”