NOAA Approves Tribal Summer Chum Salmon Hatchery Plan
Published Date: 6/2/2026
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The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe want to raise and release summer-run chum salmon in the Dungeness River. After checking their plan, NOAA says it won’t hurt the salmon or their homes, so they’re giving the green light. This means the hatchery program can start soon without messing up endangered fish recovery efforts.
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NOAA clears Dungeness hatchery plan
On June 2, 2026, NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service released an Evaluation and Recommended Determination saying the proposed hatchery program to rear and release summer-run chum salmon in the Dungeness River will not appreciably reduce survival or recovery and will not modify or destroy critical habitat for Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon, Puget Sound Chinook salmon, or Puget Sound steelhead. This determination allows the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe to implement the hatchery activities under the ESA 4(d) hatchery exemption.
Hatchery aims to aid salmon recovery
The hatchery program is designed to help reintroduce and recover Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon in the Dungeness River basin and includes research and monitoring to study effects on Hood Canal summer-run chum, Puget Sound Chinook, and Puget Sound steelhead. The HGMP is described as contributing to fulfillment of Federal trust responsibilities toward Tribes as affirmed in United States v. Washington (1974).
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