The Confederated Salish-Kootenai Tribes are poised to move forward with a controversial lake trout suppression plan on Flathead Lake, with gill netting tentatively set to begin as early as April.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have filed a lawsuit in federal court that seeks to claim tribal ownership of water and water rights on the Flathead Reservation.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is initiating a process under the Clean Water Act to identify appropriate options to protect the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery in Bristol Bay, Alaska, from the potentially destructive impacts of the proposed Pebble Mine.

The Endangered Species Act Congressional Working Group, led by U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-WA, today released its final Report, Findings and Recommendations http://esaworkinggroup.hastings.house.gov/uploadedfiles/finalreportandrecommendations-113.pdf.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker this week determined a commercial fishery failure for the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery in Washington State.

A stretch run of sorts has been entered in an Oregon legal process in which newly approved Columbia River fishing rules limiting gill-nets are being challenged by commercial fishing interests.

NOAA Vice Adm. Michael S. Devany this week assumed the role of NOAA’s deputy under secretary for operations following President Obama’s approval of his appointment by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Devany served most recently as director of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations.