Upgrading Tribal Fish Handling and Quality to Enhance Value and Value-added Opportunities
Presentation Abstract
Presenting on work with Western Washington tribal fishermen to enhance the commercial value of their catch. Today’s challenges include stiff competition from high-quality seafood products and limited markets for tribal harvests. This project works with tribal fishermen to addresses those challenges through improved handling, storage and quality practices, and by expanding opportunities to sell their products to a tribal retail seafood market. Salmon is primary species, but dungeness crab, molluscan shellfish also. Tribes include: Lummi, Nisqually, Squaxin, and Swinomish. Working primarily with small skiff fishermen in neighboring rivers: Nooksack, Nisqually, Skagit. Tribal retail seafood market is operated by Lummi Nation.
Session Title
Session S-10H: Salish Sea Foods: Cultural Practices, Sustainable Markets, and Environmental Stewardship
Conference Track
Social Science Plus
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2014 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2-5-2014 1:30 PM
End Date
2-5-2014 3:00 PM
Location
Room 607
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Seafood--Washington (State), Western--Marketing; Indians of North America--Fishing--Washington (State), Western; Indians of North America--Washington (State), Western--Economic conditions--21st century
Geographic Coverage
Washington (State), Western; Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Upgrading Tribal Fish Handling and Quality to Enhance Value and Value-added Opportunities
Room 607
Presenting on work with Western Washington tribal fishermen to enhance the commercial value of their catch. Today’s challenges include stiff competition from high-quality seafood products and limited markets for tribal harvests. This project works with tribal fishermen to addresses those challenges through improved handling, storage and quality practices, and by expanding opportunities to sell their products to a tribal retail seafood market. Salmon is primary species, but dungeness crab, molluscan shellfish also. Tribes include: Lummi, Nisqually, Squaxin, and Swinomish. Working primarily with small skiff fishermen in neighboring rivers: Nooksack, Nisqually, Skagit. Tribal retail seafood market is operated by Lummi Nation.
