Recreational anglers begin protests against tribal fisheries

THE FIRST PROTEST following the failure of the North of Falcon salmon season negotiations occurred Wednesday in La Conner.

A small band of recreational anglers gathered on the Rainbow Bridge over the Swinomish Channel to protest the Swinomish tribe’s plans for 25 boats to conduct three separate gillnet fisheries for chinook in Skagit Bay.

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