Damage to habitat quality and quantity:

Has led to low catches not seen since the tribal treaty right to harvest salmon was reaffirmed in the Boldt Decision:

Additional Resources

A Qualitative Assessment of Implementation of the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Recovery Plan, (Judge Report), NMFS, 2011

Regulating Shoreline Armoring in Puget Sound from Puget Sound Shorelines and the Impacts of Armoring, USGS, 2011

Historical Analysis of Habitat Alteration in the Snohomish River Valley, Tulalip Tribes and Snohomish County, 2001