Long Live The Kings

Programs: Salish sea marine survival project. The salish sea marine survival project leverages human and financial resources from the united states and canada to determine the primary factors affecting the survival of juvenile salmon and steelhead in the salish sea. It is the largest and most important research of its kind in the shared waters of british columbia and washington state with over 60 partnering organizations, addressing a key uncertainty impeding salmon recovery and sustainable fisheries. The project will is a comprehensive study of the physical, chemical and biological factors impacting salmon survival, in order to improve our collective understanding of salmon in saltwater, facilitating smarter management and stronger returns.

lilliwaup field station. Lilliwaup programs, including summer chum recovery in lilliwaup creek and steelhead recovery in four hood canal rivers, are the linchpin of hood canal salmonid-recovery efforts. Lilliwaup is currently the central rearing facility for the hood canal steelhead project, a multi-agency partnership begun by noaa fisheries and lltk to test a basin-wide approach to rebuilding depleted wild steelhead runs.

other programs: long live the kings is also advancing salmon recovery and sustainable fishing in the pacific northwest by working with partners to determine the cause of increased steelhead mortality at the hood canal bridge, developing and/or updating recovery plans for federally listed puget sound steelhead and chinook, building a constituency for salmon recovery through the survive the sound campaign, as well as facilitating watershed based recovery teams and coordinating a salmon recovery conference. Other programs include puget sound and hood canal projects, monitoring & adaptive management, statewide salmon management, recovery planning, education and outreach.