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Just 12 reefnet fishing licenses remain today, and only one belongs to a tribe member. Only 12 reefnet fishing licenses remain today, and Tah-Mahs Ellie Kinley is the sole tribe member in possession ...

Ellie Kinley, a member of the Lummi (Lhaq’temish) Nation, stands on her fishing boat in Bellingham Bay’s Squalicum Harbor on Nov. 17, 2023. Kinley is the last Indigenous reef net permit holder of the ...

Reef net fishing intercepts chinook, coho, sockeye, chum and pink salmon as they travel from the Pacific Ocean to spawn in the Fraser River near present-day Washington state and British Columbia.