Kimberly Cauvel

Mount Vernon

Business and East County Reporter at Skagit Valley Herald

Business, ag and east county reporter covering #NorthCascades ⛰️ to #SalishSea 🌊 for @goskagit / Skagit Valley Herald. 🥾➡️👩‍💻➡️📰

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Articles

Treaty tribes bring critical voices to World Fisheries Congress

Mar 25, 2024 | nwtreatytribes.org | Kimberly Cauvel

People around the world rely heavily on fish as a nutritional resource and economic commodity. Fisheries scientists, policymakers and other key players in these food systems gathered in Seattle in early March to discuss the latest research, trends and challenges for the world’s fisheries at the ninth annual World Fisheries Congress.
Fisheries co-managers drafting joint hatchery policy

Sep 26, 2023 | nwtreatytribes.org | Kimberly Cauvel

For decades, treaty tribes have operated their own hatchery programs to help sustain the region’s salmon and steelhead populations. Tribes have built the facilities, staffed them, updated and expanded the programs and infrastructure as needed, and have run extensive monitoring and research on the fish throughout their life cycles. “This work is staggering,” said Ed Johnstone, NWIFC chair.
'Great success': Baker River sockeye reach record number

Sep 12, 2023 | nwtreatytribes.org | Kimberly Cauvel

A record number of Baker River sockeye are making their way upriver this year. The fisheries co-managers—consisting of the Upper Skagit and Swinomish tribes and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)—are estimating a total return of more than 65,000 Baker River sockeye for 2023. The Baker River is a tributary of the Skagit River.