Fisheries

Fisheries Program Mission Statement:  To provide sustainable harvest opportunities for aquatic species of the first food order by protecting, conserving and restoring native aquatic populations and their habitats.

Fisheries Program Vision Statement:  The Umatilla basin includes a healthy river capable of providing First Foods that sustain the continuity of the Tribe's culture. This vision requires a river that is dynamic and shaped not only by physical and biological processes, but the interactions and interconnections between those two processes.

Read the Umatilla River Vision (pdf) to understand the values guiding our work.