USA, et al v. State of Washington, et al

  1. March 22, 2019

    Wash. Tribe Can Pursue Ruling On Fishing Grounds

    A Washington federal judge has rebuffed challenges to the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians’ bid for a ruling that its fishing grounds include marine waters, rejecting arguments by two other tribes that an earlier ruling in the decadeslong litigation had already decided the point.

  2. June 04, 2018

    Tribes Denied In Bid To Stop Crab Fishery Plan In Wash.

    A Washington federal judge on Friday denied bids from various tribes for a temporary restraining order barring the Lummi Nation from carrying out a crab fishery plan in an area of water that encompasses Skagit Bay, saying that the Lummi has already said it doesn't have any plans to actually fish the waters.

  3. April 17, 2018

    Wash. Tribes' Fishing Boundary Won't Be Tweaked

    A Washington federal judge Monday refused a request by the Quileute Indian tribe and the Quinault Nation to revisit his order defining their fishing territory so that a more generous western boundary could be drawn, saying the facts didn't show that the court had made an error.

  4. March 06, 2018

    Nisqually, Squaxin Tribes Hammer Out Fishing Rights Deal

    The Nisqually Indian Tribe and the Squaxin Island Tribe asked a Washington federal court Monday to approve a settlement agreement that would end their long-running dispute over contested fishing rights in waters located in the southern part of Puget Sound.

  5. September 22, 2017

    9th Circ. Affirms Narrowed Fishing Area For Wash. Tribe

    A Ninth Circuit panel Friday said that the Suquamish tribe does not have the right to fish in an area on the eastern side of Washington's Puget Sound, upholding a ruling that there was no evidence presented in a key 1975 hearing that the tribe ever fished or traveled through the area.

  6. March 21, 2017

    Wash. Tribe Wins Temporary Block On Others' Halibut Fishing

    A Washington federal judge on Monday granted an emergency request by the Quileute Tribe to temporarily block the first day of unrestricted halibut fishing by tribes in the region because of bad weather on the coast that would give inland tribes an unfair advantage, despite pushback from three tribes who said weather forecasts don't normally demand a delay across the board.

  7. March 03, 2017

    Tideland Owners Can't Duck Fishing Plan Dispute With Tribe

    A Washington federal judge on Thursday shot down a tideland owner's bid for a quick win in a dispute with the Skokomish Indian Tribe over a fishing plan, saying evidence indicates the tribe has yet to receive its share of a shellfish harvest despite exercising its treaty rights.

  8. October 18, 2016

    Tribes Blast Attempt To Discuss Changes To Fishing Plan

    The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe urged a Washington federal court on Monday to reject the Quileute Tribe's attempt to force various tribes to have settlement discussions about modifying a plan that seeks to balance their halibut fishing rights.

  9. June 16, 2016

    Landmark Ruling Doesn't Curb Tribe's Fishing, Judge Says

    A landmark Washington federal ruling does not prohibit the Squaxin Island Tribe from fishing in a contested part of the southern Puget Sound, a judge concluded Wednesday in the Nisqually Indian Tribe's fishing rights dispute.

  10. February 22, 2016

    Puget Sound Tribes Fight Each Other For Fishing Rights

    The Squaxin Island and Nisqually tribes asked a Washington federal judge Friday to put an end to a protracted dispute over which tribe has the right to fish in part of southern Puget Sound, with each nation arguing that a landmark 1974 ruling should be interpreted in its favor.