Industry (Local and Regional)

Books and periodicals documenting the history of fly fishing and its relationship to environmental studies. All materials are discoverable through the Western Libraries' catalog.

Transcripts of interviews with fly fishers in the Pacific Northwest. Persons interviewed discuss fly-tying, favorite locations, and memorable experiences.

Various collections of manuscript material pertaining to the history of fly fishing, primarily in the Pacific Northwest.

Extensive business records from one of the most dominant forces in the commercial fishing industry in Alaska and the Puget Sound from the late nineteenth through the late twentieth century.

Local historian Galen Biery was a long-term employee of the Pacific American Fisheries. His collection includes photographs, film and other research materials documenting the regional fishing industry.

Records include photos of the plant, employees, equipment & fleet.

Collection of a local historian that includes photographs, oral histories and research files, including substantial materials about the Lummi Nation.

Includes albums documenting fishing and canning industries in Alaska and the Puget Sound.

Reports, bulletins and yearbooks about North Pacific fish populations, including by the International Pacific Halibut Commission; International North Pacific Fisheries Commission; International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission; and the Washington State Department of Fisheries.

copies of correspondence, published materials and reports relating to Washington State fishing laws and violations, fishing and the cannery industry, fishways and dams, fish hatcheries, and tribal fishing rights in the Pacific Northwest.

Publications on various fishery topics dating from the 1930s to the 1980s

Shows locations of fish traps located in Whatcom, Skagit and San Juan Counties, circa 1900-1920.

Images of reef net fishing in Washington State, 1955-1981.

Papers of a former Washington State Senator and Representative for Washington State’s 2nd Congressional District. Include extensive files relating to fishing and fisheries management.

Extensive files relating to Northwest Native people's treaty and fishing rights.

Business records of one of the largest salmon fishing and packing operations, formerly headquartered in Bellingham, Washington.

Include research files and materials gathered for Radke's published history, "Pacific American Fisheries, Inc.".

Papers of a former President of the Pacific American Fisheries company, historian and recorder of Alaskan history.

Microfilm copies of oral history transcripts. Interviews were conducted between 1962-1979 by the Skagit County Historical Society with local residents and concern numerous topics such as social life, historical change, politics, agriculture, fishing, and timber. Index available at CPNWS.

Logbooks from the Squaw Harbor Cannery, Olga Bay Cannery, Petersburg Cannery

Includes files on fisheries management, dams and fish habitat.

Box 22 Fishing Industry

Color film documenting commercial fishing operations in Clam Gulch, Alaska, from 1958.

The materials in this collection document issues relating to women working in the Alaskan and Pacific Northwest commercial fishing industry.