Federal Judge Denies QIN Bid To Expand U&A To Lower Columbia, Willapa Bay

Court rules against Quinault fishing expansion, but fight isn’t over

WILLAPA BAY — The Quinault Indian Nation’s initial effort to seize fishing rights from Willapa Bay to 60 miles east along the Lower Columbia River was shot down by a federal judge on June 2. The Quinault, whose territory centers on Grays Harbor and the area immediately to its north, took preliminary steps earlier this spring to reopen the process of claiming treaty-protected “usual and accustomed” fishing and shellfishing grounds extend south in…

Court rules against Quinault fishing takeover

‘We disagree with the ruling that our southern boundary has already been established’

Federal Judge Denies QIN Bid To Expand U&A To Lower Columbia, Willapa Bay

A federal judge in short order has denied a Quinault Indian Nation bid to expand their usual and accustomed fishing and shellfishing grounds to Willapa Bay and 60 miles up the Lower Columbia, though it could always be appealed. The post Federal Judge Denies QIN Bid To Expand U&A To Lower Columbia, Willapa Bay appeared first on .