Solar Powered

This year we launched five more solar powered boats, raising the total Lummi Island Wild Co-op solar fleet to three reefnet gear sets and a floating tender barge. In 2007 we launched our pilot solar powered reefnet boat, making Lummi Island Wild the first solar powered wild salmon fishery in the world! The solar upgrade was made possible by a partnership with Alpha Energy. Alpha has helped distinguish Lummi Island Wild as the model for sustainable salmon fishing. Healthy, sustainable, wild, and solar powered!

  "reef nets stand out as the original and still the best in selective fishing."

"the most selective fishing gear available."

-Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Ultra Low By Catch

Reefnetting has almost ZERO by-catch mortality -meaning for every 200 non-targeted or protected wild salmon we catch and release, one will die. No other fishery approaches such a sustainable level. After a successful catch, reefnet salmon are gently rolled into a live well, having been out of the water for only seconds. This gives us an extremely high success rate for releasing non-targeted species unharmed. The reward, in this case, is seeing them swim away.

Learn more in our Media Gallery:

How is Reefnetting Sustainable - Video

Wild Sockeye Release - Video

Lummi Island Wild is a proud recipient of the Governor's Award for Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Practices.