Tribe closes sale of chinook salmon by tribal members

The Nez Perce Tribe's Fish and Wildlife Commission has prohibited tribal members from selling spring and summer chinook from the Snake River and Columbia River basins.

The sale closure includes hatchery and wild chinook caught from Tucannon, Clearwater, Salmon, Imnaha and Grande Ronde sub-basins and chinook caught from the Snake and Columbia rivers. The prohibition will stand until changed by the tribe's fish and wildlife commission.