10/26/2026
Last week, YOU made history in Sequim.
On Thursday, more than 100 salmon advocates from across the region, ranging in age from toddlers to retirees, joined the Let Our Salmon Come Home campaign in person and virtually for a day of action as the Pacific Salmon Commission convened to advance negotiations for the 2028 Pacific Salmon Treaty.
The day kicked off with an energetic rally full of sign-making, live music, food, and camaraderie, followed by a press conference where voices from across the coast shared what’s at stake in the treaty renegotiation for our salmon, Southern Resident killer whales, and coastal communities. Then we took our message straight to the commission ahead of the public comment period with a powerful procession and a large-scale visual display, amplifying the coastwide call to reform the Pacific Salmon Treaty and Let Our Salmon Come Home to the rivers, ecosystems, and communities that depend on them.
The public comment period drew a record turnout, the largest in the commission’s four-decade history. Of the many individuals who signed up to provide oral testimony, every person who spoke—from commercial and recreational fishers to Tribal representatives, salmon and orca conservationists, and beyond—called on the commission to reform the Pacific Salmon Treaty, transition away from unsustainable ocean fishing, and Let Our Salmon Come Home. In addition to those who testified, dozens of others submitted written comments in advance, which we hand-delivered to the commission during the meeting.
To everyone who showed up, spoke up, made signs, volunteered, or supported the movement from afar: THANK YOU. Together, we made the public’s message impossible to ignore.
Ready to add your voice to the coastwide movement to reform unsustainable ocean fisheries and Let Our Salmon Come Home? Add your name here: https://letoursalmoncomehome.org/join-the-movement/