Metlakatla Aquatic Resources

09/25/2026

Huge thank you from the MAR team to the members for your encouragement! You gave us what we need to keep on pushing through ❤️ It was great to see everyone outside fish season! Looking forward to the meeting MAR is planning for an update now! Stay tuned for updates on the meeting our team will be hosting….

09/18/2026

Don’t forget this is Monday! Our team will be there and hope to see you there too!

🍽️ MSS Community Dinner & Update Meeting 🍽️

The Maxtaxaala Stewardship Society (MSS) invites Metlakatla members to join a community dinner and update meeting on Monday, September 21, 2026, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Metlakatla Community Hall.

Come hear updates from all MSS departments, enjoy dinner, connect with community members, and enter for a chance to win door prizes!

🚢 Ferry transportation will be provided for members travelling from Prince Rupert. The ferry will depart Prince Rupert at 2:30 PM and return at 7:30 PM.

✅ Please RSVP to Jean Nelson at [email protected] by September 15, 2026 for catering purposes.

Don't miss this opportunity to engage, stay informed, and connect with your community.

See the poster below for full details. We hope to see you there!

09/17/2026

Good Evening!
Sorry we have been quiet for so long we have had our heads down running after European Green Crab since April. The longest break we took was for the salmon portion of the FSC program (we missed one trapping set that month).

Now for the update on numbers.. are you sitting down? As of this trapping set we hit 4,000 EGC pulled from the territory! I will have exact numbers and female to male ratio by the end of tomorrow and will comment on the post with that information. Last season our team had 602 with 377 males and 225 females. Our team has gotten really good at finding EGC on the beaches along with our trapping program. This has increased our numbers drastically in the last bit. We hit 2000 EGC Aug 27 and in the last 3 weeks pulled another 2000 from beaches. We are seeing the numbers climb drastically now however we are doing everything in our power to protect the area surrounding Metlakatla village.

Now for the positive side of this update. Our beaches still have an abundance of shore crabs, healthy clam beds, large eelgrass beds and juvenile Dungeness on them. This is a really positive sign for how the territory is holding up so far with this invasion. They have been here for 3 years now and we still have healthy beaches. That is the goal to keep the beaches especially surrounding the village as healthy as possible for as long as possible.

If you have a pair of chest waders and are interested in coming to learn with our team please reach out to Sarah at [email protected]. We have a good team of contractors now but are always looking for more hands to help get them off the beach.

07/29/2026

Update: All the halibut was distributed in the village. We should have another boat in at the dock in town on Sunday afternoon.

Good evening Metlakatla members! Tomorrow July 29th we have halibut coming in and will be starting in Metlakatla at the dock at 10 am. If we finish distributing to members on that side we will bring the boat to Prince Rupert to get more members here too.

Members who have not received your allocation we are getting close to being finished with the season so please reach out if you have not heard from our staff. Chances are we have an incorrect number on the list or we are that weird number that keeps calling you. Thank you and hope to see you tomorrow!

07/21/2026

Good morning Metlakatla members! Tomorrow morning our seine will be offloading in Prince Rupert while totes are brought into Metlakatla. Going to be getting members on both sides again thanks to teamwork 😊 There will be more then last round so hopefully no one leaves the dock without fish this go! We will start making calls today to arrange for members who need delivery also. Looking forward to seeing more of you down there! I will update the post when we have a start time 😊

07/18/2026

Good evening Metlakatla members! So tomorrow we have the seine landing at the dock at 9 am for sockeye! If you have not received your allocation come on down to the dock 😊 Elders will take priority as always and we hope to see you guys there ❤️

07/17/2026

So is everyone ready? Tomorrow at 9 am we have a halibut boat landing on the Prince Rupert dock. He has 1000 lbs on board so there will be plenty to go around for members who have not received their allocation this year 🎉 As always the elders get priority and then we will continue with everyone else. Most of the elders have received halibut by now too 😊

Members who are in Metlakatla please stick by your phone if you have not received your allocation yet. We will be calling to see who is around to bring a delivery for those who are there and ready.

We are starting to get in sockeye quickly now so if you have not received your allocation stay tuned! We will have a couple boats landing this weekend including one of our seine boats.

There are still a number of people not answering when we call or the numbers are disconnected. MAR cell phone is (778)884-0615 and the warehouse number is (250)622-2189. Please watch for us to call or come on down to the dock when we post here 😊 Have a great night everyone!

07/11/2026

Good morning Metlakatla members,

This update is a sad one for our program. As some of you have likely heard one of our skiffs capsized Thursday afternoon. We are so grateful they were spotted and rescued from the shoreline! Especially thankful to the two fishermen who rescued them for their fast response. Brody and Denise are one of our skiffs who feed a lot of members every year. We are currently working with them to try to retrieve their boat. This is a huge loss for the program. They bring in not only sockeye but were about to bring in halibut too. We ask for your patience while we sort through this.

Most importantly though let’s take a moment to remember these fishermen put their lives on the line for us every single year! It’s a huge investment to fish for the nation. They work long hard hours and don’t always get the gratitude they deserve. Yet they come back every year to make sure everyone gets fed. We are so grateful for all of the amazing fishermen our program has! We will work hard alongside them to ensure we still get everyone fed we just need time and patience. Let’s use the comments on this post to encourage and cheer for all of our fishermen as they push through the busy season for us! Thank you 😊

07/08/2026

Good afternoon everyone!

The sockeye FSC program is underway now. We are doing our best to get everyone their allocation ASAP. Please make sure you are ready to receive your call. We are working our way through the elders first as always but will be accommodating out of town members as they come to town.

Our bigger boats are juggling many responsibilities with the commercial and demo fisheries affecting the time they have for our program. The skiffs are consistently delivering and more of the boats are hitting the water in the next couple days.

Final note for those of you who have not gotten your halibut allocation. Our boat will be back at it once he finishes his commercial allocation. We are hoping to have him back in the next week or two. We will work through members who still need halibut at that time. Thank you and we look forward to seeing more of the members over the next couple weeks!

07/03/2026

There were some household items left at the dock office in town. They have been here for a few days now. Whoever these belong to, can please come pick them up as soon as possible. They are a tripping hazard to our staff as they are in the way of the entrance. Thank you.