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Traditional Harvest: ‘Eeyt

With our traditional territories on the Salish Sea, Coast Salish peoples have relied on the abundance of fish in our waters for thousands of years. While salmon may perhaps be the most prized catch there are also many types of bottom-feeding fish which were also harvested including ‘eeyt - the lingcod.

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Jennifer Holstein Jennifer Holstein

Traditional Foods: The Herring Harvest

In the past during spawn season, herring were pulled from the water with baskets, dip nets, spears and long-handed rakes. Some people also used stone or wood fish traps on the intertidal areas of beaches to trap fish on the declining tide.

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