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Although hopes are mounting for a repeat of last year 's fishing opportunity , tribal and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW ) biologists caution that this summer 's return is not likely to be as large as last year 's . The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW ) and northwest treaty Indian tribes developed the Wild Salmonid Policy ( WSP ) to provide leadership and a commitment to fish management that ensures sufficient wild spawners escape fisheries and reach spawning grounds . The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW ) reported that thousands of sockeye salmon , summer chinook and endangered steelhead are stuck below the 17-foot Tumwater Dam on the Wenatchee River because they cannot make it up the fish ladder . With Washington and Oregon sharing jurisdiction over mainstem Columbia River fisheries , the joint meeting is an important opportunity for the two commissions to discuss a range of fish management issues , said Bill Tweit , Columbia River fish policy lead for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW ) . For nearly three years , the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife ( WDFW ) has withheld action on a petition to declare the southern resident orca whales as threatened or endangered within state waters .