Jay Julius is a fisherman and a member of the Lummi Nation tribal council. Lummi people have lived on the shores of Puget Sound north of Bellingham for thousands of years. Not far from their reservation lies Cherry Point, the proposed site for the largest coal export terminal in North America. In the waters off of Cherry Point, Lummi fishers harvest halibut, salmon, herring, crab and shellfish. Julius worries that the increased coal tanker traffic would harm the tribe’s ability to exercise its treaty-guaranteed rights to harvest these fish and shellfish.Get the Story:
Tribal Fisherman Sees Coal Threat Looming (Oregon Public Broadcasting 3/5)
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