Winners announced in Native Fish Society Keep ’em Wet Campaign

Last winter, Native Fish Society launched the “Keep ‘Em Wet” campaign and photo contest to increase angler awareness about the negative effects of air exposure to wild fish.

Now don’t get us wrong, we’ve all taken fish out of the water to snap a photo, Native Fish Society staff members included. But the more we learn about these issues and take care of the fish we love the more healthy wild fish there will be to catch.

Below are the winning photos.

Erik Brudvig found this wild coho on the Oregon Coast. It's great to see these wild coho on the rebound thanks to hatchery and harvest reform and habitat investments! #keepemwet #keepthewildwild #nativefishsociety

A photo posted by Native Fish Society (@nativefishsociety) on Apr 1, 2015 at 10:02am PDT

Mia Sheppard tails a beauty #keepemwet #nativefishsociety @miaflora2

A photo posted by Native Fish Society (@nativefishsociety) on Mar 26, 2015 at 12:51pm PDT

Jeff Hickman tails Steve Turner's fish on River X #keepemwet #nativefishsociety @fishtheswing

A photo posted by Native Fish Society (@nativefishsociety) on Apr 9, 2015 at 9:10am PDT

Here are all of the submissions.