in the immediate aftermath of the incident, the washington state department of fish and wildlife authorized the unlimited catching of escaped atlantic salmon from the farm, and around 57,000 were recaptured. coastal tribes such as the swinomish, samish, and lummi were involved in recapturing them. the lummi declared a state of emergency and caught around 44,239, approximately . the salmon were sold back to cooke aquaculture pacific, which paid $30 per fish. cooke offered to raise the price to $42 per fish if the lummi were willing to abandon their pursuit of banning salmon aquaculture, but they refused. in november and december 2017, the salmon were captured from the skagit river by members of the upper skagit indian tribe. in april 2018, fishermen from the tribe continued to recover salmon from the river, up to eight months after the incident.