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Monday to reopen the Columbia River to retention of fall chinook salmon
Posted by Lwagg2 on Saturday, October 22, 2005 (11:25:05) (1196 reads)
CLACKAMAS - Oregon and Washington fishery managers decided effective Thursday, Oct. 20, because risks to wild stocks will be minimal at this point of the run.
Starting Thursday, retention of adult and jack chinook will be allowed in addition to adipose fin-clipped coho and adipose fin-clipped steelhead according to rules listed in the 2005 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations from Buoy 10 upstream to the U.S. Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco, Wash. Oregon anglers may harvest two salmon or steelhead per day.
Fishery managers closed the Columbia River to chinook retention from Tongue Point to Bonneville Dam effective Sept. 18, and from Buoy 10-Tongue Point and upstream of Bonneville Dam effective Oct. 1 because harvest of upriver bright fall chinook was projected to exceed the sport allocation of non-Indian impacts to this stock. Reopening of the sport fishery was allowed because commercial harvesters will not likely use the remainder of the maximum allowable impact rate for non-Indian fisheries.
Fish biologists estimate that 584,800 adult fall chinook have or will enter the Columbia River this year compared to the preseason estimate of 671,400. Both steelhead and coho are expected to return at rates higher than the pre-season projections.
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Release Chinook Downstream from Pasco Starting October 1st
Posted by glock on Monday, October 03, 2005 (20:21:34) (1102 reads)
Columbia River anglers must release chinook
downstream from Pasco starting Oct. 1
OLYMPIA – Starting Saturday (Oct. 1), anglers will be required to release any chinook salmon they catch on the mainstem Columbia River from the mouth to the U.S. Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today.
The announcement follows an agreement between fisheries managers from Washington and Oregon to close two sections of the Columbia River where the sport fishery has taken its portion of the allowable impact on fall chinook salmon protected under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The two areas affected by that agreement extend from the mouth of the Columbia to the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line – the so-called Buoy 10 fishery –and from Bonneville Dam upstream to the U.S. Highway 395 bridge in Pasco. Both states had already ended chinook retention from the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line to Bonneville Dam as of Sept. 18.
“This year’s Columbia River fall chinook run is smaller than expected,” said Tim Flint, WDFW salmon manager. “That requires a corresponding reduction in allowable impacts on wild chinook salmon protected under the ESA.”
Through the third week in September, anglers had caught approximately 27,500 chinook salmon from the mouth of the Columbia River to the U.S. Highway 395 bridge.
The new chinook-release rules, which take effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, do not affect fishing for other species of salmon or steelhead in the lower river, Flint said. Fishing regulations for other salmon species are listed in the 2005-06 “Fishing in Washington” rules pamphlet, posted on WDFW’s website.
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Chinook retention to end off Ilwaco
Posted by glock on Monday, September 12, 2005 (21:25:03) (1028 reads)
OLYMPIA – Anglers must release any chinook salmon they catch in ocean waters off Ilwaco beginning Sept. 9 at 12:01 a.m., the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today.
The department issued the regulation after anglers' total catch of chinook this summer exceeded the harvest guideline for Marine Area 1 off the coast of southwestern Washington, said Phil Anderson, special assistant to the WDFW director.
The requirement to release chinook salmon in those waters does not affect fishing for coho or other salmon species in Marine Area 1, nor does it affect salmon-retention rules in other coastal waters or the Buoy 10 fishery.
"The goal of this regulation is to keep the fishery open and provide anglers the opportunity to continue fishing for coho salmon," Anderson said. "Catch rates for chinook have been strong throughout the season, but we still have substantial numbers of coho remaining under the quota."
As of Sept. 4, coastwide catch totals for the recreational salmon fishery had reached 87 percent of the chinook guideline, Anderson said. Although the Ilwaco area was the first to exceed its catch guideline for chinook, Anderson said fishing for chinook salmon has also been good this year in other coastal waters.
Barring any further actions, the salmon fishery out of Ilwaco is scheduled to run through Sept. 30. Salmon fisheries out of Westport, LaPush and Neah Bay (marine areas 2-4) are currently scheduled to close Sept. 18, although Anderson recommends that anglers check the WDFW Fishing Hotline (360-902-2500) or the department’s website (http://wdfw.wa.gov/) for any updates as the end of the season nears.
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SalmonScape
Posted by glock on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 (13:32:36) (1231 reads)
SalmonScape, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) new, interactive, computer mapping system, is one of the most important tools created thus far to deliver scientific information to those involved in on-the-ground salmon recovery projects.
SalmonScape delivers the science that helps recovery planners identify and prioritize the restoration and protection activities that offer the greatest benefit to fish. The site also offers a significant environmental education tool for middle school and high school students. SalmonScape merges fish and habitat data collected by state, federal, tribal and local biologists and presents it in an integrated system that can be readily accessed by other agencies and citizens.
Click Here for SalmonScape
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LOCAL RIVERS STILL OPEN
Posted by Lwagg2 on Saturday, April 23, 2005 (00:22:53) (1247 reads)
For Immediate Release Friday, April 22, 2005
Spring chinook fishing remains open in Portland-area rivers
SALEM - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials today reminded salmon anglers that the Clackamas, Willamette and Sandy rivers remain open to angling for hatchery-bred spring chinook.
The reminder comes following Wednesday's closure of the Columbia River to sport and commercial salmon fishing until further notice. In closing the season, fisheries officials noted that, so far, this has been the second-lowest year in recorded history for spring chinook passing Bonneville Dam. The states of Oregon and Washington meeting as the Columbia River Compact to set harvest regulations will regularly review dam counts and consider reopening the fishery.
"Some anglers have mistaken the Columbia closure to mean that salmon fishing is also closed in the tributaries," said Steve Williams, ODFW Fisheries Division deputy administrator. "We've been seeing steadily improving water temperatures and visibility on the Sandy, Willamette and Clackamas rivers. Salmon enthusiasts should consider any of these rivers for a chance at a spring chinook or a steelhead."
ODFW biologists said in this week's ODFW recreation report the lower Willamette catch is improving. Angler data from last weekend showed a catch of 0.3 fish per boat in the Multnomah Channel area, 0.46 fish per boat near Sellwood, and 0.32 fish per boat near Oregon City. Water clarity readings have increased to 3.1 feet and the water temperature was up to 50 degrees Thursday. With warmer water, more chinook will be headed over Willamette Falls in the coming weeks.
In the Clackamas and Sandy rivers, angling conditions also are improving and there are reports of increasing numbers of spring chinook being caught.
Anglers are reminder to check the 2005 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations before heading out. Willamette Falls fish counts and the weekly recreation report can be found on the ODFW Web page at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/fishing/ .
"This is a reproduction of a Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
document and is not the official document or regulations of the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife. The accuracy of the reproduction cannot
be guaranteed by ODFW."
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