Chinook Quotas

[Fish mojo]

Anyone know how we're doing on the lower Columbia (below Astoria bridge)fish quotas? The latest #'s show 28% as of July 30. I have a trip planned in 2 weeks and will be really bummed if I miss out. It's sad to let the gill netters go in and slaughter them then cut the sportfisherman off.

[Slider]

Ramstrong,

Good numbers, though they are only for the Oregon side. Add 3294 anglers, 138 Chinook and 1217 coho from Washington and it will be the numbers I got.

Also the commercial caught fish don't come off the 9000 allocated to the b-10 sport fishery.

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[Ramstrong]

Thanks Slider for the correction,
I guess 214 fish is still just a drop in the bucket though for 9000 allocated. They're hoping for it to last until Labor Day, I don't think it's going to make it quite that long though. The big question I have is this magic # just for buoy 10 or the the whole lower columbia. If just for B-10, then what is the # for below Bonneville?

[Slider]

From B-10 to the Tongue Point-Rocky point line has a quota of 9000 chinook. From that line up to Bonneville has a 10000 fish quota.

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[Ramstrong]

ooops, my original post was for the Ocean. here's the B-10 stats. Buoy 10 Boats: During the week of August 1-6, anglers caught an estimated 76 chinook and 467 coho for 1,741 rods.
The states established a 9,000 fish quota for the Buoy 10 fall chinook fishery. So even though it seems to be picking up now (Jens Post) hopefully we'll get a couple of more weeks out of it.


[This message has been edited by Ramstrong (edited 08-09-2000).]