More news - 3 fish bag for Bouy 10 !!!
Also for coho on the Willamette and Clack later this summer.
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This is a long post - but I thought yall want to know the straight poop.
For Immediate Release Friday, April 20, 2001
2001 Ocean Salmon Fishing Seasons Adopted
PORTLAND - The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted commercial and recreational ocean salmon seasons today for state waters inside three miles for 2001 that take advantage of excellent hatchery fish returns while protecting threatened stocks of native coho. The Commission also increased the bag limit at the Columbia River mouth and certain tributaries for fall salmon seasons.
The adopted ocean seasons mirror those adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council earlier this month for waters from three to 200 miles out to sea. A summary booklet of the adopted regulations will be distributed in mid-May at license agents and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) offices.
The Commission meets monthly to adopt rules and policies for implementation by the ODFW.
The adopted sport seasons are:
*Columbia River Mouth at Buoy 10:
The season opens Aug. 1 with a two fish daily bag limit, of which only one may be a chinook. From Aug. 16 to Dec. 31, the season has an increased daily bag limit of three fish, of which only one may be a chinook. Harvested coho must be adipose fin-clipped. The amended season targets an expected return of 1 million hatchery coho to the Columbia River, of which 85 percent are fin-clipped. This is the largest return since 1991.
*Lower Willamette River, Clackamas River and Eagle Creek:
Existing coho seasons were amended to increase the daily bag limit to three salmon. Biologists expect 50,000 hatchery coho to return to these river systems.
*Leadbetter Point (Wash.) south to Cape Falcon:
Open Sunday through Thursday from July 1 to Sept. 3 or until 102,500 fin-clipped coho are harvested. The daily bag limit is two salmon per day, but only one chinook may be retained and all coho must be adipose fin-clipped. The season will be managed with a chinook guideline of 7,750. The area from Tillamook Head south to Cape Falcon closes Aug. 1.
*North Head Lighthouse (Wash.) south to Tillamook Head:
Open seven days a week Sept. 4 - 30 or until 10,000 fin-clipped coho are harvested. The daily bag limit is two salmon per day, but only one chinook may be retained and all coho must be adipose fin-clipped.
*Cape Falcon south to Humbug Mountain:
Open seven days a week April 1 to Oct. 31 for all salmon except coho, except as provided in the selective coho fishery. The daily bag limit is two salmon per day and no more than six fish may be harvested in seven consecutive days. Through the end of April, gear is restricted to two single point, single shank barbless hooks; divers are prohibited and flashers may only be used with downriggers. Starting May 1, gear is limited to no more than two single point, single shank barbless hooks. From June 22 to July 31, adipose fin-clipped coho may be retained within the two fish per day bag limit until a quota of 55,000 fin-clipped coho is reached, however, only six fish may be harvested in seven consecutive days. On Aug. 1, or when the coho quota is reached, the "all salmon except coho" season reopens.
*Humbug Mountain south to Horse Mountain (Calif.):
Open seven days a week May 17 to July 8 and July 24 to Sept. 3 for all salmon except coho with a daily bag limit of two fish per day. Until July 8, no more than four fish may be harvested in seven consecutive days. Starting July 24, no more than six fish may be harvested in seven consecutive days.
*Tillamook Area:
The Terminal Area is open April 1 to Nov. 15 for chinook salmon. The Triangular Control Zone and Lower Bay below the Kincheloe Point/Green Hill Line are open May 1 -31 for spring chinook. The daily bag limit is two adult chinook and five jack salmon per day; no more than two adults may be harvested in seven consecutive days. In the spring season, the total harvest is limited to 10 adults in Tillamook, Nehalem, and Nestucca basins in the aggregate. From June 22 to July 31, the Terminal Area and Triangular Control Zone are open to angling for adipose fin-clipped coho with the same rules as the ocean selective coho fishery.
For fall chinook, the Triangular Control Zone is open Sept. 1 to Nov. 15 and the Lower Bay below the Kincheloe Point/Green Hill Line is open Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. In addition, The Lower Bay opens to adipose fin-clipped coho Sept. 1 -30. In Tillamook Bay upstream of the Kincheloe Point/Green Hill Line, anglers may harvest fall chinook Aug. 1 to Dec. 31 and adipose fin-clipped coho Aug. 1 to Sept. 30. The catch limit is two adult chinook and five jack salmon per day with no more than four adults in seven consecutive days and 10 adults in the fall season from the Tillamook, Nehalem, and Nestucca basins in the aggregate.
*Nehalem Bay:
The basin will open to the retention of adipose fin-clipped coho from Aug. 1 to Oct. 31 in the area from a line at the tips of the jetties inland on the Nehalem River to the confluence of the North Fork of the Nehalem and to a deadline above North Fork Nehalem Hatchery on the North Fork of the Nehalem River. Proposals to change the regulations for fall chinook angling in the Nehalem Basin were not adopted.
*Port Orford/Elk River Area:
Open Nov. 1 to Dec. 15 with a daily bag limit of two chinook with a minimum size of 20 inches. Barbless hook are required.
*Brookings/Chetco River Area:
Open Oct. 1-12 with a daily bag limit of one chinook with a minimum size of 20 inches and no more than four per season. Barbless hooks are required.
The Commission also adopted commercial troll seasons for ocean salmon harvest for the nearshore ocean Tillamook Terminal Area, Elk River Terminal Area, and the Chetco River Terminal Area.
The total impacts (mortalities) to Oregon coastal natural coho (OCN) from the adopted fisheries and from incidental catches in other fisheries are estimated to be 7.41 percent of the runs, which is less than the 1999-2000 average impact of 9.01 percent.
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