Ocean Salmon Closing Off Ilwaco/Astoria

[Chum King]

Ocean coho season off the Columbia closes Monday night, Sept. 2.

ODFW Action Notice

Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Newport , Oregon August 29, 2002

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Fishery Management Council, states of Washington and Oregon , and ocean recreational salmon fishers discussed by conference call today the status of the ocean recreational salmon fishery in ocean waters between the US/Canada border and Cape Falcon . The following action was taken:

ACTION TAKEN: The recreational ocean salmon fishery between Leadbetter Point , Washington and Cape Falcon , Oregon ( Columbia River ocean area) will close to all salmon fishing effective 11:59 PM Monday September 2, 2002 . Note that this fishery is already closed to chinook retention, and the area from Cape Falcon to Tillamook Head is also currently closed to salmon fishing.

RATIONALE: Through Sunday August 25, the estimated catch in the Columbia River ocean area totaled 46,210 coho (83% of the quota). Estimated landings through Thursday August 29 already were over 50,000 total coho, and with the expected catches over the coming Labor Day weekend, the total landings of coho are expected to exceed the area’s coho quota by more than 5,000 fish. However, coho remained on the Westport area quota, and by transferring a portion of the remaining quota from Westport , managers felt that they could keep the fishery open through Monday night. The second major issue involved where to come up with enough chinook hooking mortality impacts to allow the fishery to continue. Representatives from the ports of Neah Bay and LaPush agreed to the increased risk to their remaining fisheries to allow the Columbia ocean area fishery to continue through the weekend.

NOTES: Fishery managers will reassess the catches through September 2 early next week, and consider reopening the fishery if enough chinook and/or coho impacts remain to allow more fishing days on a conference call on Wednesday afternoon.

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