ODFW alert

[Jennie@ifish]

ODFW Action Notice

Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, Newport, Oregon July 25, 2005

The National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Fishery Management Council, states of Washington and Oregon, and ocean fishers have reviewed the status of the ocean recreational salmon fishery in the area from Leadbetter Pt., Washington to Cape Falcon, Oregon. The following action was taken relative to the Columbia River Ocean Salmon Management Area recreational ocean salmon season:



ACTION TAKEN: The recreational ocean salmon season from Leadbetter Pt., Washington to Cape Falcon, Oregon will open to salmon fishing seven days per week with a bag limit of two salmon per day (all coho must have a healed adipose fin clip) effective July 29, 2005.



RATIONALE: The recreational season has a quota of 60,900 adipose fin-clipped coho and a chinook guideline of 8,200. Fridays and Saturdays have been closed to help insure that the quota would not be taken too quickly and that the fishery could progress through at least Labor Day. It now appears that Fridays and Saturdays and up to two chinook in the bag limit is not likely to result in a closure of the fishery prior to Labor Day.

[porter]

I was hoping that might happen.

"up to two chinook in the bag limit is not likely to result in a closure of the fishery prior to Labor Day"

You can take two Chinook?

[slabhunter]

http://wdfw.wa.gov/do/newreal/release.php?id=jul2505a

Salmon anglers along most of the Washington coast will be able to fish seven days a week and keep up to two chinook per day beginning Friday, July 29, under a rule change approved today by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).