Columbia River Ocean Area Regulation Change

[Chum King]

As posted on the Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife's Ocean Salmon Management web page :

9/7/05 ACTION NOTICE: 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 closes to retention of chinook salmon effective 0001 hours Friday, September 9, 2005.

RATIONALE: The recreational ocean fishery from Leadbetter Pt. to Cape Falcon has a chinook guideline of 8,200, and there is an overall chinook quota for the recreational fishery from the US/Canada border to Cape Falcon of 43,250 chinook. As of Sunday, September 4, 12,607 chinook had been caught in the Columbia River ocean area which exceeded the area guideline by 4,407 chinook. Fishery managers plan to reevaluate the fishery by conference call on Tuesday, September 13 to see if any further actions are required.