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Columbia River opens June 16 to summer chinook
Posted by Lwagg2 on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 (22:40:03) (917 reads)
Columbia River opens June 16 to summer chinook
SALEM - The Columbia River will open to the harvest of hatchery summer
chinook Wednesday, June 16, because run size predictions and current dam
counts indicate a limited fishery will not harm wild stocks, the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today.
Fishery managers have adopted the following temporary rule:
The lower Columbia River from the Tongue Point-Rocky Point line
upstream to the Oregon-Washington border above McNary dam is open to the
retention of adipose fin-clipped summer chinook effective Wednesday,
June 16, through Saturday, July 31. The retention of adult chinook
longer than 24 inches is allowed under the temporary rule. The retention
of adipose fin-clipped jack chinook shorter than 24 inches and adipose
fin-clipped steelhead is allowed under permanent regulations. The daily
bag limit is two adult salmon or steelhead and five jack salmon.
Effective Sunday, Aug. 1, the Columbia River will be open for salmon
and steelhead fishing under permanent rules listed in the "2004 Oregon
Sport Fishing Regulations" and the "2004 Oregon Ocean Salmon and
Halibut Sport Fishing Regulations with modifications to salmon and
sturgeon regulations for the Columbia River system and near shore ocean
waters."
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Information and Education Division
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
(503) 947-6002
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Meeting set June 8 - Lake Washington Sockeye Salmon Fishery Likely
Posted by glock on Saturday, May 15, 2004 (01:04:53) (1219 reads)
Meeting set June 8 to discuss this summer's
likely Lake Washington sockeye salmon fishery
OLYMPIA - With a good chance of a summertime fishery for sockeye salmon in Lake Washington, fisheries managers with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) want anglers' help in shaping the possible season.
The department has set a public meeting for June 8 at the WDFW office in Mill Creek to hear angler preferences on daily bag limits, days of the week for the fishery and other regulations, said Tim Flint, WDFW statewide salmon resource manager.
"This will be an informational meeting only," Flint said. "No decisions about the fishery will be made until later this summer."
State and tribal fisheries co-managers won't schedule fisheries until they determine that the run will exceed 350,000 sockeye based on counts at the Ballard Locks. This year's forecast for sockeye is 485,000 fish, with the peak of the run coming in mid-July.
The meeting is set for 7-9 p.m. at the WDFW Mill Creek office, 16018 Mill Creek Blvd. Biologists from WDFW, the tribes and other institutions have been studying the behavior of Lake Washington sockeye and will present some results of those studies at the Mill Creek evening meeting.
One example of these investigations is the work conducted by University of Washington researcher Jenny Newell, who has been tracking radio tagged adult sockeye as they migrate through the locks. That research will be conducted again this summer, and anglers will be asked to help in identifying tagged fish that might be caught if a fishery is opened this summer.
The last Lake Washington sockeye fishery occurred in July 2002, when about 10,000 anglers participated each day of the three-day fishery and caught more than 36,000 fish.
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Regional fisheries enhancement groups
Posted by glock on Friday, April 30, 2004 (00:31:28) (835 reads)
Regional fisheries enhancement groups playing
broader role in salmon recovery
OLYMPIA - In the past decade hundreds of miles of habitat have been restored, several hundred fish passage improvements have been completed and millions of salmon and steelhead have been reared and released into state waters, thanks to the efforts of citizen regional fisheries enhancement groups (RFEGs).
Those and other accomplishments are detailed in a recently released annual report which can be viewed at http://wdfw.wa.gov/volunteer/ on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's website.
"Besides completing hundreds of projects that benefit fish, RFEGs have amplified salmon recovery efforts by raising awareness of recovery goals within local communities across Washington," said Jeff Koenings, PhD., director of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Created by the Legislature in 1990, RFEGs are local, citizen-led organizations dedicated to restoring and protecting state salmon and steelhead. The groups, which have increased in number from 12 to 14, involve local communities, businesses, governments, citizen volunteers and landowners in salmon recovery efforts.
Working within specific watersheds, each RFEG's members develop and propose projects aimed at fish enhancement and recovery. Traditionally RFEGs have worked with tribal and state fish managers to ensure proposed projects are compatible with laws and fish recovery goals for particular watersheds.
In recent years, RFEGs are increasingly melding their efforts with the priorities of local salmon-recovery lead entities--the local governments, conservation districts, tribes and non-profit groups that prioritize projects for funding by Washington's Salmon Recovery Funding Board.
"Whatcom County has developed a strong partnership with the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association," said John Thompson, lead entity coordinator, with Whatcom County Water Resources.
"The NSEA has proven to be a strong partner for salmon recovery through its participation in lead entity-sponsored processes and projects as well as through its own initiatives. The ability to find creative solutions that engage the community benefits both the lead entity and the NSEA tremendously."
Among the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association's work is the acclimation and and release of spring chinook salmon on the North Fork Nooksack River, which has helped boost the population from a low of 10 natural spawners in 1990 to an estimated 3,687 in 2002.
Other RFEG efforts statewide include these projects:
The North Olympic Salmon Coalition annually rears and releases summer chum into Salmon, Chimacum and Jimmycomelately creeks in the Hood Canal/Strait of Juan De Fuca watersheds, as part of a federal summer chum recovery initiative. The coalition's efforts have boosted the number of returning summer chum salmon by more than 5,000.
Skagit and Walla Walla-area RFEGs worked with property owners to place 312 acres of streamside property into conservation easements, and then replanted the stream banks and placed woody debris into streams.
Through a 20-year land lease, the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group has created an interpretive trail providing public access to one of the South Sound's healthiest native chum runs. Volunteers act as trail guides to some 5,000 visitors per year, including school groups.
In the past eight years alone, RFEGs have collectively spent 557,000 volunteer hours--the equivalent of 276 full-time employees--completing more than 1,500 salmon projects, including estuary restorations, re-vegetation, surveys, research and stewardship and education programs. The projects include nearly 400 improvements for fish passage, restoration of 300 miles of rivers and streams, release of more than 50 million fish and distribution of 340,000 salmon carcasses to provide nutrient enhancement to watersheds.
Besides tackling on-the-ground salmon recovery projects, RFEGs have obtained donations from businesses and individuals, and grants from government agencies and private entities. Since 1995, the state's RFEGs have leveraged $10.3 million of state and federal funding into an additional $49.6 million through partnerships and collaborations with individuals, groups, corporations, tribes, foundations and agencies.
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Spring Chinook Salmon on the Snake River
Posted by glock on Friday, April 16, 2004 (23:59:30) (1038 reads)
Spring chinook salmon fishing will open April 16 on two areas of the Snake River, where fish returns are expected to exceed the 10-year average rate and provide plenty of hatchery fish to harvest. One area of the Snake opening that day extends from the Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the Corps of Engineers boat launch, about a mile upstream of Little Goose Dam on the south bank of the river. The other extends from the mouth of Wawawai Creek (about three miles upstream of Lower Granite Dam) to Red Wolf Bridge in Clarkston. The daily catch limit is two hatchery chinook, marked with a clipped adipose fin that has healed. Chinook under 12 inches must be released and anglers are required to use barbless hooks no more than 5/8-inch from point to shank. The season, which is not listed in the fishing rules pamphlet, runs through May 31, unless catch rates exceed expectations.
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Salmon anglers fishing in Washington's marine areas
Posted by glock on Saturday, April 10, 2004 (23:56:28) (764 reads)
SACRAMENTO - Salmon anglers fishing in Washington's marine areas can again look forward to significant chinook and coho salmon opportunities this summer under a comprehensive fisheries package tentatively approved today.
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