[ODFW-News] ODFW News: Ocean Recreational Salmon Season to Close after
Labor Day
ODFW News
Odfw.News@STATE.OR.US
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 13:43:54 -0700
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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife =20
Contact: Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356=20
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us Fax: (503) 872-5700
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For Immediate Release August 30, 2002
Ocean Recreational Salmon Season to Close after Labor Day
PORTLAND - Salmon fishery managers decided today to close the ocean =
recreational salmon season off the mouth of the Columbia River after Labor =
Day. The closure affects the area from Cape Falcon, Oregon, to Leadbetter =
Point, Washington, and is effective September 3. =20
The ocean salmon season off the mouth of the Columbia River was scheduled =
to continue through September 30 or until anglers harvested 55,700 coho. =
Fishery managers project that the coho quota will be met after the Labor =
Day weekend. State fishery biologists will tally the salmon catch next =
week and determine if there are coho left on the quota to consider =
re-opening the ocean salmon fishery sometime after Labor Day
This closure does not affect the popular Buoy 10 salmon fishery inside the =
Columbia River. Anglers are reminded that the bag limit for the Buoy 10 =
salmon fishery is two salmon, of which no more than one may be a chinook. =
All retained coho and steelhead must have a healed adipose fin clip. =20
Other ocean salmon fishing opportunities include:
Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain: The chinook season is open through October =
31. Retention of coho is prohibited.
Humbug Mountain to the Oregon/California border: The chinook season is =
open through September 15. Retention of coho is prohibited.
Additional information on bag limits, gear restrictions, and near-shore =
terminal area ocean salmon fisheries can be found in the 2002 Oregon Ocean =
Salmon and Halibut Sport Fishing Regulations.
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<DIV>Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife <BR>Contact: Anne=
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872-5700<BR> <BR>For Immediate Release August 30, 2002<BR>Ocean=
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Recreational Salmon Season to Close after Labor Day</DIV>
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<DIV>PORTLAND - Salmon fishery managers decided today to close the =
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recreational salmon season off the mouth of the Columbia River after =
Labor=20
Day. The closure affects the area from Cape Falcon, Oregon, to =
Leadbetter=20
Point, Washington, and is effective September 3. </DIV>
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<DIV>The ocean salmon season off the mouth of the Columbia River was =
scheduled=20
to continue through September 30 or until anglers harvested 55,700 =
coho. =20
Fishery managers project that the coho quota will be met after the Labor =
Day=20
weekend. State fishery biologists will tally the salmon catch next =
week=20
and determine if there are coho left on the quota to consider re-opening =
the=20
ocean salmon fishery sometime after Labor Day</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>This closure does not affect the popular Buoy 10 salmon fishery =
inside the=20
Columbia River. Anglers are reminded that the bag limit for the Buoy =
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salmon fishery is two salmon, of which no more than one may be a chinook.&n=
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All retained coho and steelhead must have a healed adipose fin clip. =
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<DIV>Other ocean salmon fishing opportunities include:</DIV>
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<DIV>Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain: The chinook season is open through =
October=20
31. Retention of coho is prohibited.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Humbug Mountain to the Oregon/California border: The chinook season =
is open=20
through September 15. Retention of coho is prohibited.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Additional information on bag limits, gear restrictions, and =
near-shore=20
terminal area ocean salmon fisheries can be found in the 2002 Oregon =
Ocean=20
Salmon and Halibut Sport Fishing Regulations.</DIV>
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