[ODFW-News] Columbia River closes to chinook retention Saturday

[ODFW News]

For Immediate Release Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005
 
Columbia River closes to chinook retention Saturday 
River remains open to coho and steelhead angling
 
CLACKAMAS - Oregon and Washington fishery managers announced the
main-stem Columbia River recreational fishery for retention of chinook
salmon will close Oct. 1.
 
The closure affects angling from Bonneville Dam upstream to the
Oregon-Washington border and from Buoy 10 to the Tongue Point/Rocky
Point line. The fishery will remain open for coho and steelhead through
the end of the year. 
 
"This action is needed to remain within conservation guidelines and
allocation agreements," said Curt Melcher, a biologist with the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife. "The higher-than-expected catch rates
in the recreational fishery, combined with a run size about 20 percent
smaller than forecasted, have brought us to this point."
 
Oregon anglers are reminded of the following regulations:
* The Buoy 10 area is defined as that part of the Columbia River from
Buoy 10 upstream to a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington
bank through red buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on the
Oregon bank.
* Salmon fishing in the Buoy 10 area remains open through December for
adipose fin-clipped coho and adipose fin-clipped steelhead under
permanent angling regulations. 
* Salmon fishing from the Rocky Point-Tongue Point line to Bonneville
Dam remains open for adipose fin-clipped coho and adipose fin-clipped
steelhead under permanent regulations through Dec. 31.
* The Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to the
Oregon-Washington remains open for coho and adipose fin-clipped
steelhead under permanent regulations through Dec. 31. 
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