Columbia River fishing seasons constrained due to low spring chinook projections
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today approved a sport fishery for spring chinook salmon on[…]
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Category: Fishing News
WDFW invites public participation in 2019 salmon season-setting process
OLYMPIA – State fishery managers have scheduled a variety of opportunities for the public to participate in setting salmon[…]
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WDFW to take public comment on Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay hatchery reform and salmon management
OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission will take public input on various topics – including hatchery reform, salmon[…]
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Commission supports WDFW’s attention to orca’s needs in crafting fishing seasons
OLYMPIA – The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has signaled its support for state fishery managers’ plans to consider[…]
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Washington, Oregon fish and wildlife commissioners will meet to discuss Columbia River salmon reform
OLYMPIA – The public is invited to attend a meeting scheduled this month by members of the Washington and[…]
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WDFW locates 2.75 million chinook fry to help replace fish lost at Minter Creek Hatchery
OLYMPIA – Up to 2.75 million fall chinook fry are headed to the Minter Creek Hatchery in Pierce County[…]
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Minter Creek Hatchery looses 6.2 million Chinook salmon fry after power outage
OLYMPIA – As many as 6.2 million chinook salmon fry died last weekend when a windstorm cut power to[…]
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WDFW Allows Cooke Aquaculture to transport about 800,000 juvenile Atlantic salmon
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has authorized Cooke Aquaculture to transport about 800,000 juvenile[…]
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Recreational salmon fishing gets underway June 23rd in the ocean
OLYMPIA – Anglers can reel in salmon off the Washington coast beginning June 23, when three marine areas open for[…]
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WDFW denies Cooke Aquaculture permit to place 800,000 Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound net pens
OLYMPIA – Citing the risk of fish disease transmission, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has denied permission[…]
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