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Oregon Marine Reserves Update

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:33:04 -0400

In June, ASA Vice President Gordon Robertson and Ocean Resource Policy Director Patty Doerr met with Oregon state officials, legislators and angler organizations to discuss the planning of marine reserves off the Oregon coast.

Spring chinook fishery opens on Powder River

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:22:55 -0400

LA GRANDE — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) plans to release approximately 200 spring chinook salmon into the Powder River to create a unique fishing opportunity. A May 30 to September 1 angling season has been established to harvest these fish. The open area is from Hughes Lane Bridge near Baker City to Mason Dam. The daily bag limit is 2 spring chinook salmon.

Special June 15 meeting on troll salmon permit case

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:34:50 -0400

SALEM, Ore. -- The Oregon Commercial Fisheries Permit Board will hold a special meeting by telephone conference call on June 15 at 1 p.m. to review the proposed order to gather information and issue the final order in a contested case hearing concerning John Wilson’s Limited Entry Troll Salmon Permit #62054.

Commission approves coastal coho, fall chinook seasons

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:36:19 -0400

Corrected Version -- June 8, 2009

Commission approves coastal coho, fall chinook seasons

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday approved a wild coho salmon season for four coastal rivers this fall based on predictions of a large coho return to the coastal rivers and streams.

Imnaha, Wallowa rivers open June 13 to spring chinook fishing

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:45:21 -0400

ENTERPRISE, Ore. - The Imnaha and Wallowa rivers in Northeast Oregon will open to hatchery spring chinook fishing Saturday, June 13.

Biologists with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimate over 5,000 adult spring chinook will return to the Imnaha River, a tributary of the Snake. Of those, approximately 80 percent will be adipose fin-clipped hatchery fish. On the Wallowa River, a tributary of the Grande Ronde, the adult run is expected to exceed 2,500 fish of which approximately 50 percent will be marked hatchery fish.

Sturgeon retention in Bonneville Reservoir closes June 6

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:42:47 -0400

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Oregon and Washington fishery managers announced today the closure of sturgeon retention on the mainstem Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam (Bonneville Reservoir) effective 12:01 a.m. June 6.

Columbia River halibut sport fishery to close May 29

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:41:27 -0400

Date:

May 22, 2009

Contact:

Brandon Ford or Lynn Mattes (541) 867-4741
Fax: (541) 867-0311

NEWPORT, Ore. –The Pacific halibut sport fishery off the Columbia River will close effective Friday, May 29, 2009 at 11:59 p.m., fishery managers announced today.

Popular kids’ fishing clinic at Bonneville June 6

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:07:53 -0400

Contact:

Jennell Hoehne (971) 673-6011
Rick Swart (971) 673-6038
Fax: (971) 673-6070

Date:

May 22, 2009

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – One of the most popular youth angling events in Oregon will unfold near the shores of the Columbia River Saturday, June 6 when the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hosts its 16th annual “Passport to Fishing” day below Bonneville Dam.

Anglers, hunters and wildlife viewers contributed $2.5 billion to Oregon’s economy in 2008

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:45:10 -0400

Date:

May 18, 2009

Contact:

Meg Kenagy, (503) 947-6021
Roger Fuhrman, (503) 947-6010
Fax: (503) 947-6009

Salem, Ore.— Fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing enthusiasts contributed $2.5 billion to Oregon’s economy in 2008 according to a new study conducted by Travel Oregon and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Residents and nonresidents spent more than $1 billion on trips and $1.5 billion on equipment and activity-related purchases at Oregon-based retailers and suppliers.

New trout season to open on lower Clackamas

Thu, 21 May 2009 17:44:28 -0400

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Anglers have a new opportunity to harvest stray hatchery trout, starting May 23 when trout season opens on the lower Clackamas River.

This year fishermen will be permitted to keep up to two adipose fin-clipped trout per day caught in a 20-mile stretch of the river from its confluence with the Willamette River upstream to North Fork Dam.

Fishery managers postpone Columbia River steelhead season

Thu, 14 May 2009 16:27:18 -0400

CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington today postponed the opening of summer steelhead and jack chinook season from Tongue Point upstream to the I-5 Bridge on the Columbia River, which typically opens on May 16 under permanent rules.

May 11 fall chinook advisory committee meeting in Grants Pass

Fri, 08 May 2009 21:55:09 -0400

ROSEBURG, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the advisory committee working on a conservation plan for naturally produced fall chinook salmon in southern Oregon are holding their third meeting in Grants Pass on May 11.

ODFW to hold Youth Angling event at Sunnyside Park

Fri, 08 May 2009 21:52:13 -0400

SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Northwest Steelheaders and Linn County Parks Department will host a free youth fishing event at Sunnyside Park Pond near Sweet Home on Saturday, May 9 from 8 a.m. to noon.

ODFW to host youth fishing event in Eugene

Fri, 08 May 2009 21:50:14 -0400

ODFW to host youth fishing event in Eugene

Date:
May 6, 2009

Contact:
Erik Moberly (541) 726-3515
Rick Swart (971) 673-6038

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will host a youth fishing event at the Alton Baker Canoe Canal in Eugene on Saturday, May 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event is free and no pre-registration is required.

ODFW seeks comment on passage waiver for Yaquina River tributary

Fri, 08 May 2009 21:48:59 -0400

SALEM, Ore. – The ODFW is seeking public comment on an Oregon Department of Transportation request to waive fish passage for a culvert repair project on an unnamed tributary of Yaquina River located on Highway 20 in Lincoln County.