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Columbia
River Action Notice
Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife
February 22, 2006
The Columbia River Compact agencies of
Oregon and
Washington met today via phone to review salmon stock status
and consider non-Indian commercial salmon fishing options
and took the following action:
Non-Indian
Fisheries
Commercial
Mainstem Winter Salmon Fishery
· Adopted a non-Indian
commercial salmon season as follows:
Season:
Noon Thursday February 23 to
6 AM Friday February 24 (18 hours)
Area:
Mouth to Kelley
Point (Zones 1 - 4).
Sanctuaries:
Grays River, Elokomin-B, Abernathy
Creek, Cowlitz River,
Kalama-B, and Lewis-B
sanctuaries will be in effect.
Gear:
8" minimum and 9-¾" maximum
mesh size restrictions in effect.
Net length not to exceed 150
fathoms
Use of monofilament nets is
allowed.
Allowable Sales:
Adipose fin-clipped
Chinook salmon sturgeon, and shad.
Participants:
Columbia River commercial fishers
with appropriate licenses and
legal gear that attended a
state-sponsored workshop concerning
live capture commercial
fishing techniques and possess a
certificate that allows
participation in this fishery.
Owners or operators of
commercial fishing vessels must
cooperate with Department
observers or observers collecting data
for the Department, when
notified by the observer of their intent to
board the commercial vessel
for observation and sampling during
an open fishery.
Miscellaneous
Soak times, defined as
time elapsed from when the first mesh Regulations:
enters the water to when the last mesh leaves the water,
must
not exceed 45 minutes.
Red corks are required at 25
fathom intervals and red corks must be in contrast to the
corks used in the remainder of the net.
Use of recovery boxes will
be required on all lethargic or bleeding salmon or
steelhead.
Each vessel participating in
this fishery is required to have 2 operable recovery boxes
or one box with two chambers in place.
Operable recovery boxes
require a flow of 16-20 gallons per minute to each chamber
of the box(es). Each box must be operating during any time
that the net is being retrieved or picked.
Lighted buoys are required
on each end of nets being fished between sunset and sunrise.
Washington Reporting Rule
WDFW adopted a regulation requiring all
Washington wholesale buyers purchasing fish from the winter
commercial salmon fishery to send a report of their landings
to WDFW by 10 AM on the day after the purchase date via
either:
a)
FAX transmission to (360) 906-6776 or (360) 906-6777
b) E-mail to
crfishtickets@dfw.wa.gov
c) Telephone
to 1-866-791-1281
FUTURE MEETINGS
·
A
Columbia River Compact hearing is scheduled for
2:00 PM Wednesday,
March 1, 2006 via telephone to review the ongoing winter commercial salmon
fishery and consider additional fishing options.
· Recorded
Sport Fishery Updates and Action Notices can be accessed by
calling (503) 657-2000 ext. 392.
· Recorded
Commercial Fishery Updates and Action Notices can be
accessed by calling (503) 657-2000 ext. 391.
For information regarding these
decisions see February 22, 2006 Winter Fact Sheet #3.
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/OSCRP/CRM/FS/06/06_02_22_wfact.pdf
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