Washington & Oregon Set Spring Chinook & Sturgeon Seasons on the Columbia River
by TBC Press on 01/29/16Anticipating a return of 299,200 adult spring chinook salmon, fishery managers from Washington and Oregon today set this year’s initial fishing season to run through April 9 on the lower Columbia River. In addition, representatives from the two states agreed to close the winter sturgeon retention fishery in the Bonneville Pool effective Feb. 8 and approved a six-hour recreational smelt season Feb. 6 on the Cowlitz River. Here are the major provisions of those agreements:.. READ MORE
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