9/4/14 ACTION NOTICE - Recreational Ocean Salmon: NOAA Fisheries in consultation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, representatives from the recreational fishery, and the Pacific Fishery Management Council, has taken in-season actions with respect to the recreational salmon fishery in the area from Leadbetter Point to Cape Falcon.


ACTIONS TAKEN (Leadbetter Pt. to Cape Falcon: Effective Saturday, September 6):

- Bag limit may include up to 2 Chinook Salmon.
- Coho Salmon may be retained without a fin clip.


RATIONALE AND NOTES: There are 2,970 Chinook remaining on the quota of 13,100, and fishery managers concluded that the risk of reaching the quota early by allowing 2 Chinook Salmon per angler was now low enough to allow for the change. Similarly, converting the remaining fin clipped Coho Salmon quota to a non selective fishery resulted in a remaining quota of 10,750 Coho, and should be sufficient to allow fishing through the remainder of the month.


Anglers are reminded that they must be in compliance with both the area they are fishing and what they have already retained on board. Currently the Columbia River is closed to retention of Chinook, and only open for adipose fin-clipped Coho and steelhead. Anglers are not allowed to fish for Coho or steelhead inside the Columbia River upstream from Buoy 10 with either a Chinook Salmon or non-clipped Coho Salmon in possession.


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