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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Salmon Angling on Columbia River Closes FridayOregon Department of Fish and Wildlife — 4/12/2006sport angling for spring chinook in the Columbia River below the I-5 Bridge, effective 11:59 p.m. Thursday night. The decision closes the recreational fishing season for salmon, steelhead and shad in the mainstem Columbia River between the mouth at Buoy 10 upstream to I-5. Salmon, steelhead, and shad angling is already closed in the Columbia River from the I-5 Bridge upstream to Bonneville Dam. Recreational fishing for salmon, steelhead, and shad in the Columbia River from Bonneville to McNary Dam (excluding salmon angling from a boat and from the Washington shore between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island power lines) remains open. All tributaries below Bonneville Dam also remain open as per permanent regulations. If the counts for spring chinook at Bonneville Dam improve during the coming weeks, fishery managers will consider re-opening the fishing seasons. The upriver spring chinook count through April 10 at Bonneville Dam totaled 121 fish. Passage for this date is comparable to 2005 - one of the lowest spring chinook counts on record for this date. The 10-year average for this date is 19,400 adult chinook. For years with late runs, the average is approximately 1,100 fish. Upriver spring chinook run sizes cannot be updated until late April when significant passage has occurred. Spring chinook counts at Willamette Falls totaled 35 fish as of April 7, compared to 404 fish for the same time last year. Willamette spring Chinook run sizes cannot be updated until early May. Fish managers set the Columbia River spring chinook fishery based on the number of fish expected to return from the ocean and the allowable impact to wild salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the federal Endangered Species Act. "Impacts" are the unintended mortalities associated with handling and releasing wild fish. The allowed non-Indian impacts are 2 percent of the total runs of ESA -listed Snake River spring/summer chinook and Upper Columbia River spring chinook. Additional information about the Columbia River spring chinook season also may be found on ODFW's Web page at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/OSCRP/CRM/action_notes.html.
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