WDFW Fact Sheet: Columbia River Action Notice - Compact Action

FACT SHEET
WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
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Columbia River Compact / Joint State Action Notice
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

April 25, 2007

Bonneville Dam to McNary Dam

The states of Washington and Oregon met today to review the on-going Columbia River spring Chinook sport fishery between Bonneville Dam and McNary Dam.
The area above Bonneville Dam (Bonneville to McNary Dam excluding salmon angling from a boat and from the Washington shore between Bonneville Dam and Tower Island power lines) is extended through May 3, 2007.
Check the fishing pamphlet for regulations on Chinook retention in Washington tributaries.
A Joint/Staff hearing is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Wednesday May 2 via telephone conference to review ongoing recreational fisheries.
Check the WDFW hotline for fishery updates at (360) 902-2500
Or visit our website for current news releases.

April 25, 2007

THE FOLLOWING COLUMBIA RIVER SEASONS WERE MODIFIED:

2007 SELECT AREA FISHERY, DEEP RIVER
Add Sunday and Wednesday nights to the current fishery, effective April 29, 2007.
SPRING SEASON:	Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights through June 15. Open hours are 7 PM to 7 AM (12 hours).
AREA:	Deep River fishing area from the markers at USCG navigation marker #16 upstream to the Highway 4 Bridge.
GEAR:	8-inch maximum mesh size restriction during the spring season. Nets restricted to 100 fathoms in length with no weight restriction on leadline. Use of additional weights or anchors attached directly to the leadline is allowed. Nets cannot be tied off to stationary structures. Nets may not fully cross navigation channel.
ALLOWABLE SALES:	Salmon, white sturgeon, and shad. A maximum of 3 white sturgeon may be possessed or sold by each participating vessel during each calendar week (Sunday through Saturday).
MISCELLANEOUS REGULATIONS:	Transportation or possession of fish outside the fishing area (except to the sampling station) is unlawful until WDFW staff has biologically sampled individual catches. After sampling, fishers will be issued a transportation permit by agency staff. In the spring season a sampling station will be established upstream of the Highway 4 Bridge at the upper pen site at Kato's dock.

A Joint State hearings has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 2, 2007 at 3:00 via teleconference.

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