Columbia River Commercial Logbook

Rule-making status: Preproposal
Rule-making reference: #P2024-01

Summary of proposed rule

The rule proposal establishes logbook requirements for Columbia River commercial fishing downstream of Bonneville Dam.

Scope and rationale for proposed rule

WDFW proposes to collect fishing effort, catch and release information from Columbia River commercial fisheries to assist in management purposes. The information collected would provide additional updates to established observation and voluntary logbook datasets to inform modeling and management of fisheries for the department.

Public comments

To view and submit comments, please visit the Columbia River Commercial Logbook engagement page.

You may also leave comments by sending an email to columbiariverlogbook@publicinput.com. or by leaving a voicemail message at 855-925-2801 and entering project code 6378.

For more information

Staff Contact: Bethany Deacy at Bethany.Deacy@dfw.wa.gov.

Assistance for additional accessibility and persons with disabilities contact:
833-885-1012, TTY (711), or CivilRightsTeam@dfw.wa.gov.