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.
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For more information
Staff Contact: Bethany Deacy at Bethany.Deacy@dfw.wa.gov.
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.