WDFW will host a virtual town hall meeting on the 2024-25 coastal steelhead season at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Fish Program staff will share information on steelhead management, abundance, 2024-25 season forecasts, and a 2023-24 season summary. They will present potential fisheries and accept fishery proposals from the public. The town hall will also include preliminary data from a one-year study in the Hoh River to determine wild steelhead impacts from fishing from a floating device.
Members of the public can participate in the Oct. 25 meeting through Zoom, either online or by phone. Meeting materials and information on fishery management, including past town halls, are available on WDFW’s coastal steelhead webpage.
Staff will present information about preliminary forecasts to the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission in an Oct. 21 special Fish Committee meeting. A second virtual town hall meeting is planned for November.
Notice of Photography and/or Videography. When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography and/or videography (which includes audio recording) may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to such photography and/or videography and their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. If you prefer not to have your photo and/or video taken, please inform WDFW staff immediately upon arrival. Staff will provide a sticker or tape for you to wear. You must wear the sticker/tape at all times. WDFW will make an effort to edit or remove any photos and/or video of you in which the sticker/tape is present. Any photos and/or videos posted in error will be immediately edited or removed upon request.
Due to the nature of audio recording that is a necessary part of videography, WDFW cannot warrant that outside/ambient audio from other individuals won’t be captured and released as part of said videography. All parties attending such an event consent to WDFW using such outside/ambient audio recording as part of any videography process.