May 19, 2016
Action: Re-opens the chinook and steelhead season on the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam.
Species affected: Chinook and steelhead
Effective dates: May 20 through May 22, 2016.
Area: The mainstem Columbia River from Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam.
Restrictions: Closed to fishing for salmonids from boats between Beacon Rock and Bonneville Dam. The Beacon Rock boundary is defined as a line projected from the deadline marker on the Oregon bank (approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville Dam Powerhouse 1) through the western tip of Pierce Island to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock.
Reason for action: Harvestable numbers of hatchery salmon remain available based on the updated forecast of 180,000 fish, associated management agreements, and harvest estimates to date.
All other permanent rules apply.
Information contact: (360) 696-6211. For latest information press *1010.
Species affected: Chinook and steelhead
Effective dates: May 20 through May 22, 2016.
Area: The mainstem Columbia River from Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam.
Restrictions: Closed to fishing for salmonids from boats between Beacon Rock and Bonneville Dam. The Beacon Rock boundary is defined as a line projected from the deadline marker on the Oregon bank (approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville Dam Powerhouse 1) through the western tip of Pierce Island to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock.
Reason for action: Harvestable numbers of hatchery salmon remain available based on the updated forecast of 180,000 fish, associated management agreements, and harvest estimates to date.
All other permanent rules apply.
Information contact: (360) 696-6211. For latest information press *1010.