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Archival in-season reports for ocean salmon catch and effort. For additional information on Washington's coastal salmon fisheries, visit the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

2023 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

The La Push and Neah Bay ocean management areas opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species on June 17. The Columbia River and Westport areas opened for all species on June 24. Catch details for each area are described below, where available.

In-season Management actions:

July 6, 2023:

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 8, the bag limit in the Neah Bay and La Push areas is modified to 2 salmon.

July 26, 2023:

  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, July 28, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Westport area on Fridays and Saturdays. Possession of Chinook is illegal when retention is prohibited in the area.

August 17, 2023:

  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, August 18, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook.

August 25, 2023:

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Columbia River area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Columbia River area is 21,070.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Columbia River area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Westport area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Westport area is 16,010.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the La Push area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the La Push area is 1,210.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the La Push area is modified to 2 salmon, release chum. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay area is 4,800.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon, release chum. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the subarea east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line within the Neah Bay area is closed to salmon fishing.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

Coho quota: 159,600                       Non-selective coho quota: 43,760
Chinook quota: 39,000                    Adjusted Chinook quota: 38,841*

Stat Week

 Dates  

 # of anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of total Coho quota % of total chinook guideline # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 17-18 643 237 47 237 47 0% 1% 4 0.37 0.07 0.45
26 Jun 19-25 4,280 1,385 955 1,622 1,002 1% 4% 14 0.32 0.22 0.55
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 4,457 1,766 1,534 3,388 2,536 2% 9% 6 0.40 0.34 0.74
28 Jul 3-9 6,576 3,116 2,845 6,504 5,381 3% 17% 4 0.47 0.43 0.91
29 Jul 10-16 7,134 3,492 3,947 9,996 9,328 6% 26% 10 0.49 0.55 1.04
30 Jul 17-23 8,771 4,377 5,172 14,373 14,500 9% 37% 64 0.50 0.59 1.10
31 Jul 24-30 8,525 3,131 7,269 17,504 21,769 14% 45% 183 0.40 0.85 1.24
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 9,727 4,404 3,731 21,908 25,500 16% 56% 575 0.48 0.38 0.90
33 Aug 7-13 8,290 3,086 2,411 24,994 27,911 17% 64% 469 0.39 0.29 0.72
34 Aug 14-20 2,770 615 671 25,609 28,582 18% 66% 124 0.22 0.24 0.51
35 Aug 21-25 4,466 1,580 2,547 27,189 31,129 20% 70% 102 0.35 0.57 0.95
35 Aug 26-27 6,868 1,331 6,510 28,521 6,510 15% 73% 7 0.19 0.95 1.14
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 6,245 535 8,267 29,055 14,778 34% 75% 16 0.09 1.32 1.41
37 Sep 4-10 7,484 799 9,321 29,855 24,099 55% 77% 2 0.11 1.25 1.35
38 Sep 11-17 3,920 130 2,847 29,985 26,946 62% 77% 4 0.03 0.73 0.76
39 Sep 18-24 1,025 24 737 30,010 27,683 63% 77% 0 0.02 0.72 0.74
40 Sep 25-30 856 28 540 30,038 28,223 64% 77% 0 0.03 0.63 0.66
41 Oct 3-7 212 60 3 30,097 28,226 65% 77% 0 0.28 0.01 0.30

 *159 landed-catch-equivalent Chinook non-retention mortalities projected for weeks 31-33 and assessed toward the initial quota of 39,000.

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

Coho quota: 79,800                             Non-selective coho quota: 21,740                             
Chinook guideline: 11,490

This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, September 30.  Through Sunday, September 30, 9,566 Chinook (83% of the area guideline), 15,593 mark-selective coho (20% of the area quota), and 15,688 non-mark-selective coho (72% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed. 

Stat Week  Dates   # of anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Coho quota % of Chinook guideline # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26 Jun 24-25 932 201 610 201 610 1% 2% 0 0.22 0.65 0.87
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,291 196 863 396 1,473 2% 3% 1 0.15 0.67 0.82
28 Jul 3-9 1,978 196 1,604 592 3,077 4% 5% 1 0.10 0.81 0.91
29 Jul 10-16 2,167 258 1,923 849 5,000 6% 7% 0 0.12 0.89 1.01
30 Jul 17-23 3,232 294 2,833 1,143 7,832 10% 10% 0 0.09 0.88 0.97
31 Jul 24-30 4,073 877 3,850 2,020 11,683 15% 18% 0 0.22 0.95 1.16
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 5,622 2,273 1,398 4,293 13,081 16% 37% 3 0.40 0.25 0.65
33 Aug 7-13 5,195 1,697 1,014 5,990 14,095 18% 52% 0 0.33 0.20 0.52
34 Aug 14-20 1,909 438 440 6,429 14,536 18% 56% 0 0.23 0.23 0.46
35 Aug 21-25 2,667 1,146 1,058 7,574 15,593 20% 66% 0 0.43 0.40 0.83
35 Aug 26-27 4,656 1,123 3,179 8,697 3,179 15% 76% 0 0.24 0.68 0.92
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 3,698 281 4,157 8,979 7,336 34% 78% 0 0.08 1.12 1.20
37 Sep 4-10 4,914 501 6,098 9,480 13,433 62% 83% 0 0.10 1.24 1.34
38 Sep 11-17 2,771 73 1,608 9,553 15,042 69% 83% 0 0.03 0.58 0.61
39 Sep 18-24 494 10 240 9,562 15,282 70% 83% 0 0.02 0.49 0.51
40 Sep 25-30 651 4 405 9,566 15,688 72% 83% 0 0.01 0.62 0.63

Westport 

Coho quota: 59,050                             Non-selective coho quota: 16,010                        
Chinook guideline: 17,210                  Adjusted Chinook guideline: 17,051*

This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, September 30.  Through Sunday, September 30, 13,917 Chinook (82% of the adjusted area guideline), 12,079 mark-selective coho (20% of the area quota), and 8,783 non-mark-selective coho (55% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed. 

Stat Week  Dates   # of anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Coho quota % of Chinook guideline # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26 Jun 24-25 891 560 206 560 206 0% 3% 2 0.63 0.23 0.86
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,203 860 368 1,420 574 1% 8% 2 0.71 0.31 1.02
28 Jul 3-9 3,003 2,056 886 3,477 1,460 2% 20% 2 0.68 0.30 0.98
29 Jul 10-16 3,156 1,893 1,656 5,369 3,116 5% 31% 2 0.60 0.52 1.13
30 Jul 17-23 4,343 3,328 2,148 8,697 5,264 9% 51% 36 0.77 0.49 1.27
31 Jul 24-30 3,179 1,563 3,026 10,261 8,290 14% 60% 19 0.64 0.95 1.45
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 3,151 1,569 2,071 11,830 10,361 18% 69% 329 0.60 0.66 1.26
33 Aug 7-13 2,182 1,029 859 12,859 11,220 19% 75% 156 0.56 0.39 0.94
34 Aug 14-20 291 86 41 12,945 11,261 19% 76% 14 0.30 0.14 0.49
35 Aug 21-25 1,103 337 818 13,282 12,079 20% 78% 0 0.31 0.74 1.05
35 Aug 26-27 1,617 114 2,553 13,396 2,553 16% 79% 0 0.07 1.58 1.65
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 1,775 208 2,902 13,605 5,455 34% 80% 0 0.12 1.64 1.75
37 Sep 4-10 1,854 263 2,262 13,868 7,717 48% 81% 0 0.14 1.22 1.36
38 Sep 11-17 743 43 704 13,910 8,421 53% 82% 0 0.06 0.95 1.00
39 Sep 18-24 302 6 275 13,916 8,696 54% 82% 0 0.02 0.91 0.93
40 Sep 25-30 80 1 87 13,917 8,783 55% 82% 0 0.01 1.08 1.09

*159 landed-catch-equivalent Chinook non-retention mortalities projected for weeks 31-33 and assessed toward the initial guideline of 17,210.

La Push

Coho quota: 4,150                            Non-selective coho quota: 1,210
Chinook guideline: 1,590*

A total of 212 anglers participated in the salmon fishery October 3-7, landing 60 Chinook and 3 coho.  Through Saturday, October 7, 1,064 Chinook (67% of the area guideline), 611 mark-selective coho (15% of the area quota), and 953 non-mark-selective coho (79% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.  This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, October 7.

Stat Week  Dates   # of anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Coho quota % of Chinook guideline # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 17-18 15 3 4 3 4 0% 0% 0 0.21 0.29 0.50
26 Jun 19-25 179 25 9 29 14 0% 2% 0 0.14 0.05 0.19
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 122 69 10 97 23 1% 6% 0 0.57 0.08 0.64
28 Jul 3-9 122 79 40 176 63 2% 11% 0 0.65 0.33 0.98
29 Jul 10-16 224 173 100 349 163 4% 22% 2 0.77 0.45 1.22
30 Jul 17-23 135 60 37 409 200 5% 26% 5 0.44 0.28 0.76
31 Jul 24-30 209 143 77 552 277 7% 35% 11 0.69 0.37 1.11
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 327 182 147 734 424 10% 46% 74 0.56 0.45 1.23
33 Aug 7-13 185 113 65 848 489 12% 53% 19 0.61 0.35 1.07
34 Aug 14-20 38 15 15 863 504 12% 54% 14 0.38 0.38 1.12
35 Aug 21-25 149 31 107 893 611 15% 56% 22 0.21 0.72 1.08
35 Aug 26-27 161 40 155 933 155 13% 59% 2 0.25 0.96 1.22
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 178 26 259 959 415 34% 60% 0 0.15 1.45 1.60
37 Sep 4-10 240 14 350 973 764 63% 61% 0 0.06 1.46 1.52
38 Sep 11-17 103 7 155 980 919 76% 62% 0 0.06 1.50 1.57
39 Sep 18-24 40 3 0 983 919 76% 62% 0 0.08 0.00 0.08
40 Sep 25-30 67 21 30 1,004 950 78% 63% 0 0.32 0.46 0.78
41 Oct 3-7 212 60 3 1,064 953 79% 67% 0 0.28 0.01 0.30

 *Subarea guideline of 1,440 Chinook is in effect for the La Push area June 17 - September 30.  The fishery reopened October 3 (La Push Late Season) with a Chinook quota of 150. The late season fishery closed October 7.

Neah Bay 

Coho quota: 16,600                             Non-selective coho quota: 4,800
Chinook guideline: 8,710

This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, September 30.  Through Sunday, September 30, 5,550 Chinook (64% of the area guideline), 2,845 mark-selective coho (17% of the area quota), and 2,803 non-mark-selective coho (58% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed. 

Stat Week  Dates   # of anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Coho quota % of Chinook guideline # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 17-18 628 234 43 234 43 0% 3% 4 0.37 0.07 0.45
26 Jun 19-25 2,278 599 129 832 172 1% 10% 12 0.26 0.06 0.32
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,840 642 294 1,474 466 3% 17% 3 0.35 0.16 0.51
28 Jul 3-9 1,474 785 315 2,259 781 5% 26% 1 0.53 0.21 0.75
29 Jul 10-16 1,587 1,169 268 3,428 1,049 6% 39% 6 0.74 0.17 0.91
30 Jul 17-23 1,061 695 154 4,123 1,204 7% 47% 23 0.66 0.15 0.82
31 Jul 24-30 1,065 548 316 4,671 1,519 9% 54% 152 0.51 0.30 0.95
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 627 380 114 5,051 1,634 10% 58% 169 0.61 0.18 1.06
33 Aug 7-13 729 246 472 5,298 2,106 13% 61% 294 0.34 0.65 1.39
34 Aug 14-20 532 75 175 5,373 2,281 14% 62% 96 0.14 0.33 0.65
35 Aug 21-25 546 66 564 5,439 2,845 17% 62% 80 0.12 1.03 1.30
35 Aug 26-27 434 55 624 5,494 624 13% 63% 6 0.13 1.44 1.58
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 594 19 949 5,513 1,572 33% 63% 16 0.03 1.60 1.66
37 Sep 4-10 476 21 612 5,534 2,184 46% 64% 2 0.04 1.29 1.34
38 Sep 11-17 302 8 380 5,542 2,564 53% 64% 4 0.03 1.26 1.30
39 Sep 18-24 190 6 222 5,548 2,786 58% 64% 0 0.03 1.17 1.20
40 Sep 25-30 57 2 17 5,550 2,803 58% 64% 0 0.03 0.30 0.34

2022 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

The La Push and Neah Bay ocean management areas opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species on June 18. The Columbia River area opened for all species on June 25.  The Westport area opened for all species on July 2. Catch details for each area are described below, where available.

In-season Management actions:

June 22, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, June 24, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. 

June 30, 2022: 

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 2, the subarea east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line within the Neah Bay area is closed to salmon fishing.
  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, July 4, the bag limit in the La Push area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. 
  • Effective 12:01AM Tuesday, July 5, the Neah Bay area is closed to salmon fishing.

July 8, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, July 25, the subarea west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line within the Neah Bay area is opened to salmon fishing.
  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, August 1, the subarea east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line within the Neah Bay area is opened to salmon fishing.

July 13, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 16, the subarea North of 46o 15’ N and East of 124o 08’ 40” W within the Columbia River area is closed.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 16, Chinook retention is prohibited in the La Push area.
  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, July 25, the bag limit in the La Push area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. 

July 19, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, July 22, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Westport area on Fridays and Saturdays.

August 17, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Thursday, August 18, possession of Chinook in the Westport area is illegal on days when retention of Chinook is prohibited in the Westport area.
  • Effective 12:01AM Tuesday, August 23, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Westport area.

August 22, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Tuesday, August 23, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Columbia River area.

August 25, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM on Saturday, August 27, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Westport area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota is 14,000.

September 13, 2022:

  • Effective 12:01AM Wednesday, September 14,600 Chinook transferred from the Neah Bay area guideline to add 390 Chinook to the Columbia River area guideline. The adjusted Chinook guidelines are 5,510 for the Neah Bay area and 8,090 for the Columbia River area. The adjusted north of falcon recreational Chinook quota is 26,790.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

  • Coho quota: 168,000
  • Chinook quota: 26,790
Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 18-19 781 760 89 760 89 0% 3% 0 0.97 0.11 1.09
26 Jun 20-26 3,769 2,364 565 3,124 653 0% 12% 0 0.63 0.15 0.78
27 Jun 27-Jul 3 4,781 1,620 2,663 4,744 3,316 2% 18% 0 0.34 0.56 0.90
28 Jul 4-10 7,858 4,284 6,375 9,028 9,691 6% 34% 0 0.55 0.81 1.36
29 Jul 11-17 4,071 1,681 4,528 10,720 14,220 8% 40% 0 0.42 1.11 1.53
30 Jul 18-24 5,764 1,707 7,331 12,493 21,551 13% 47% 0 0.33 1.27 1.57
31 Jul 25-31 6,606 1,524 7,551 14,064 29,101 17% 52% 0 0.25 1.14 1.37
32 Aug 1-7 8,221 2,313 9,983 16,415 39,084 23% 61% 0 0.30 1.21 1.50
33 Aug 8-14 11,004 2,723 13,594 19,186 52,678 31% 72% 0 0.27 1.24 1.48
34 Aug 15-21 11,815 4,281 10,069 23,512 62,747 37% 88% 0 0.39 0.85 1.21
35 Aug 22-28 4,004 1,227 2,997 24,830 65,744 39% 93% 0 0.56 0.75 1.05
36 Aug 29-Sep 4 4,718 96 5,243 25,096 70,987 42% 94% 0 0.14 1.11 1.13
37 Sep 5-11 1,979 31 1,990 25,192 72,977 43% 94% 0 0.12 1.01 1.02
38 Sep 12-18 3,647 7 4,838 25,282 77,815 46% 94% 0 0.02 1.33 1.33
39 Sep 19-25 1,966 34 2,655 25,349 80,470 48% 95% 0 0.15 1.35 1.37
40 Sep 26-30 450 25 400 25,389 80,870 48% 95% 0 0.26 0.89 0.94
41 Oct 5-8 285 127 2 25,517 80,872 48% 95% 0 0.45 0.01 0.45

 **Includes landed catch equivalent of non-retention mortality in weeks 29 through 40.

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

  • Coho quota: 84,000
  • Chinook guideline: 8,090

This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Friday, September 30. Through Sunday, September 30, 8,012 Chinook (99% of the adjusted area guideline) and 44,017 coho (52% of the area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26 Jun 25-26 705 334 371 334 371 0% 4% 0 0.47 0.53 1.00
27 Jun 27-Jul 3 1,771 314 2,013 649 2,384 3% 8% 0 0.18 1.14 1.31
28 Jul 4-10 3,917 1,615 4,365 2,264 6,749 8% 28% 0 0.41 1.11 1.53
29 Jul 11-17 1,929 210 2,723 2,473 9,472 11% 31% 0 0.11 1.41 1.52
30 Jul 18-24 2,639 199 4,461 2,672 13,933 17% 33% 0 0.08 1.69 1.77
31 Jul 25-31 3,007 263 4,388 2,935 18,321 22% 36% 0 0.09 1.46 1.55
32 Aug 1-7 4,883 617 6,128 3,552 24,449 29% 44% 0 0.13 1.25 1.38
33 Aug 8-14 6,224 984 7,752 4,536 32,201 38% 56% 0 0.16 1.25 1.40
34 Aug 15-21 7,254 2,365 5,204 6,902 37,405 45% 85% 0 0.33 0.72 1.04
35 Aug 22-28 2,409 866 1,586 7,808 38,990 46% 97% 0 0.57 0.66 1.02
36 Aug 29-Sep 4 2,564 5 2,247 7,905 41,238 49% 98% 0 0.00 0.88 0.88
37 Sep 5-11 1,067 10 721 7,953 41,959 50% 98% 0 0.01 0.68 0.68
38 Sep 12-18 1,874 0 1,976 7,999 43,934 52% 99% 0 0.00 1.05 1.05
39 Sep 19-25 448 0 72 8,011 44,006 52% 99% 0 0.00 0.16 0.16
40 Sep 26-30 41 0 11 8,012 44,017 52% 99% 0 0.00 0.27 0.27

 **Includes landed catch equivalent of non-retention mortality in weeks 35 through 40.     

Westport        

  • Coho quota: 62,160                        Non-selective coho quota: 14,000
  • Chinook guideline: 12,070

This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Friday, September 30. Through Sunday, September 30, 11,714 Chinook (97% of the area guideline), 23,137 mark-selective coho (37% of the area quota), and 9,459 non-mark-selective coho (68% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
27 Jul 2-3 943 293 376 293 376 1% 2% 0 0.31 0.40 0.71
28 Jul 4-10 3,527 2,428 1,739 2,721 2,115 3% 23% 0 0.69 0.49 1.18
29 Jul 11-17 2,001 1,424 1,736 4,145 3,851 6% 34% 0 0.71 0.87 1.58
30 Jul 18-24 3,037 1,508 2,772 5,711 6,623 11% 47% 0 0.61 0.91 1.41
31 Jul 25-31 2,944 841 2,742 6,599 9,366 15% 55% 0 0.36 0.93 1.22
32 Aug 1-7 2,662 1,350 3,346 7,988 12,711 20% 66% 0 0.63 1.26 1.76
33 Aug 8-14 3,656 1,318 4,958 9,353 17,669 28% 77% 0 0.46 1.36 1.72
34 Aug 15-21 3,742 1,762 4,320 11,161 21,989 35% 92% 0 0.59 1.15 1.63
35 Aug 22-26 1,155 305 1,148 11,499 23,137 37% 95% 0 1.27 0.99 1.26
35 Aug 27-28 328 0 542 11,517 542 4% 95% 0 0.00 1.65 1.65
36 Aug 29-Sep 4 1,461 5 2,540 11,601 3,081 22% 96% 0 0.00 1.74 1.74
37 Sep 5-11 652 7 1,158 11,635 4,239 30% 96% 0 0.01 1.78 1.79
38 Sep 12-18 1,342 0 2,444 11,672 6,683 48% 97% 0 0.00 1.82 1.82
39 Sep 19-25 1,293 7 2,408 11,700 9,091 65% 97% 0 0.01 1.86 1.87
40 Sep 26-30 314 0 368 11,714 9,459 68% 97% 0 0.00 1.17 1.17

 **Includes landed catch equivalent of non-retention mortality in weeks 30 through 40.

La Push

  • Coho quota: 4,370
  • Chinook guideline: 1,120*

Through Saturday October 8, 913 Chinook (82% of the area guideline) and 2,168 coho (50% of the area quota) have been landed. This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, October 8.

Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 18-19 20 2 0 2 0 0% 0% 0 0.11 0.00 0.11
26 Jun 20-26 132 15 44 17 44 1% 1% 0 0.11 0.33 0.44
27 Jun 27-Jul 3 161 58 40 75 83 2% 7% 0 0.36 0.25 0.61
28 Jul 4-10 347 212 250 287 333 8% 26% 0 0.61 0.72 1.33
29 Jul 11-17 141 47 70 345 403 9% 31% 0 0.63 0.49 0.83
30 Jul 18-24 88 1 97 354 500 11% 32% 0 0.03 1.11 1.12
31 Jul 25-31 231 105 244 459 744 17% 41% 0 0.46 1.06 1.51
32 Aug 1-7 251 122 226 581 970 22% 52% 0 0.49 0.90 1.39
33 Aug 8-14 277 89 274 670 1,244 28% 60% 0 0.32 0.99 1.31
34 Aug 15-21 199 26 198 696 1,442 33% 62% 0 0.13 0.99 1.12
35 Aug 22-28 99 5 130 701 1,572 36% 63% 0 0.05 1.32 1.37
36 Aug 29-Sep 4 254 41 286 742 1,858 43% 66% 0 0.16 1.13 1.29
37 Sep 5-11 62 5 43 747 1,901 44% 67% 0 0.08 0.70 0.77
38 Sep 12-18 148 7 173 754 2,075 47% 67% 0 0.05 1.17 1.22
39 Sep 19-25 87 21 72 776 2,147 49% 69% 0 0.24 0.83 1.07
40 Sep 26-30 44 10 18 786 2,166 50% 70% 0 0.23 0.41 0.64
41 Oct 5-8 285 127 2 913 2,168 50% 82% 0 0.45 0.01 0.45

*Subarea guideline of 995 Chinook is in effect for the La Push area June 18 - September 30.  The fishery is scheduled to reopen October 5 (La Push Late Season) with a Chinook quota of 125. The late season fishery will close October 8 or upon attainment of quota. 

**Includes landed catch equivalent of non-retention mortality in weeks 29 and 30.

Neah Bay 

  • Coho quota: 17,470
  • Chinook guideline: 5,510

This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Friday, September 30. Through Sunday, September 30, 4,877 Chinook (89% of adjusted the area guideline) and 2,633 coho (15% of the area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 18-19 761 758 89 758 89 1% 14% 0 1.00 0.12 1.11
26 Jun 20-26 2,932 2,015 150 2,773 239 1% 50% 0 0.69 0.05 0.74
27 Jun 27-Jul 3 1,907 954 234 3,727 473 3% 68% 0 0.50 0.12 0.62
28 Jul 4-10 67 29 21 3,756 494 3% 68% 0 0.44 0.32 0.76
29 Jul 11-17 - - - 3,756 494 3% 61% - - - -
30 Jul 18-24 - - - 3,756 494 3% 61% - - - -
31 Jul 25-31 425 314 177 4,071 671 4% 74% 0 0.74 0.42 1.16
32 Aug 1-7 425 224 284 4,294 954 5% 78% 0 0.53 0.67 1.19
33 Aug 8-14 847 332 610 4,627 1,565 9% 84% 0 0.39 0.72 1.11
34 Aug 15-21 619 127 347 4,753 1,912 11% 86% 0 0.21 0.56 0.77
35 Aug 22-28 341 50 133 4,804 2,044 12% 87% 0 0.15 0.39 0.54
36 Aug 29-Sep 4 438 44 170 4,848 2,214 13% 88% 0 0.10 0.39 0.49
37 Sep 5-11 198 9 69 4,857 2,283 13% 88% 0 0.05 0.35 0.39
38 Sep 12-18 284 0 245 4,857 2,528 14% 88% 0 0.00 0.86 0.86
39 Sep 19-25 138 6 102 4,862 2,630 15% 88% 0 0.04 0.74 0.78
40 Sep 26-30 51 15 2 4,877 2,633 15% 89% 0 0.29 0.05 0.34

2021 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

The four ocean management areas between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species except coho on June 19.  The Columbia Ocean and Westport areas opened for all salmon species on June 27; the La Push and Neah Bay areas opened for all salmon species on July 4.  Catch details for each of the areas are described below.

In-season Management actions:

July 20, 2021: 

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 24, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook

August 6, 2021:

  • Westport area is open to recreational salmon fishing 7 days per week

August 20, 2021:

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 21, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon.

August 26, 2021:

  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, August 30, the Columbia River area was closed to salmon fishing.

September 2, 2021:

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, September 4, the La Push area was closed to salmon fishing. Effective 12:01AM Wednesday, September 8, the Westport area was closed to salmon fishing.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

  • Coho quota: 70,000
  • Chinook quota: 27,250
Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of total coho quota Percent of total chinook guideline Number of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25

Jun 19-20

 1,091 489 0 489 0 0% 2% 0 0.45 0.00 0.45
26

Jun 21-27

 4,147 1,579 277 2,068 277 0% 8% 3 0.38 0.07 0.45
27

Jun 28-Jul 4

 3,470 1,341 999 3,409 1,276 2% 13% 4 0.39 0.29 0.68
28 Jul 5-11 6,402 2,398 3,827 5,807 5,103 7% 21% 51 0.37 0.60 0.98
29 Jul 12-18 7,420 2,395 3,399 8,202 8,502 12% 30% 158 0.32 0.46 0.80
30 Jul 19-25 6,948 1,709 3,195 9,911 11,697 17% 36% 263 0.25 0.46 0.74
31 Jul 26-Aug 1 6,273 1,264 4,494 11,174 16,190 23% 41% 221 0.20 0.72 0.95
32 Aug 2-8 8,857 1,494 8,443 12,669 24,634 35% 46% 138 0.17 0.95 1.14
33 Aug 9-15 9,835 1,990 10,656 14,659 35,290 50% 54% 243 0.20 1.08 1.31
34 Aug 16-22 8,618 1,795 9,720 16,454 45,010 64% 60% 46 0.21 1.13 1.34
35 Aug 23-29 10,569 808 11,604 17,262 56,614 81% 63% 34 0.08 1.10 1.18
36 Aug 30-Sep 5 3,676 315 5,800 17,577 62,414 89% 65% 18 0.09 1.58 1.67
37 Sep 6-12 1,087 131 1,606 17,708 64,021 91% 65% 12 0.12 1.48 1.61
38 Sep 13-15 32 0 41 17,708 64,058 92% 65% 0 0.00 1.28 1.28

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

This area was closed to salmon fishing on Sunday August 29.  Through Sunday, August 29, 6,021 Chinook (84% of the area guideline) and 39,514 coho (93% of the area subquota) have been landed. 

  • Coho quota: 42,400
  • Chinook quota: 7,200
Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25

Jun 19-20

 310 160 0 160 0 0% 2% 0 0.52 0.00 0.52
26

Jun 21-27

 1,338 337 255 497 255 1% 7% 0 0.25 0.19 0.44
27

Jun 28-Jul 4

 1,250 88 880 585 1,135 3% 8% 0 0.07 0.70 0.77
28 Jul 5-11 2,822 229 3,217 814 4,352 10% 11% 0 0.08 1.14 1.22
29 Jul 12-18 3,628 615 2,205 1,429 6,557 15% 20% 0 0.17 0.61 0.78
30 Jul 19-25 2,857 371 2,326 1,800 8,883 21% 25% 0 0.13 0.81 0.94
31 Jul 26-Aug 1 3,383 210 3,484 2,009 12,367 29% 28% 0 0.06 1.03 1.09
32 Aug 2-8 6,057 739 6,396 2,748 18,762 44% 38% 0 0.12 1.06 1.18
33 Aug 9-15 6,261 1,248 7,796 3,996 26,558 63% 56% 0 0.20 1.25 1.44
34 Aug 16-22 6,747 1,547 7,397 5,543 33,955 80% 77% 0 0.23 1.10 1.33
35 Aug 23-29 6,724 478 5,559 6,021 39,514 93% 84% 0 0.07 0.83 0.90

Westport 

This area was closed to salmon fishing on Tuesday, September 7.  Through Sunday, September 12, 7,009 Chinook (54% of the area guideline) and 20,687 coho (101% of the area subquota) have been landed. 

  • Coho quota: 20,440
  • Chinook quota: 12,925
Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25

Jun 19-20

 378 206 0 206 0 0% 2% 0 0.54 0.00 0.54

26

Jun 21-27

 1,383 711 18 917 18 0% 7% 0 0.51 0.01 0.53

27

Jun 28-Jul 4

 1,333 867 115 1,784 133 1% 14% 0 0.65 0.09 0.74
28 Jul 5-11 1,977 941 476 2,725 608 3% 21% 2 0.48 0.24 0.72
29 Jul 12-18 2,172 611 846 3,336 1,454 7% 26% 7 0.28 0.39 0.67
30 Jul 19-25 2,364 771 342 4,107 1,796 9% 32% 7 0.33 0.14 0.47
31 Jul 26-Aug 1 1,734 725 675 4,832 2,471 12% 37% 13 0.42 0.39 0.81
32 Aug 2-8 2,283 690 1,704 5,522 4,176 20% 43% 7 0.30 0.75 1.05
33 Aug 9-15 2,794 682 2,225 6,204 6,401 31% 48% 9 0.24 0.80 1.04
34 Aug 16-22 1,311 153 2,096 6,357 8,497 42% 49% 2 0.12 1.60 1.72
35 Aug 23-29 3,181 247 5,445 6,604 13,942 68% 51% 0 0.08 1.71 1.79
36 Aug 30-Sep 5 3,013 277 5,291 6,881 19,233 94% 53% 0 0.09 1.76 1.85
37 Sep 6-12 952 128 1,455 7,009 20,687 101% 54% 1 0.13 1.53 1.66

La Push

This area was closed to salmon fishing on Friday September 3.  Through Sunday, September 5, 329 Chinook (25% of the area guideline) and 1,333 coho (93% of the area subquota) have been landed. 

  • Coho quota: 1,430
  • Chinook quota: 1,300
Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25

Jun 19-20

 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
26

Jun 21-27

 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
27

Jun 28-Jul 4

 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
28 Jul 5-11 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
29 Jul 12-18 171 130 20 130 20 1% 10% 0 0.76 0.12 0.87
30 Jul 19-25 171 42 114 172 134 9% 13% 10 0.25 0.67 0.98
31 Jul 26-Aug 1 197 53 137 225 271 19% 17% 12 0.27 0.70 1.03
32 Aug 2-8 159 17 155 242 426 30% 19% 25 0.11 0.98 1.24
33 Aug 9-15 245 9 271 251 697 49% 19% 23 0.04 1.11 1.24
34 Aug 16-22 71 7 69 257 766 54% 20% 0 0.09 0.98 1.07
35 Aug 23-29 333 57 385 315 1,152 81% 24% 5 0.17 1.16 1.35
36 Aug 30-Sep 5 291 15 181 329 1,333 93% 25% 6 0.05 0.62 0.69

Neah Bay

Although the port of Neah Bay remains closed to public access, anglers can access Washington Marine Area 4 from the port of Sekiu.  Through Wednesday, September 15, 4,349 Chinook (75% of the area guideline) and 2,524 coho (44% of the area subquota) have been landed.  This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Wednesday, September 15.

  • Coho quota: 5,730
  • Chinook quota: 5,825
Stat Week Dates Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25

Jun 19-20

 403 122 0 122 0 0% 2% 0 0.30 0.00 0.30
26

Jun 21-27

 1,426 531 4 654 4 0% 11% 3 0.37 0.00 0.38
27

Jun 28-Jul 4

 887 386 4 1,040 8 0% 18% 4 0.44 0.00 0.44
28 Jul 5-11 1,604 1,228 134 2,268 142 2% 39% 49 0.77 0.08 0.88
29 Jul 12-18 1,448 1,039 329 3,307 471 8% 57% 150 0.72 0.23 1.05
30 Jul 19-25 1,556 524 412 3,832 883 15% 66% 246 0.34 0.26 0.76
31 Jul 26-Aug 1 960 276 198 4,108 1,081 19% 71% 196 0.29 0.21 0.70
32 Aug 2-8 357 48 188 4,156 1,269 22% 71% 107 0.13 0.53 0.96
33 Aug 9-15 535 52 364 4,208 1,634 29% 72% 210 0.10 0.68 1.17
34 Aug 16-22 489 89 158 4,297 1,792 31% 74% 45 0.18 0.32 0.60
35 Aug 23-29 332 26 214 4,323 2,006 35% 74% 30 0.08 0.65 0.81
36 Aug 30-Sep 5 372 23 329 4,346 2,335 41% 75% 12 0.06 0.88 0.98
37 Sep 6-12 118 3 147 4,349 2,482 43% 75% 11 0.02 1.24 1.36
38 Sep 13-15 32 0 41 4,349 2,524 44% 75% 0 0.00 1.28 1.28

2020 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

The four ocean management areas between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species except coho on June 20.  The four ocean management areas between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for all salmon species on June 29.  Catch details for each of the areas are described below.

In-season management actions

July 23, 2020:

  • The Columbia River area was closed to salmon fishing effective 12:59 PM Sunday, July 26.

August 5, 2020: 

  • The Neah Bay area was closed to salmon fishing effective 12:59 PM Friday, August 7.

September 2, 2020: 

  • Effective 12:01 AM September 4, the Westport area was opened 7 days per week with a daily bag limit of 2 salmon.
  • Transferred 228 coho from the La Push subarea quota to the Neah Bay area subquota.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

  • Coho quota: 26,500
  • Chinook quota: 26,360
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 20-21 1,127 245 13 245 13 0% 1% 0 0.22 0.01 0.23
26 Jun 22-28 1,525 515 28 760 41 0% 3% 0 0.34 0.02 0.36
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 3,919 509 2,370 1,269 2,411 9% 5% 0 0.13 0.60 0.73
28 Jul 6-12 7,507 1,250 7,321 2,519 9,732 37% 10% 0 0.17 0.98 1.14
29 Jul 13-19 4,578 1,096 2,338 3,615 12,070 46% 14% 0 0.24 0.51 0.75
30 Jul 20-26 6,644 1,201 4,739 4,816 16,809 63% 18% 0 0.18 0.71 0.89
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 3,388 993 1,133 5,809 17,942 68% 22% 0 0.29 0.33 0.63
32 Aug 3-9 2,112 361 1,667 6,170 19,609 74% 23% 0 0.17 0.79 0.96
33 Aug 10-16 1,503 299 649 6,469 20,259 76% 25% 0 0.20 0.43 0.63
34 Aug 17-23 1,338 496 645 6,964 20,904 79% 26% 0 0.37 0.48 0.85
35 Aug 24-30 1,107 88 647 7,052 21,552 81% 27% 0 0.08 0.59 0.66
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 1,393 267 1,411 7,319 22,963 87% 28% 0 0.19 1.01 1.20
37 Sep 7-13 1,937 159 1,111 7,478 24,074 91% 28% 0 0.08 0.57 0.66
38 Sep 14-20 632 61 134 7,539 24,207 91% 29% 0 0.10 0.21 0.31
39 Sep 21-27 107 8 41 7,547 24,248 92% 29% 0 0.07 0.38 0.46
40 Sep 28-30 61 6 22 7,553 24,270 92% 29% 0 0.10 0.36 0.46

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

This area was closed to salmon fishing on Sunday, July 26.  Through Sunday, July 26, 809 Chinook (12% of the area guideline) and 12,849 coho (97% of the area subquota) have been landed.

  • Coho quota: 13,250
  • Chinook quota: 7,000
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 20-21 350 108 0 108 0 0% 2% 0 0.31 0.00 0.31
26 Jun 22-28 326 109 0 217 0 0% 3% 0 0.33 0.00 0.33
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 2,492 151 1,882 368 1,882 14% 5% 0 0.06 0.76 0.82
28 Jul 6-12 4,031 218 5,898 586 7,780 59% 8% 0 0.05 1.46 1.52
29 Jul 13-19 1,558 57 1,384 643 9,164 69% 9% 0 0.04 0.89 0.92
30 Jul 20-26 3,403 166 3,685 809 12,849 97% 12% 0 0.05 1.08 1.13

Westport

Through Wednesday, September 30, 4,820 Chinook (39% of the area guideline) and 8,219 coho (84% of the area subquota) have been landed.  This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Wednesday, September 30.

  • Coho quota: 9,800
  • Chinook quota: 12,460
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 20-21 456 33 0 33 0 0% 0% 0 0.07 0.00 0.07
26 Jun 22-28 333 27 0 60 0 0% 0% 0 0.08 0.00 0.08
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 748 160 160 221 160 2% 2% 0 0.21 0.21 0.43
28 Jul 6-12 1,712 545 633 766 793 8% 6% 0 0.32 0.37 0.69
29 Jul 13-19 1,733 740 688 1,506 1,481 15% 12% 0 0.43 0.40 0.82
30 Jul 20-26 2,264 782 702 2,288 2,183 22% 18% 0 0.35 0.31 0.66
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 2,552 841 533 3,129 2,716 28% 25% 0 0.33 0.21 0.54
32 Aug 3-9 1,490 312 1,015 3,441 3,731 38% 28% 0 0.21 0.68 0.89
33 Aug 10-16 1,429 299 596 3,740 4,327 44% 30% 0 0.21 0.42 0.63
34 Aug 17-23 1,277 492 591 4,231 4,919 50% 34% 0 0.39 0.46 0.85
35 Aug 24-30 1,045 88 624 4,319 5,542 57% 35% 0 0.08 0.60 0.68
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 1,316 267 1,369 4,586 6,911 71% 37% 0 0.20 1.04 1.24
37 Sep 7-13 1,937 159 1,111 4,745 8,022 82% 38% 0 0.08 0.57 0.66
38 Sep 14-20 632 61 134 4,806 8,156 83% 39% 0 0.10 0.21 0.31
39 Sep 21-27 107 8 41 4,814 8,197 84% 39% 0 0.07 0.38 0.46
40 Sep 28-30 61 6 22 4,820 8,219 84% 39% 0 0.10 0.36 0.46

La Push

Although the port of La Push was closed to public access, anglers could access Washington Marine Area 3 from the port of Sekiu or Westport.  Through Wednesday, September 30, 20 Chinook (2% of the area guideline) and 215 coho (46% of the area subquota) have been landed.  This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Wednesday, September 30.

  • Coho quota: 462
  • Chinook quota: 1,300
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 20-21 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
26 Jun 22-28 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% 0 - - -
28 Jul 6-12 21 16 6 16 6 1% 1% 0 0.76 0.29 1.05
29 Jul 13-19 0 0 0 16 6 1% 1% 0 - - -
30 Jul 20-26 0 0 0 16 6 1% 1% 0 - - -
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 0 0 0 16 6 1% 1% 0 - - -
32 Aug 3-9 18 0 36 16 42 9% 1% 0 0.00 2.00 2.00
33 Aug 10-16 74 0 53 16 95 21% 1% 0 0.00 0.72 0.72
34 Aug 17-23 61 4 54 20 149 32% 2% 0 0.07 0.89 0.95
35 Aug 24-30 61 0 24 20 173 37% 2% 0 0.00 0.38 0.38
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 77 0 42 20 215 46% 2% 0 0.00 0.55 0.55
37 Sep 7-13 0 0 0 20 215 46% 2% 0 - - -
38 Sep 14-20 0 0 0 20 215 46% 2% 0 - - -
39 Sep 21-27 0 0 0 20 215 46% 2% 0 - - -
40 Sep 28-30 0 0 0 20 215 46% 2% 0 - - -

Neah Bay

Although the port of Neah Bay was closed to public access, anglers could access Washington Marine Area 4 from the port of Sekiu.  Through Friday, August 7, 1,904 Chinook (34% of the area guideline) and 2,988 coho (100% of the area subquota) have been landed.  This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Friday, August 7.

  • Coho quota: 2,988
  • Chinook quota: 5,600
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 20-21 321 104 13 104 13 0% 2% 0 0.32 0.04 0.36
26 Jun 22-28 866 379 28 483 41 1% 9% 0 0.44 0.03 0.47
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 679 198 328 681 369 12% 12% 0 0.29 0.48 0.77
28 Jul 6-12 1,743 471 784 1,152 1,153 39% 21% 0 0.27 0.45 0.72
29 Jul 13-19 1,287 299 266 1,451 1,419 47% 26% 0 0.23 0.21 0.44
30 Jul 20-26 976 253 352 1,704 1,771 59% 30% 0 0.26 0.36 0.62
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 836 152 601 1,856 2,372 79% 33% 0 0.18 0.72 0.90
32 Aug 3-9 604 49 616 1,904 2,988 100% 34% 0 0.08 1.02 1.10

2019 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

The four ocean management areas between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species on June 22. Catch details for each of the areas are described below.

In-season Management actions:

July 3, 2019:

  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, July 8, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook.

July 12, 2019:       

  • Effective 12:01AM Sunday, July 14, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Neah Bay area.              
  • Effective 12:01AM Monday, July 15, the bag limit in the La Push area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook.

August 7, 2019:  

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 10, daily bag limit in Westport is modified to 2 salmon.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

  • Coho quota: 159,600
  • Chinook quota: 26,250
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 22-23 2,016 186 1,290 186 1,290 1% 1% 8 0.09 0.64 0.74
26 Jun 24-30 5,988 1,758 5,175 1,943 6,466 4% 7% 7 0.29 0.86 1.16
27 Jul 1-7 7,427 2,962 5,863 4,906 12,329 8% 19% 2 0.40 0.79 1.19
28 Jul 8-14 9,914 1,854 11,970 6,759 24,298 15% 26% 68 0.19 1.21 1.40
29 Jul 15-21 4,942 309 5,444 7,068 29,743 19% 27% 67 0.06 1.10 1.18
30 Jul 22-28 8,776 844 9,241 7,912 38,984 24% 30% 290 0.10 1.05 1.18
31 Jul 29-Aug 4 6,622 511 5,778 8,423 44,762 28% 32% 591 0.08 0.87 1.04
32 Aug 5-11 12,590 706 15,879 9,129 60,641 38% 35% 512 0.06 1.26 1.36
33 Aug 12-18 8,559 484 9,124 9,613 69,765 44% 37% 165 0.06 1.07 1.14
34 Aug 19-25 4,968 437 5,070 10,049 74,835 47% 38% 52 0.09 1.02 1.12
35 Aug 26-Sep 1 4,223 386 3,490 10,436 78,324 49% 40% 5 0.09 0.83 0.92
36 Sep 2-8 2,590 182 2,141 10,618 80,465 50% 40% 8 0.07 0.83 0.90
37 Sep 9-15 1,059 56 1,011 10,673 81,477 51% 41% 0 0.05 0.95 1.01
38 Sep 16-22 411 19 150 10,692 81,626 51% 41% 0 0.05 0.36 0.41
39 Sep 23-29 131 4 17 10,696 81,643 51% 41% 0 0.03 0.13 0.16
40 Sep 30-Oct 6 241 159 30 10,855 81,673 51% 41% 0 0.66 0.12 0.78
41 Oct 7-13 42 19 1 10,874 81,674 51% 41% 0 0.45 0.02 0.47

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

Through Monday, September 30, 4,031 Chinook (56% of the area guideline) and 53,461 coho (67% of the area quota) have been landed. This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Monday, September 30.

  • Coho quota: 79,800
  • Chinook guideline: 7,150
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 22-23 758 54 1,038 54 1,038 1% 1% 0 0.07 1.37 1.44
26 Jun 24-30 2,987 282 4,329 336 5,368 7% 5% 0 0.09 1.45 1.54
27 Jul 1-7 4,048 1,158 4,558 1,494 9,925 12% 21% 0 0.29 1.13 1.41
28 Jul 8-14 5,269 581 8,017 2,076 17,942 22% 29% 0 0.11 1.52 1.63
29 Jul 15-21 1,747 47 2,504 2,123 20,446 26% 30% 0 0.03 1.43 1.46
30 Jul 22-28 4,583 411 5,852 2,535 26,299 33% 35% 0 0.09 1.28 1.37
31 Jul 29-Aug 4 3,793 298 3,691 2,832 29,990 38% 40% 0 0.08 0.97 1.05
32 Aug 5-11 8,974 500 11,208 3,332 41,197 52% 47% 0 0.06 1.25 1.30
33 Aug 12-18 5,880 205 6,037 3,537 47,235 59% 49% 0 0.03 1.03 1.06
34 Aug 19-25 2,816 220 2,974 3,758 50,209 63% 53% 0 0.08 1.06 1.13
35 Aug 26-Sep 1 2,064 151 1,628 3,909 51,837 65% 55% 0 0.07 0.79 0.86
36 Sep 2-8 1,172 84 1,206 3,993 53,043 66% 56% 0 0.07 1.03 1.10
37 Sep 9-15 350 35 321 4,028 53,364 67% 56% 0 0.10 0.92 1.02
38 Sep 16-22 141 0 88 4,028 53,452 67% 56% 0 0.00 0.62 0.62
39 Sep 23-29 11 2 4 4,030 53,455 67% 56% 0 0.19 0.34 0.53
40 30-Sep 10 1 6 4,031 53,461 67% 56% 0 0.10 0.60 0.70

Westport        

Through Monday, September 30, 2,336 Chinook (18% of the area guideline) and 20,221 coho (34% of the area quota) have been landed. This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Monday, September 30.

  • Coho quota: 59,050                     
  • Chinook guideline: 12,700
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 22-23 492 72 23 72 23 0% 1% 0 0.15 0.05 0.19
26 Jun 24-30 1,112 53 318 125 341 1% 1% 0 0.05 0.29 0.33
27 Jul 1-7 1,421 129 884 255 1,225 2% 2% 2 0.09 0.62 0.71
28 Jul 8-14 2,517 369 2,374 623 3,599 6% 5% 13 0.15 0.94 1.09
29 Jul 15-21 2,378 224 2,015 847 5,614 10% 7% 36 0.09 0.85 0.96
30 Jul 22-28 3,348 409 2,588 1,257 8,202 14% 10% 76 0.12 0.77 0.92
31 Jul 29-Aug 4 2,330 172 1,794 1,429 9,996 17% 11% 427 0.07 0.77 1.03
32 Aug 5-11 2,568 158 3,672 1,586 13,668 23% 12% 51 0.06 1.43 1.51
33 Aug 12-18 2,163 219 2,572 1,805 16,240 28% 14% 68 0.10 1.19 1.32
34 Aug 19-25 1,673 190 1,596 1,995 17,836 30% 16% 17 0.11 0.95 1.08
35 Aug 26-Sep 1 1,598 221 1,310 2,216 19,145 32% 17% 2 0.14 0.82 0.96
36 Sep 2-8 1,019 82 472 2,298 19,617 33% 18% 8 0.08 0.46 0.55
37 Sep 9-15 571 19 532 2,317 20,150 34% 18% 0 0.03 0.93 0.97
38 Sep 16-22 182 18 61 2,335 20,210 34% 18% 0 0.10 0.33 0.43
39 Sep 23-29 80 0 4 2,335 20,214 34% 18% 0 0.00 0.05 0.05
40 30-Sep 13 1 7 2,336 20,221 34% 18% 0 0.08 0.54 0.62

La Push       

Through Sunday, October 13, 613 Chinook (51% of the area guideline) and 1,768 coho (43% of the area quota) have been landed. This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Sunday, October 13.

  • Coho quota: 4,050                                      Late-Season Fishery: Coho quota: 100                     
  • Chinook guideline: 1,100                                                      Chinook Guideline: 100  
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 22-23 62 1 0 1 0 0% 0% 0 0.02 0.00 0.02
26 Jun 24-30 65 6 2 7 2 0% 1% 0 0.09 0.03 0.12
27 Jul 1-7 117 96 17 103 19 0% 9% 0 0.82 0.15 0.97
28 Jul 8-14 130 63 76 166 95 2% 14% 2 0.48 0.58 1.08
29 Jul 15-21 95 37 74 203 169 4% 17% 1 0.39 0.78 1.19
30 Jul 22-28 207 23 172 226 341 8% 19% 38 0.11 0.83 1.13
31 Jul 29-Aug 4 158 41 103 267 444 11% 22% 31 0.26 0.65 1.11
32 Aug 5-11 282 48 187 316 631 15% 26% 81 0.17 0.66 1.12
33 Aug 12-18 224 60 253 375 884 21% 31% 30 0.27 1.13 1.53
34 Aug 19-25 247 26 293 402 1,178 28% 33% 21 0.11 1.19 1.38
35 Aug 26-Sep 1 203 15 259 416 1,437 35% 35% 2 0.07 1.28 1.36
36 Sep 2-8 183 16 262 432 1,699 41% 36% 0 0.09 1.43 1.52
37 Sep 9-15 43 2 52 434 1,750 42% 36% 0 0.04 1.19 1.23
38 Sep 16-22 27 1 0 435 1,750 42% 36% 0 0.04 0.00 0.04
39 Sep 23-29 13 2 0 437 1,750 42% 36% 0 0.15 0.00 0.15
40 30-Sep 21 12 2 449 1,752 42% 37% 0 0.57 0.10 0.67
40 Oct 1-6 197 145 15 594 1,767 43% 50% 0 0.74 0.07 0.81
41 Oct 7-13 42 19 1 613 1,768 43% 51% 0 0.45 0.02 0.47

Neah Bay      

Through Monday, September 30, 3,895 Chinook (75% of the area guideline) and 6,223 coho (37% of the area quota) have been landed. This area was closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Monday, September 30.

  • Coho quota: 16,600                     
  • Chinook guideline: 5,200
 Stat Week Dates # of Anglers # of Chinook # of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho % of Total Coho quota % of Total Chinook quota # of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: Total all salmon
25 Jun 22-23 705 58 229 58 229 1% 1% 8 0.08 0.32 0.42
26 Jun 24-30 1,824 1,416 526 1,474 755 5% 28% 7 0.78 0.29 1.07
27 Jul 1-7 1,841 1,579 404 3,054 1,159 7% 59% 0 0.86 0.22 1.08
28 Jul 8-14 1,999 841 1,503 3,895 2,663 16% 75% 53 0.42 0.75 1.20
29 Jul 15-21 722 0 850 3,895 3,513 21% 75% 30 0.00 1.18 1.22
30 Jul 22-28 638 0 629 3,895 4,142 25% 75% 176 0.00 0.99 1.26
31 Jul 29-Aug 4 341 0 190 3,895 4,332 26% 75% 133 0.00 0.56 0.95
32 Aug 5-11 765 0 812 3,895 5,144 31% 75% 380 0.00 1.06 1.56
33 Aug 12-18 291 0 262 3,895 5,406 33% 75% 67 0.00 0.90 1.13
34 Aug 19-25 232 0 206 3,895 5,612 34% 75% 14 0.00 0.89 0.95
35 Aug 26-Sep 1 358 0 293 3,895 5,905 36% 75% 1 0.00 0.82 0.82
36 Sep 2-8 216 0 201 3,895 6,107 37% 75% 0 0.00 0.93 0.93
37 Sep 9-15 95 0 106 3,895 6,213 37% 75% 0 0.00 1.12 1.12
38 Sep 16-22 61 0 1 3,895 6,214 37% 75% 0 0.00 0.02 0.02
39 Sep 23-29 27 0 9 3,895 6,223 37% 75% 0 0.00 0.33 0.33
40 30-Sep 0 0 0 3,895 6,223 37% 75% 0 - - -

2018 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

Three of the four management areas between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for salmon fishing on June 23; the Westport area opened on July 1.  Catch details for each of the areas are described below.

In-season management actions

July 12, 2018: 

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 14, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon.

July 24, 2018:

  • Transferred 1,000 coho from the NOF troll fishery to the Neah Bay area recreational fishery.
  • The resulting Neah Bay area recreational quota is 5,370 coho.

August 8, 2018: 

  • Transferred 2,400 coho from the NOF troll fishery to the Columbia River area recreational fishery.
  • Transferred 600 coho from the Westport Area recreational fishery to the Columbia River area recreational fishery.
  • The resulting Columbia River area recreational quota is 24,000 coho.
  • Any unused coho remaining from transfer will be reverted to their original fishery proportionally.
  • The Columbia River area and Neah Bay area recreational fisheries were closed effective 11:59 PM Sunday, August 12.

August 23, 2018: 

  • Transferred 2,400 coho from Columbia River area quota back to the NOF troll fishery.
  • Transferred 600 coho from Columbia River area quota back to the Westport area sport fishery.
  • Transferred chinook remaining on Neah Bay area 4 guideline (1,876 chinook) to the NOF troll fishery, and added those chinook to the troll sub-area quota north of the Queets River.
  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, August 24, the Westport area is open 7 days per week and the bag limit is modified to 2 salmon.

August 30, 2018:

  • Reopened Columbia River area to salmon fishing September 2 and 3.
  • Transferred 2,400 coho from the NOF troll fishery to the Columbia River area recreational fishery.
  • The resulting Columbia River area recreational quota is 23,400 coho.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

Coho quota: 43,000
Chinook quota: 25,624

Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of Total
Coho
Quota		 Percent of Total
Chinook Quota
25 Jun 23-24 1,148 552 213 552 213 0.5% 2.0%
26 Jun 25-Jul 1 2,084 604 693 1,156 906 2.2% 4.2%
27 Jul 2-8 4,927 1,016 2,196 2,173 3,102 7.4% 7.9%
28 Jul 9-15 3,842 843 1,606 3,016 4,709 11.2% 11.0%
29 Jul 16-22 4,917 1,300 2,676 4,317 7,386 17.2% 15.7%
30 Jul 23-29 7,281 2,192 4,447 6,509 11,830 27.5% 23.7%
31 Jul 30-Aug 5 10,132 1,492 10,686 8,001 22,521 52.4% 29.1%
32 Aug 6-12 10,624 1,577 9,299 9,574 31,660 73.6% 34.8%
33 Aug 13-19 2,461 296 1,128 9,856 32,879 76.5% 35.8%
34 Aug 20-26 2,738 375 3,558 10,232 36,437 84.7% 39.9%
35 Aug 27-Sep 2 5,026 329 5,093 10,561 41,530 91.5% 41.2%
36 3-Sep 617 42 289 10,602 41,819 92.1% 41.4%

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

This area reopened to recreational salmon fishing on September 2 and 3. A total of 751 anglers participated in the two-day opening, landing 25 Chinook and 104 coho. Through Sept. 3, a total of 2,248 Chinook (28% of the area guideline) and 20,546 coho (88% of the revised area sub-quota) were landed.

Coho quota: 23,400
Chinook guideline: 8,000

Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook Guideline
25 Jun 23-24 675 377 87 377 87 0.4% 4.7%
26 Jun 25-Jul 1 881 190 201 567 288 1.4% 7.1%
27 Jul 2-8 1,650 77 1,034 644 1,322 6.3% 8.1%
28 Jul 9-15 776 90 832 734 2,156 10.3% 9.2%
29 Jul 16-22 1,414 116 1,239 850 3,395 16.2% 10.6%
30 Jul 23-29 3,083 372 2,965 1,222 6,358 30.3% 15.3%
31 Jul 30-Aug 5 6,210 378 7,723 1,600 14,086 67.1% 20.0%
32 Aug 6-12 7,106 641 6,425 2,237 20,351 84.8% 28.0%
33 Aug 13-19 0 0 0 2,223 20,442 87.4% 27.8%
34 Aug 20-26 0 0 0 2,223 20,442 87.4% 27.8%
35 Aug 27-Sep 2 544 15 66 2,238 20,508 87.6% 28.0%
36 Sep 3 207 10 38 2,248 20,546 87.8% 28.1%

Westport 

A total of 4,463 anglers participated in the all-species salmon fishery August 27 - September 3, landing 260 Chinook and 4,952 coho. Through September 3, a total of 4,899 Chinook (37% of the area guideline) and 15,369 coho (99% of the area sub-quota) were landed.

Coho quota: 15,540
Chinook guideline: 13,100

Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook 
Guideline
26 1-Jul 500 212 44 212 44 0.3% 1.6%
27 Jul 2-8 1,810 610 75 822 119 0.8% 6.3%
28 Jul 9-15 1,465 259 142 1,081 262 1.7% 8.3%
29 Jul 16-22 1,760 490 419 1,571 681 4.4% 12.0%
30 Jul 23-29 2,637 980 946 2,551 1,626 10.5% 19.5%
31 Jul 30-Aug 5 2,798 744 2,066 3,295 3,692 23.8% 25.2%
32 Aug 6-12 2,750 781 2,372 4,076 6,064 40.6% 31.1%
33 Aug 13-19 2,171 240 1,054 4,316 7,118 47.6% 32.9%
34 Aug 20-26 2,417 322 3,300 4,639 10,418 67.0% 35.4%
35 Aug 27-Sep 2 4,073 230 4,722 4,869 15,139 97.4% 37.2%
36 3-Sep 390 30 230 4,899 15,369 98.9% 37.4%

La Push

A total of 430 anglers participated in the all-species salmon fishery August 27 - September 3, landing 86 Chinook and 326 coho. Through September 3, a total of 432 Chinook (29% of the area guideline) and 960 coho (88% of the area sub-quota) were landed.

Coho quota: 1,090
Chinook guideline: 1,500

Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook
Guideline
25 Jun 23-24 40 14 21 14 21 1.9% 1.0%
26 Jun 25-Jul 1 40 12 4 26 25 2.3% 1.7%
27 Jul 2-8 89 17 13 43 38 3.5% 2.9%
28 Jul 9-15 94 10 20 53 58 5.3% 3.5%
29 Jul 16-22 55 24 15 77 73 6.7% 5.1%
30 Jul 23-29 162 51 47 128 120 11.0% 8.5%
31 Jul 30-Aug 5 174 46 61 174 181 16.7% 11.6%
32 Aug 6-12 226 63 120 237 301 27.6% 15.8%
33 Aug 13-19 290 56 74 293 375 34.4% 19.5%
34 Aug 20-26 321 53 259 346 634 58.1% 23.1%
35 Aug 27-Sep 2 410 84 305 430 939 86.1% 28.6%
36 3-Sep 20 2 21 432 960 88.0% 28.8%

Neah Bay

This area closed to recreational salmon fishing on August 12. Through August 12, a total of 3,024 Chinook (100% of the revised area guideline) and 4,944 coho (92% of the revised area sub-quota) were landed.

Coho quota: 5,370
Chinook guideline: 3,024

Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook
Guideline
25 Jun 23-24 433 161 105 161 105 5.3% 3.3%
26 Jun 25-Jul 1 736 191 444 352 549 11.6% 7.2%
27 Jul 2-8 1,378 313 1,074 664 1,623 22.0% 13.6%
28 Jul 9-15 1,508 484 611 1,148 2,234 38.0% 23.4%
29 Jul 16-22 1,688 671 1,003 1,819 3,237 60.2% 37.1%
30 Jul 23-29 1,399 789 489 2,609 3,726 86.3% 53.2%
31 Jul 30-Aug 5 949 323 835 2,932 4,561 96.9% 59.8%
32 Aug 6-12 542 92 383 3,024 4,944 100.0% 61.7%

2017 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

Three of the four management areas between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for salmon fishing on June 24; the Westport area opened on July 1. The Columbia Ocean Area and the Westport Area closed to salmon fishing on Tuesday, August 22. The La Push and Neah Bay areas closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Monday, September 4. Catch details for each of the areas are described below.

In-season management actions

  • July 19: Effective Saturday, July 22, the recreational bag limit in the Westport area is 2 salmon.
  • August 10: Effective Aug 10, transfer 2,600 coho from the commercial troll fishery quota to the recreational Area 2 coho quota. The revised Area 2 recreational coho quota is 18,140.
  • August 17:
    Effective Aug 17, transfer 500 coho from the commercial troll fishery quota to the recreational Area 1 coho quota. 
    Effective Aug 17, transfer 1,027 coho from the recreational Area 2 coho quota to the recreational Area 1 coho quota. 
    Effective Aug 17, transfer 400 coho from the recreational Area 4 coho quota to the recreational Area 3 coho quota. 
    Revised sub-area coho quotas are:

    Columbia River Area - 22,527
    Westport Area - 17,113
    La Push Area - 1,490
    Neah Bay Area - 3,970

Effective 11:59 PM Tuesday, August 22, the Columbia River area and the Westport area are closed to recreational salmon fishing.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

  • Coho quota: 45,100
  • Chinook quota: 45,000
Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of Total
Coho
Quota		 Percent of Total
Chinook Quota		 Number
of Pink
26 Jun 24-25 942 603 91 603 91 0.2% 1.3% 1
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 4,624 2,517 256 3,121 347 0.8% 6.9% 11
28 Jul 3-9 6,445 2,843 712 5,964 1,059 2.3% 13.3% 65
29 Jul 10-16 6,351 3,010 2,835 8,974 3,894 8.6% 19.9% 71
30 Jul 17-23 7,094 2,452 5,198 11,426 9,092 20.2% 25.4% 99
31 Jul 24-30 8,556 2,763 7,258 14,189 16,350 36.3% 31.5% 162
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 10,162 2,027 8,037 16,216 24,387 54.1% 36.0% 200
33 Aug 7-13 12,570 2,870 9,924 19,086 34,312 76.1% 42.4% 33
34 Aug 14-20 9,922 2,292 5,723 21,378 40,035 88.8% 47.5% 53
35 Aug 21-27 2,247 403 1,324 21,781 41,359 91.7% 48.4% 25
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 746 81 831 21,861 42,190 93.5% 48.6% 7
37 4-Sep 96 10 118 21,871 42,308 93.8% 48.6% 0

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

Through the August 22 closure date, a total of 7,502 Chinook (57% of the area guideline) and 21,287 coho (95% of the revised area sub-quota) were landed in the Columbia Ocean Area.

  • Coho quota: 22,527
  • Chinook guideline: 13,200
Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook Guideline		 Number
of Pink
26 Jun 24-25 473 353 36 353 36 0.2% 2.7% 0
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,821 1,088 105 1,441 141 0.6% 10.9% 0
28 Jul 3-9 2,029 818 200 2,260 341 1.5% 17.1% 0
29 Jul 10-16 2,024 307 1,462 2,567 1,803 8.0% 19.4% 0
30 Jul 17-23 2,735 282 2,536 2,848 4,339 19.3% 21.6% 0
31 Jul 24-30 2,918 504 3,371 3,352 7,710 34.2% 25.4% 0
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 4,715 731 3,302 4,083 11,011 48.9% 30.9% 0
33 Aug 7-13 7,469 1,723 6,393 5,805 17,405 77.3% 44.0% 0
34 Aug 14-20 5,925 1,440 3,589 7,246 20,994 93.2% 54.9% 0
35 Aug 21-27 973 241 310 7,502 21,287 94.5% 56.8% 0

Westport

Through the August 22 closure date, a total of 6,601 Chinook (31% of the area guideline) and 15,742 coho (92% of the revised area sub-quota) were landed in the Westport Area.

  • Coho quota: 17,113
  • Chinook guideline: 21,400
Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook Guideline		 Number
of Pink
27 Jul 1-2 1,743 771 35 771 35 0.2% 3.6% 0
28 Jul 3-9 2,355 498 261 1,269 296 1.7% 5.9% 6
29 Jul 10-16 2,239 284 1,053 1,553 1,350 7.9% 7.3% 25
30 Jul 17-23 2,587 987 2,054 2,540 3,404 19.9% 11.9% 5
31 Jul 24-30 4,279 1,703 3,253 4,243 6,657 38.9% 19.8% 0
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 4,444 789 4,114 5,032 10,771 62.9% 23.5% 9
33 Aug 7-13 4,339 796 2,995 5,828 13,766 80.4% 27.2% 0
34 Aug 14-20 3,359 717 1,562 6,545 15,328 89.6% 30.6% 0
35 Aug 21-27 639 56 413 6,601 15,742 92.0% 30.8% 0

La Push

A total of 348 anglers participated in the all-species salmon fishery August 28 - September 4, landing 37 Chinook and 422 coho. Through the September 4 closure date, a cumulative total of 482 Chinook (19% of the area guideline) and 1,749 coho (17% over the revised area sub-quota) were landed.

  • Coho quota: 1,490
  • Chinook guideline: 2,500
Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook
Guideline		 Number
of Pink
26 Jun 24-25 82 7 13 7 13 0.9% 0.3% 0
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 67 28 6 35 19 1.3% 1.4% 2
28 Jul 3-9 86 54 6 89 25 1.7% 3.6% 3
29 Jul 10-16 89 67 28 156 53 3.6% 6.3% 0
30 Jul 17-23 75 28 39 184 92 6.2% 7.4% 0
31 Jul 24-30 148 32 80 216 172 11.5% 8.6% 0
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 226 43 223 259 394 26.5% 10.4% 2
33 Aug 7-13 287 78 369 337 763 51.2% 13.5% 3
34 Aug 14-20 213 51 244 388 1,007 67.6% 15.5% 0
35 Aug 21-27 279 57 319 445 1,326 89.0% 17.8% 1
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 291 34 346 479 1,673 112.3% 19.2% 0
37 4-Sep 57 3 76 482 1,749 117.4% 19.3% 0

Neah Bay*

A total of 494 anglers participated in the all-species salmon fishery August 28 - September 4, landing 54Chinook and 527 coho. Through the September 4 closure date, a cumulative total of 7,287 Chinook (92% of the area guideline) and 3,530 coho (89% of the revised area sub-quota) were landed.

  • Coho quota: 3,970
  • Chinook guideline: 7,900
Stat
Week		 Dates Number 
of Anglers		 Number 
of Chinook		 Number 
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of 
Coho Quota		 Percent of 
Chinook
Guideline		 Number
of Pink
26 Jun 24-25 386 244 42 244 42 1.1% 3.1% 1
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 992 630 110 874 152 3.8% 11.1% 9
28 Jul 3-9 1,975 1,472 245 2,346 397 10.0% 29.7% 56
29 Jul 10-16 1,999 2,352 291 4,698 688 17.3% 59.5% 46
30 Jul 17-23 1,698 1,156 570 5,854 1,258 31.7% 74.1% 94
31 Jul 24-30 1,211 524 554 6,378 1,812 45.6% 80.7% 162
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 778 465 398 6,843 2,210 55.7% 86.6% 189
33 Aug 7-13 476 273 167 7,116 2,378 59.9% 90.1% 30
34 Aug 14-20 401 69 343 7,184 2,721 68.5% 90.9% 53
35 Aug 21-27 356 48 282 7,233 3,003 75.7% 91.6% 24
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 455 47 485 7,280 3,488 87.9% 92.2% 7
37 4-Sep 39 7 42 7,287 3,530 88.9% 92.2% 0

* Neah Bay effort and catch during weeks 36 and 37 include Area 4 effort and catch landed in Sekiu.

2016 Ocean Sport Salmon Quota Report

The area between the U.S.-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR opened for salmon fishing on July 1. The area between the U.S.-Canada border and Leadbetter Point (Westport, La Push, and Neah Bay areas) closed for salmon fishing on August 21. The Columbia Ocean Area closed for salmon fishing on August 27. Catch details for each of the areas are described below.

In-season management actions

  • July 20: Effective 12:01 AM Saturday, July 23, increase the daily bag limit in the Westport area to 2 salmon per day, all salmon except coho.
  • August 10: Effective 12:01 AM Tuesday, Aug 16, increase the daily bag limit in the Columbia River area to 2 salmon per day, release wild coho.
  • August 10: Effective 11:59 PM Saturday, Aug 27, close the Columbia River area to salmon fishing.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

  • Coho quota: 18,900
  • Chinook quota: 35,000
Stat Week Dates Number of Anglers Number of Chinook Number of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of Coho Quota Percent of Chinook Quota
27 Jul 1-3 4,657 1,134 1,463 1,134 1,463 7.7% 3.2%
28 Jul 4-10 4,685 1,491 1,478 2,626 2,940 15.6% 7.5%
29 Jul 11-17 6,539 3,046 1,684 5,671 4,624 24.5% 16.2%
30 Jul 18-24 7,681 3,548 645 9,250 5,410 28.6% 26.4%
31 Jul 25-31 3,688 946 252 10,196 5,662 30.0% 29.1%
32 Aug 1-7 6,705 3,058 1,339 13,254 7,002 37.0% 37.9%
33 Aug 8-14 8,661 2,740 2,738 15,994 9,739 51.5% 45.7%
34 Aug 15-21 8,053 966 5,050 16,938 14,753 78.1% 48.4%
35 Aug 22-28 4,564 1,021 4,045 17,933 18,573 98.3% 51.2%

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

A total of 4,564 anglers participated in the all-species salmon fishery August 22-27, landing 1,021 Chinook and 4,045 coho. Through its closure date Saturday, August 27, a total of 5,977 Chinook (59% of the area guideline) were landed in the area, and 18,573 coho were landed coastwide (98% of the coho quota).

  • Coho quota: 18,900
  • Chinook guideline: 10,200
Stat Week Dates Number of Anglers Number of Chinook Number of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of Coho Quota Percent of Chinook Guideline
27 Jul 1-3 1,296 158 1,446 158 1,446 7.7% 1.5%
28 Jul 4-10 1,212 57 1,467 214 2,912 15.4% 2.1%
29 Jul 11-17 2,156 811 1,467 1,025 4,380 23.2% 10.1%
30 Jul 18-24 3,037 1,354 610 2,409 5,131 27.1% 23.6%
31 Jul 25-31 1,694 334 243 2,744 5,374 28.4% 26.9%
32 Aug 1-7 3,185 447 1,332 3,191 6,706 35.5% 31.3%
33 Aug 8-14 5,105 1,125 2,721 4,315 9,427 49.9% 42.3%
34 Aug 15-21 5,741 689 4,805 4,982 14,195 75.1% 48.8%
35 Aug 22-28 4,564 1,021 4,045 5,977 18,015 95.3% 58.6%

Westport

A total of 55 anglers fished from Westport in the Columbia Ocean Area August 22-27, landing 16 Chinook and 42 coho into Westport. The Westport area is closed to salmon fishing for 2016.

  • Coho quota: 0
  • Chinook guideline: 16,600
Stat Week Dates Number of Anglers Number of Chinook Number of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of Chinook Guideline Chinook per angler trip
27 Jul 1-3 1,755 431 0 431 0 2.6% 0.25
28 Jul 4-10 1,441 681 3 1,112 3 6.7% 0.47
29 Jul 11-17 2,331 1,192 215 2,305 218 13.9% 0.51
30 Jul 18-24 3,033 1,490 33 3,794 251 22.9% 0.49
31 Jul 25-31 1,070 420 4 4,214 255 25.4% 0.39
32 Aug 1-7 3,055 2,463 0 6,678 255 40.2% 0.81
33 Aug 8-14 3,217 1,546 3 8,223 258 49.5% 0.48
34 Aug 15-21 1,977 207 241 8,430 499 50.8% 0.10
35 Aug 22-28 55 16 42 8,446 540 50.9% 0.30

La Push

The La Push area is closed to salmon fishing for 2016.

  • Coho quota: 0
  • Chinook guideline: 2,000
Stat Week Dates Number of Anglers Number of Chinook Number of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of Chinook Guideline Chinook per angler trip
27 Jul 1-3 193 50 1 50 1 2.5% 0.26
28 Jul 4-10 134 20 0 71 1 3.5% 0.15
29 Jul 11-17 109 44 2 115 3 5.8% 0.41
30 Jul 18-24 235 104 0 220 3 11.0% 0.44
31 Jul 25-31 31 2 0 221 3 11.1% 0.06
32 Aug 1-7 201 20 0 241 3 12.1% 0.10
33 Aug 8-14 139 14 2 255 5 12.8% 0.10
34 Aug 15-21 48 0 0 255 5 12.8% 0.00
34 Aug 15-21 48 0 0 255 5 12.8% 0.00

Neah Bay

The Neah Bay area is closed to salmon fishing for 2016.

Coho quota: 0 Chinook guideline: 6,200

Stat Week Dates Number of Anglers Number of Chinook Number of Coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of Chinook Guideline Chinook per angler trip
27 Jul 1-3 1413 495 16 495 16 8.0% 0.35
28 Jul 4-10 1,899 734 8 1,228 24 19.8% 0.39
29 Jul 11-17 1,942 998 0 2,227 24 35.9% 0.51
30 Jul 18-24 1,376 600 2 2,826 26 45.6% 0.44
31 Jul 25-31 894 190 5 3,016 31 48.6% 0.21
32 Aug 1-7 263 128 7 3,144 38 50.7% 0.49
33 Aug 8-14 200 56 12 3,200 50 51.6% 0.28
34 Aug 15-21 288 71 4 3,271 54 52.8% 0.25
34 Aug 15-21 288 71 4 3,271 54 52.8% 0.25