In the sometimes contentious world of Columbia River fisheries management, it is useful to stop to consider who the fishery resource actually belongs to: it belongs to all of us. That was the ultimate point of the name chosen by our {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 29, 2010 to consider non-Indian mark-selective commercial fisheries for spring Chinook on the mainstem Columbia River. The presence of large numbers of {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on Monday, March 22, 2010 to consider non-Indian commercial fisheries for spring Chinook. Test fishing results indicate that the number of steelhead in the river is still very high, {read more}

Our copy of the Oregon Corinthian Sailing Association 2010 Sail Race Book arrived recently, along with the 2010 OCSA Chart of Numerical Courses and Windward & Leeward Courses. Readers may recall we had some unanticipated schedule {read more}

Today was the day of the first big North of Falcon meeting on Columbia River fisheries in Vancouver, Washington, which is probably why no Compact teleconference was scheduled. The fishery managers were engaged in face-to-face meetings {read more}

Test fishing for spring Chinook was conducted Sunday, March 7, 2010, followed by a Columbia River Compact  teleconference on Monday, March 8, 2010. Too many steelhead per Chinook were caught in the test fishery to set a commercial {read more}