Archive for April, 2010

Spring Factsheet #1 & Compact Action

April 20th, 2010

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 to discuss ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the Select Areas. Landings of upriver stocks in Select Areas have been running far {read more}


Winter Fact Sheet No. 12

April 15th, 2010

Winter Fact Sheet No. 12 was not accompanied by a Compact teleconference. It merely provided an update regarding the ongoing non-Indian recreational fishery for spring Chinook below Bonneville dam. Based on the data gathered up to April {read more}


2010 Spring Test Fishing Results

April 15th, 2010

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife maintains a database of test fishing results during the Winter and Spring Seasons for Columbia River spring Chinook salmon. The numbers compiled during test fishing are used as guidance {read more}


SFA on WA LCFRB Draft Recovery Plan

April 9th, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010 was the last day to file public comment on the Washington Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board’s updated Draft Recovery Plan. The plan is a very lengthy document, which contains many worthy ideas to bring about {read more}


2010 PNNL Telemetry Receiver Arrays

April 6th, 2010

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington will be deploying an extensive number of acoustic receiver arrays between mid to late April and the end of August 2010. Locations of these arrays will be sited from {read more}


Winter Factsheet 10 & Compact Action

April 5th, 2010

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on Monday, April 5, 2010 to consider non-Indian commercial fisheries for spring Chinook in the Columbia River main stem. Test fishing results over the night of April 4-5 showed much {read more}


Winter Factsheet #9 & Compact Action

April 1st, 2010

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on Thursday, April 1, 2010 to consider Select Area fisheries in Youngs Bay and Deep River. Catches to date in Deep River and Youngs Bay have been higher than normal. But, so have {read more}