Archive for June, 2011

Summer Fact Sheet 4: Fishery Updates

June 29th, 2011

The Joint Management Staff of the Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish & Wildlife issued Summer Fact Sheet No. 4 without calling for a meeting of the Columbia River Compact. This Fact Sheet updates the catch numbers for {read more}


Summer FactSheet 3 & Compact Action

June 24th, 2011

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 23, 2011 to consider Treaty Indian fisheries and non-Indian sturgeon fisheries. Participation in summer fisheries by Treaty Tribal fishers has been less {read more}


Summer FactSheet 2 & Compact Action

June 16th, 2011

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2011 to consider extending the commercial shad fishery in Area 2S and the Washougal Reef. Shad are an under-utilized non-native species, which {read more}


Summer FactSheet 1 & Compact Action

June 9th, 2011

The Columbia River Compact convened for a face-to-face hearing at Rainier City Hall in Rainier, Oregon at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 9, 2011 to consider Treaty Indian and non-Indian commercial fisheries for summer Chinook and sockeye. {read more}


Spring FactSheet 11 & Compact Action

June 7th, 2011

The Columbia River Compact convened at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2011 to consider extending the Treaty Indian platform hook-and-line fishery below Bonneville Dam until June 15, as recommended by tribal co-managers. As of June 6, 2011 {read more}


Spring FactSheet 10 & Compact Action

June 3rd, 2011

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconfeence at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, 2011 to consider additional fishing time for the Treaty Indian hook-and-line fishery below Bonneville Dam, as well as for the non-Indian recreational {read more}