The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 to consider non-Treaty updates, and recreational and commercial fisheries for spring Chinook during the 2013 spring season. The author of this post {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2013 to consider non-Indian commercial fishing time for spring Chinook in the Columbia River main stem. Expectations for the 2013 spring Chinook fishing {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at noon on Monday, April 1, 2012 to consider mainstem commercial fishing for spring Chinook. The spring Chinook run this year is tracking late. However, passage over Bonneville is {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened for a face-to-face meeting to set opening seasons for the 2013 spring fishery at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel. Non-Indian commercial and recreational {read more}

The “2013 Joint Staff Report:  Stock Status and Fisheries for Spring Chinook, Summer Chinook, Sockeye. Steelhead, and Other Species, and Miscellaneous Regulations” was released Thursday, January 24, 2013 by the Joint {read more}

The 2013 Joint Management Staff Report is a cautionary tale of declining abundance, largely due to increasing predation by Stellar sea lions. Stellar sea lions became interested in broodstock sturgeon in the spawning sanctuary below {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 1:00 p.m. Monday, October 15, 2012 to consider additional mainstem fishing time for the non-Indian commercial fishery. With the fall Chinook run winding down, there are additional {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 2, 2012 to consider additional non-Indian mainstem commercial fishing time during the late fall season, as well as the recreational {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 25 to consider non-Indian and Treaty Tribal commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. The US v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:00 p.m. Monday, September 17, 2012 to consider Treaty Indian and non-Indian fisheries in the late fall time period. The US  v. Oregon Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) met {read more}