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}

The Columbia River Compact convened on February 18, 2010 for a face-to face meeting to outline stock status and Joint Management Staff recommendations for winter and spring seasons for spring Chinook, white sturgeon, and shad. Pre-season {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 4, 2010 to consider changes to the area open to commercial fishing for smelt. The smelt fishery is being managed as a Level One fishery again this {read more}

The Joint Management Staff of the Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish & Wildlife have issued their Joint Staff Report on Stock Status and Fisheries for Spring Chinook, Summer Chinook, Sockeye, Steelhead, and Other Species, {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened in a face-to-face hearing in Kelso, Washington at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 17, 2009. The hearing was to consider non-Indian recreational and commercial winter fisheries for white sturgeon and {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2009 to consider remaining non-Indian commercial fishing opportunities during the late fall time period. As Fall Fact Sheet No.18 indicates, {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 2009 to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Fall Fact Sheet No. 17 is appended as a PDF file. {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference on Monday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. to consider ongoing commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Fall Fact Sheet No. 16 concerns non-Indian commercial fisheries. At the {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened by teleconference at 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 6, 2009 to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Of particular interest was whether the US v. Oregon Technical {read more}

The Columbia River Compact convened a previously unscheduled Compact teleconference at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2009 to consider ongoing non-Indian commercial fisheries in the late fall time period. Preliminary estimates from the {read more}