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}

The pre-season forecasts for Columbia River fall Chinook were released by the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife on Friday, February 19, 2010, with modest improvements in run-sizes predicted. The forecasts will be part of the {read more}

Douglas Case, Columbia River Commercial Fisheries Assistant Project Leader with the Fisheries Management Program in the Ocean Salmon and Columbia River Programs division of the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, is the member of {read more}

Staff  members of the Oregon and Washington Departments of Fish & Wildlife , along with Steve Meshke of Clatsop County Fisheries, will conduct the annual informational meeting on commercial and recreational winter, spring, and {read more}

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife has set recreational and commercial seasons for eulachon smelt for the Cowlitz River in southwest Washington. The seasons are consistent witha Level 1 fishery, in accordance with the {read more}

The Joint Management Team of the Oregon & Washington Departments of Fish & Wildlife have scheduled a Compact hearing for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 18, 2010 at the Clackamas County Historical Society, 211 Tumwater Drive, {read more}

The first PDF file attached below contains digital photos and descriptions of an unusually large concentration of sea lions near Heceta Head on the southern Oregon Coast. Heceta Head is north of Florence and south of Yachats, Oregon, {read more}

    Jim Wells, left, Board President of Salmon For All, hands a check for $500 to support the Clatsop Regional Food Bank to Marlin Martin, center, Food Program Developer, and George Sabol, right, Clatsop Community Action Executive {read more}

The Joint Management Staff of ODFW & WDFW have now released the 2010 Report on Stock Status and Fisheries for Sturgeon and Smelt. For those on dial-up, it is a large file, at 871 KB. Winter non-Indian commercial fisheries for {read more}

Due to the closure of the the Seafood School at the Duncan Law Seafood Consumer Center, the Salmon For All annual meeting will be held at the Astoria Yacht Club, located on Youngs Bay adjacent to the north end of the old Youngs Bay {read more}