[ODFW-News] Columbia River opens June 16 to summer chinook

[ODFW News]

For Immediate Release	Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Columbia River opens June 16 to summer chinook

SALEM - The Columbia River will open to the harvest of hatchery summer
chinook Wednesday, June 16, because run size predictions and current dam
counts indicate a limited fishery will not harm wild stocks, the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. 

Fishery managers have adopted the following temporary rule:

The lower Columbia River from the Tongue Point-Rocky Point line
upstream to the Oregon-Washington border above McNary dam is open to the
retention of adipose fin-clipped summer chinook effective Wednesday,
June 16, through Saturday, July 31. The retention of adult chinook
longer than 24 inches is allowed under the temporary rule. The retention
of adipose fin-clipped jack chinook shorter than 24 inches and adipose
fin-clipped steelhead is allowed under permanent regulations. The daily
bag limit is two adult salmon or steelhead and five jack salmon.

Effective Sunday, Aug. 1, the Columbia River will be open for salmon
and steelhead fishing under permanent rules listed in the "2004 Oregon
Sport Fishing Regulations" and the "2004 Oregon Ocean Salmon and
Halibut Sport Fishing Regulations with modifications to salmon and
sturgeon regulations for the Columbia River system and near shore ocean
waters." 
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Information and Education Division
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
(503) 947-6002