[ODFW-News] Salmon and steelhead season extended for Three Rivers

[ODFW News]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 	
Contact: 	Ann Snyder 
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For Immediate Release	Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Salmon and steelhead season extended for Three Rivers

SALEM - The season for hatchery salmon and steelhead in Three Rivers
will last an additional two weeks with today's adoption of a temporary
rule, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced. 

This extension will allow continued angling in Three Rivers for
adipose-fin-clipped spring chinook and adipose-fin-clipped summer
steelhead from the mouth of the river upstream to the hatchery weir
deadline at Cedar Creek through Thursday, July 15. The area will be
closed to angling July 16 - Oct. 1, 2004. The system above the weir
remains open all summer.

Three Rivers is a tributary of the Nestucca River in northwest Oregon.
The original closure date was June 30.

Spring chinook and summer steelhead returns to Three Rivers were late
entering the system this year, but have begun showing up in large
numbers during the last 10 days, creating a significant excess of
returning adult broodstock for Cedar Creek Hatchery. Extending the
fishery through July 15 will allow anglers more time to fish for these
adults.

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