[ODFW-News] Washington, Oregon fish and wildlife commissions meet Nov. 3

[ODFW News]

For Immediate Release Friday, Oct. 21, 2005
 
Washington, Oregon fish and wildlife commissions meet Nov. 3 
 
OLYMPIA-Management of Columbia River chinook salmon and white sturgeon
fisheries over the next several years will be the focus of a Nov. 3
joint public meeting of the Washington and Oregon fish and wildlife
commissions. 
 
The meeting is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Pavilion
of the Columbia County Fairgrounds, 58892 Saulser Road, in St. Helens,
Ore.
 
The special meeting is intended to allow the commissions to be jointly
briefed by Washington and Oregon fish managers, and to discuss
development of concurring policies for Columbia River salmon and white
sturgeon fisheries for the next several years. 
 
No public comment will be taken at the special joint session, but public
testimony will be taken at separate meetings of the two commissions
later this fall and winter. 
 
The joint meeting will focus management issues, including Columbia River
recreational-commercial fishery allocations for:
* Spring chinook salmon, including impacts to wild winter steelhead
caught incidentally in the commercial spring chinook fishery
* Summer chinook salmon
* Fall chinook salmon
* White sturgeon, including recent efforts to protect broodstock
 
With Washington and Oregon sharing jurisdiction over mainstem Columbia
River fisheries, the joint meeting is an important opportunity for the
two commissions to discuss a range of fish management issues, said Bill
Tweit, Columbia River fish policy lead for the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).
 
The Washington and Oregon commissions will vote separately on management
policies for the Columbia River chinook salmon and sturgeon fisheries.
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to set
Washington's sturgeon management policy at its regular meeting Dec. 2-3
in Olympia. The commission will vote on spring chinook fishery policies,
including incidental winter steelhead impacts, during its Jan. 13-14
meeting in Olympia, and will vote on summer chinook and fall chinook
fishery issues at its Feb. 10-11 meeting in Olympia.
 
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is scheduled to take action on
sturgeon management policy at its Dec. 2 meeting in Salem. The
commission will vote on spring chinook and steelhead fishery policies at
its January meeting, and take action on summer and fall chinook
fisheries in February. Oregon has not yet scheduled 2006 Commission
meetings. 
 
More information on the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission and
upcoming meetings is available at http://wdfw.wa.gov/com/comintro.htm on
the WDFW website. 
More information on the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission and upcoming
meetings is available at http://www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/commission/. 
 
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