Reason for action: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has managed these fisheries to ensure that increased broodstock goals at Carson and Little White Salmon National Fish Hatcheries (NFH) would be achieved for 2021. ...
Reason for action: Returns of Icicle River hatchery spring Chinook are expected to meet broodstock needs at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery and to provide for sport angler harvest....
Columbia spring Chinook managers approved reopening the lower river May 21-23 and June 1-15, but also reduced the hatchery steelhead limit below I-5 to one a day during a joint-state hearing this afternoon....
Sec 10 (Cathlamet/ Deep R./ Chinook) – 38 bank anglers released one oversize sturgeon. 279 boats/825 rods kept 20 legal and released 47 sublegal and 29 oversize sturgeon. ...
“The fish stocked this month will provide fishing opportunity for the next two years as they grow and spread throughout the reservoir,” said Chris Donley, Region 1 Fish Program manager. “The weather is great, the scenery is great, the fishing is...
We hear Sen. Murray and Gov. Inslee making an unequivocal commitment that salmon will not go extinct on their watch. We will hold them to that promise starting today. They should engage with Rep. Simpson and the Tribes, organizations, and regional...
The news I posted Wednesday that WDFW will attempt to capture and radio-collar 125 Southeast Washington elk calves this spring to determine the reasons why so many are dying before they even reach a year old drew a pretty strong well-duh...
The Oregon State Police and other local law enforcement are taking enforcement action against unauthorized razor clamming along the Northern Oregon Coast particularly in the popular Clatsop Beach area. ...
For the first time in 2021, shellfish managers have approved two days of razor clam digging on Saturday and Monday, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat. ...
WDFW biologists will attempt to capture and radio-collar 125 elk calves, starting in mid-May, to monitor their survival and determine causes of death through the following year....
Hatchery managers have indicated that the broodstock collection goal for LWSNFH has been met, making continued closure of the salmon and steelhead fisheries unnecessary. ...
Poachers shot a mature buck deer out of season in the White River unit, then left it to waste on or about May 1. The Oregon Hunters Association is offering $1,000 for information that leads to an arrest or citation in...
Nearly 95 percent of a new strain of local, natural-origin summer-run steelhead smolts have now left their rearing ponds on the Skykomish River and are heading to Puget Sound, according to state fishery managers....
Reason for action: White Sturgeon hatchery programs began in 2001 in British Columbia (BC) and 2004 in Washington. Stocking ranged from 2,000-12,000 juvenile sturgeon per year from 2001 to 2010 (including both Washington and BC releases). Survival of...