3 WDFW Commissioners Appear Before Senate Committee; 3 More Due
Three Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners were told that senators would work to confirm them following a public hearing on their appointments this afternoon, while another trio are due before the Agriculture, Water, Natural Resources & Parks Committee next week.
OR Falcon To Humbug Ocean Chinook Fishery Closed Ahead Of Opener
With California Chinook stocks at “extremely low abundance and … projected to potentially fall below target spawning escapements,” Oregon ocean salmon managers announce that the recreational fishery between Cape Falcon and Humbug scheduled for mid-March to mid-May has been cancelled.
No Area 10 Blackmouth Reopener
The blackmouth season in Marine Area 10 off Seattle, which was paused last month, will not reopen, WDFW announced this morning, because “test fisheries … indicate that any opening of the salmon fishery at current mark rates would exceed the unmarked encounter limit,” which was already 98 percent to the quota.