2023 WA, OR Coast, Columbia Fall Salmon Seasons Set
WDFW and ODFW salmon managers announce tentative 2023-24 salmon seasons for Puget Sound, Washington Coast, the Columbia River and the Oregon Coast.
WA Lawmaker Budgets Millions Apart On 2 Key Salmon Issues
State senators and representatives are miles apart over funding for a long-planned WDFW hatchery in Deep South Sound that would likely boost Chinook returns for state and tribal fisheries as well as southern resident killer whales, as well as hiring new staffers to help ensure Columbia River fisheries are covered under ESA and to open a pair of new Eastside spring Chinook opportunities.
On Sea Lions And Swerves
So about Those Videos … you know the ones, pair of sportfishing boats slaloming toward packs of sea lions in the interstate stretch of the Lower Columbia earlier this week.