Puget Sound Tribes Want WFC Hatchery Lawsuit Dismissed

Five Western Washington tribes have filed paperwork in federal court to intervene in a Wild Fish Conservancy lawsuit targeting state hatchery salmon production in Puget Sound and the Lower Columbia.
Southwest Washington Fishing Report (5-1-23)

Late April 2023 spring Chinook and steelhead catch stats for the Cowlitz, Kalama, Lewis, Wind and Klickitat Rivers and Drano Lake.
Crabbing Closed On Oregon’s Southcentral Coast

ODFW and state health officials are closing recreational crabbing on the Oregon Coast from 8 miles north of Winchester Bay south to Cape Blanco, including bays and estuaries, due to domoic acid levels and effective immediately.