March 9, 2023 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the State of Oregon, and the State of California met today, March 9, 2023…
Category: Fishing
IT’S CRAB RACING TIME IN GARIBALDI – THIS WEEKEND – MARCH 11 & 12
The 36th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races are this weekend every second full weekend in March, you can join the Garibaldi Lions Club for two days of crab racing! The 2023 dates are…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Offshore longleader gear fishery bag limit increases to 15 fish per day beginning March 1
The recreational offshore longleader gear fishery daily bag limit will be increasing from 10 to 15 fish per day beginning on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. ODFW staff worked with our federal partners…
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Initial Columbia River recreational spring Chinook seasons set
(February 22, 2023- CLACKAMAS, Ore.) – Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington adopted recreational spring Chinook seasons for the Columbia River during a joint state hearing today. Effective March 1 (downstream of Bonneville Dam) and April 1 (upstream…
Free Fishing President’s Day Weekend, Feb. 18-19
SALEM, Ore.—Make fishing part of your three-day weekend plans. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Saturday and Sunday of President’s Day Weekend, Feb. 18-19, 2023. No fishing/shellfish licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag or Columbia River Basin…
View From Here: Crabbing weather
EDITOR’S NOTE: More memories from a Long Beach Peninsula fisherman’s daughter … By Victoria Stoppiello I sit in the morning gloom, with a hot cup of coffee and the woodstove emitting a…
Crab Fisherman Lost at Sea Stirs Memories of Local Losses; GoFundMe for Family, Link to The Ship Report
EDITOR’S NOTE: I was in the same class in high school as George Vandecoevering. He was a bright light, and every time there is a boat that goes down, or a fisherman…
Ethel May Crab Boat Sinks Near Willapa Bay Entrance; Coast Guard Rescues Two, Search Continues for Missing Crewmember
ASTORIA Ore. – The Coast Guard and other agencies are searching for a missing man who was aboard a vessel in distress Sunday off the coast of Washington near the Willapa Bay…
Coast Guard pursues civil penalty for Automated Identification System (AIS) violation
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard is pursuing a civil penalty with a maximum punishment of $41,093.00 against a commercial fishing vessel for violating Automated Identification System (AIS) regulations near the mouth…
Public meeting for sport Pacific halibut anglers Feb. 7
NEWPORT, Ore – Oregon’s Pacific halibut quota and season for recreational anglers is being discussed at a Feb. 7 public meeting in Newport. The meeting runs 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. with…