For the first time since the 2014-15 season, the ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens as scheduled Dec. 1 along the Oregon coast. Commercial crab vessels can set gear Nov. 28 (the…
Category: Fishing
Big Creek opens early (Oct. 1) for fishing due to large hatchery coho run
OIOpublisher ASTORIA, Ore.—Big Creek (lower Columbia River tributary east of Astoria) will open to fishing more than two weeks early to allow anglers to access an expected large hatchery coho salmon run…
Razor clamming reopens Oct. 1 on Clatsop beaches; Entire Oregon Coast to be open for razor clamming
(Monday, September 27, 2021, Astoria, Ore) – Following the annual conservation closure, Clatsop beaches reopen to razor clamming October 1 with good news: domoic acid levels are below the closure threshold and razor…
Back Country Hunters/Anglers (BHA) removes a mountain of garbage from Eckloff Road, helping to address major cause of landowners closing forest access to hunters and fishermen
Story & Photos by Don Backman (some photos provided) “We hauled out 127 bags of garbage,” Sara McClendon, local resident and the Northwest Region Director for the Oregon chapter of Back Country…
State’s Coastal Caucus Requests Disaster Relief for Commercial Salmon Industry
SALEM, OR – The Legislative Coastal Caucus urged Governor Brown to formally request federal disaster relief for Oregon’s commercial salmon industry for the 2018, 2019, and 2020 seasons. Oregon’s commercial salmon industry…
Seafood Stock Up Event: Bulk Buy Discounts on Local Seafood – order through Sat. Sept. 18th
September 13, 2021 – Tillamook, OR – The Seafood Stock Up event has begun at Food Roots for purchasing local seafood products at bulk pricing. Order through this Saturday, September 18th on…
ATTENTION FISHERMEN/BOATERS: Memaloose Boat Launch Lanes Closed at Low Tide Due to Sedimentation
Sediment accretion at Memaloose Boat Launch, near Tillamook has closed both launch lanes at low tide. Boaters are advised that launching is only available at high tide. Dredging beneath the lanes will…
Limited coastal wild coho seasons set to open Sept. 15 in four coastal river basins – Tillamook, Nestucca, Siletz and Coos
SALEM, Ore. – Wild coho seasons in four coastal river basins (Tillamook, Nestucca, Siletz, and Coos) will be open beginning Sept. 15 through mid-October. This will be the first opportunity in five…
Portions of mainstem Columbia downstream of Bonneville closing to all salmon fishing – Closure needed to protect lower river tule Chinook, but fishery managers hope to reopen
CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Portions of the mainstem Columbia River downstream of Bonneville Dam are closing to all salmon fishing due to higher than anticipated catch rates of ESA-listed lower river tule Chinook. Effective Saturday,…
Buoy 10 fishery closed to Chinook salmon retention starting Friday, Aug. 27
CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Chinook salmon retention on the Columbia River from the Buoy 10 line upstream to the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line will close effective Friday, Aug. 27. State fishery managers from Oregon and Washington made the…