NEWPORT, Ore. – The Oregon ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery is delayed until at least Jan. 15 from Cape Falcon to the Washington border. A third round of preseason testing in Long…
Category: Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission adopts 2025 groundfish regulations – Season Opens with Four Fish Limit, Increases to Five Fish in July
OIOpublisher SALEM, Ore.—The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted 2025 recreational and commercial groundfish regulations at their meeting today, December 13, 2024 in Salem that continues a five-fish recreational bag limit during…
Commercial Dungeness crab season begins Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon to California border
Dungeness crab can be on holiday dinner plates. NEWPORT, Ore. – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon (Oswald State Park) to the California border the Oregon Department…
Free fishing days in Oregon Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 29-30
(SALEM, Ore.)—Make fishing part of your Thanksgiving weekend plans with friends and family. Everyone can fish, clam and crab for free in Oregon on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29-30, 2024. No fishing/shellfish licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag, Columbia River…
Commercial Dungeness crab season delayed until at least Dec. 16
Newport, Ore. – Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season is delayed coastwide until at least Dec. 16, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Pre-season testing shows Dungeness crabs are too low in meat yield in some ocean areas…
OREGON DEPT. FISH & WILDLIFE ASKING FOR HELP IN IDENTIFYING SUSPECTED POACHER – YAMHILL COUNTY (VIDEO)
(YAMHILL COUNTY, Ore. 30 Oct. 2024) – The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for help to identify a suspected poacher. The suspected poacher was hunting in the Trask…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Razor clam harvest closure Cascade Head to California border
(October 25, 2024- SALEM, Ore) – Razor clam harvesting is now closed from Cascade Head to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Razor clamming opens Oct. 1 on Clatsop beaches
Clatsop beaches reopen Oct. 1 for razor clam harvesting after the annual conservation closure that began July 15. Before heading out to harvest razor clams or any shellfish, always call the Shellfish Safety Hotline at 1-800-448-2474 or visit…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Columbia River Chinook fishing extended through Oct. 13
(September 25, 2024- CLACKAMAS, Ore.)—Fishery managers from Oregon and Washington extended Chinook retention on the mainstem Columbia River for two additional weeks during a joint state hearing today. The decision came after…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE hosts Oct. 2 Pacific halibut public meeting
(NEWPORT, Ore) – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is hosting an Oct. 2 public meeting to discuss the 2025 sport Pacific halibut season. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at…