OIOpublisher Action: Extends 2025 spring Chinook seasons below Bonneville DamSpecies affected: Spring Chinook, hatchery steelhead, shad.Reason for action: Extends the 2025 spring Chinook and steelhead season in the mainstem Columbia River from…
Category: Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: 2025 OCEAN SALMON PRESEASON PLANNING MEETING FEB. 28th
The 2025 Ocean Salmon Industry Group Meeting is scheduled for tomorrow Friday, February 28, 2025. This meeting will provide a review of the 2024 seasons, take a first look at the 2025 salmon forecasts,…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Commission adopts changes to ODFW regulations for Oregon sea urchins
SALEM, Ore.— The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted changes to ODFW regulations for Oregon sea urchins at their virtual meeting on Friday February 14, 2025. The Commission heard testimony from staff to…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE, FIRST RESPONDERS RESCUE ELK TANGLED IN ROPES, BUOY AT ARCH CAPE BEACH
EDITOR’S NOTE: This elk was spotted several days earlier this week by local Cannon Beach resident Deb Coyle Atiyeh who shared photos of the distressed elk wandering on Arch Cape beach (south…
Tillamook Police Department Aware of Unconfirmed Report of Cougar off 12th Street in Tillamook
Tillamook Police Department is aware of unconfirmed reports of a cougar in the area between 3800 block of 12th Street and Hawthorn Lane and the trail that comes out at Williams Avenue…
Commercial Dungeness crab season opening delay from Cape Falcon to Washington border continues (PHOTOS OF GARIBALDI CRAB FLEET BY DON BACKMAN)
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…
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission adopts 2025 groundfish regulations – Season Opens with Four Fish Limit, Increases to Five Fish in July
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 the…
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…