ODFW pilot project uses ‘environmental DNA’ to track fish

10/5/2016 – John Snyder – Northwest Fishing News      CORVALLIS, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving into the next generation of monitoring fish populations — one of the toughest challenges in fish management — by using new environmental DNA (eDNA) science to quickly and accurately identify fish species in …

ODFW to limit commercial anchovy fishing in the Columbia River

09/27/2016 – John Snyder  – Northwest Fishing News    Newport, Ore. – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fishery managers will restrict commercial anchovy fishing in the Columbia River Oct. 3 due to uncertainty around the impacts the anchovy catch has on salmon and the local ecosystem. According to Maggie Sommer, ODFW marine fisheries manager, about …

Columbia River season extended for hatchery Chinook

Photo courtesy of Fins and Scales Guide Service 09/14/2016 – John Snyder – NW Fishing News   CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Recreational fishermen will have through Sept. 22 to keep hatchery Chinook salmon from Buoy 10 upstream to the Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island deadline under a season extension approved today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. …

Hatchery coho can be retained in Tulalip Bubble fishery

Photo courtesy of River Chrome Guide Service 09/14/2016 – J. W. Snyder – Northwest Fishing News    WDFW fishing rule change Action: Hatchery coho can be kept as part of the daily limit in the Tulalip Bubble fishery.  Effective Date:  Saturday and Sundays only, effective Sept. 17 through Sept. 25, 2016. Species affected: Salmon. Location: Waters west of …

Release chinook marked with hole punch in Upper Columbia River fisheries

Photo courtesy of Swannys Fishing 09/008/2016 – John Snyder – NWFN    WDFW FISHING RULE CHANGE Action: Anglers are required to release chinook salmon that have a ¼-inch diameter (round) hole punched in the upper lobe of the caudal (tail) fin Effective dates: Sept. 15 – Oct. 31, 2016 Species affected: Fall chinook salmon (hatchery and wild) …

ODFW Commission Adopts Forage Fish Management Plan

09/02/2016 – John W. J. Snyder – Northwest Fishing News    WELCHES, Ore.—The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission today adopted a management plan and regulations designed to protect forage fish that are not covered by other management plans within state waters off the coast of Oregon. These unmanaged forage fish are small schooling fish such …

Buoy 10 Chinook season extended through Sept. 14

Photo Courtesy of Fins and Scales Guide Service   09/01/2016 – J. W. Snyder – Northwest Fishing News    CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Recreational anglers will get an additional nine days to harvest Chinook salmon at the mouth of the Columbia River under a season extension approved today by fishery managers from Oregon and Washington. Lower …

Elwha, Nisqually rivers designated gene banks to protect wild steelhead

08/15/2016 – John Snyder- NWFN    OLYMPIA –The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) today designated the Nisqually and Elwha rivers as wild steelhead gene banks to help conserve wild steelhead populations. Under that designation, both rivers will be off-limits to releases of steelhead raised in state hatcheries, which can pose risks to native …

Bass caught in Snohomish County shatters 39-year-old state record

08/12/2016 – John Snyder – Northwest Fishing News   OLYMPIA – A Snohomish County angler has set a new state record for the biggest largemouth bass caught in state waters, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) confirmed today. Bill Evans of Bothell caught the monster bass Aug. 8 in Lake Bosworth in Snohomish …