NOAA Fisheries has taken inseason action in the 2022 recreational ocean salmon fisheries.
- Inseason Action #26: Effective 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2022, for the recreational salmon fishery from Cape Alava to the Queets River (La Push subarea) the daily bag limit is 2 salmon, Chinook salmon retention prohibited. All coho salmon must be marked with a healed adipose fin clip.
- Inseason Action #27: Effective 12:01 a.m. on Monday, July 25, 2022, for the recreational salmon fishery from Cape Alava to the Queets River (La Push subarea) the daily bag limit is 2 salmon, only 1 of which may be a Chinook salmon. All coho salmon must be marked with a healed adipose fin clip. Chum salmon retention is prohibited beginning August 1, 2022.
- Inseason Action #28: Effective 12:01 a.m. on Saturday July 16, 2022, for the recreational salmon fishery, the area from Leadbetter point to Cape Falcon, OR (Columbia River subarea) North of 460 15’ N and East of 1240 08’ 40” W is closed.
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Photo credit: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Please refer to the Federal Register notice for the West Coast Salmon Fisheries 2022 Specifications and Management Measures for additional regulations.
For more information, contact
Shannon Penna, Anadromous Harvest Management, at (562) 980-4239.
