10-10-2005, 04:11 PM
OLYMPIA, WA[font "Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]—[/size][/font]The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has announced that anglers must now release any chinook salmon they catch on the mainstem Columbia River from the mouth of the river to the U.S. Hwy. 395 Bridge at Pasco.
The announcement follows an agreement between fisheries managers from Washington and Oregon to close two sections of the Columbia River where the sport fishery has taken its portion of the allowable fall chinook salmon protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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The announcement follows an agreement between fisheries managers from Washington and Oregon to close two sections of the Columbia River where the sport fishery has taken its portion of the allowable fall chinook salmon protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.
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