I don't remember if I read it in the Oregonion or the Longview Daily News but either way,There is apparrently going to be a meeting real soon to see how close the catch is to the quota on chinook at bouy10 and the ocean.The article said this might be the last weekend to retain chinook there.Anybody else heard anything for sure on this?

It's the latest story on the WDFW site.
The story talks about percentages of fish caught and how close it is to closure, Also stated that there will be no other coastal chinook closures and that bouy ten should remain open for clipped silvers for the rest of the year if I'm correct. Hope this helps.
Try thier site.

You can go to ODFW web site and subscribe to their press releases. Here is the one about the meeting and such.
Subject:
ODFW News: Aug 23 #2
Date:
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:32:54 -0700
From:
"Anne Pressentin" <Anne.M.Pressentin@DFW.STATE.OR.US>

Two news releases:
*Ocean and Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing Decisions Due Monday
*ODFW to Host Public Meeting on Willamette Spring Chinook Harvest Plan

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us

For Immediate Release August 23, 2001

Ocean and Buoy 10 Salmon Fishing Decisions Due Monday

PORTLAND - Federal and state fishery managers will meet Monday to decide when chinook fishing will end in the ocean off the Columbia River mouth and at Buoy 10 to keep the total catch within adopted guidelines.
Anglers can expect an announcement Monday evening on the decision.
Officials from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries Service projected earlier this week that the ocean salmon fishery from Leadbetter Point to Cape Falcon and the Columbia River fishery from Buoy 10 to Tongue Point will likely change to allow only the harvest of adipose fin-clipped coho by the middle of next week. Currently, anglers may harvest one chinook in these fishing areas within their salmon daily bag limit.
The ocean fishery has a catch limit of 122,500 coho and 7,750 chinook through Sept. 3. The Buoy 10 fishery has no hatchery coho limit, but is limited to 8,800 adult chinook. The catch limits are part of agreed to allocations for these fisheries as part of protection measures for wild fish listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act.
Officials expect the ocean area off the mouth of the Columbia River to remain open for coho after chinook fishing closes, primarily due to an extra 20,000 coho that commercial troll fishers transferred to the sport fishery quota. The Buoy 10 coho season will remain open until Dec. 31, 2001. The main stem Columbia River upstream of Tongue Point, Oregon will remain open for both chinook and coho after downstream areas close to the retention of chinook.
Anglers are reminded that the current bag limit allows the harvest of two salmon in the ocean, only one of which may be a chinook. From Buoy 10 to Tongue Point, the daily bag limit is three salmon, only one of which may be a chinook. From Tongue Point to the Oregon-Washington border the limit is two salmon per day. All harvested coho must be adipose fin-clipped. More information on angling rules may be found in the 2001 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations and 2001 Oregon Ocean Salmon and Halibut Sport Fishing Regulations booklet.

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Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Contact: Anne Pressentin Young (503) 872-5264 x5356
Internet: www.dfw.state.or.us

For Immediate Release August 23, 2001

ODFW to Host Public Meeting on Willamette Spring Chinook Harvest Plan

PORTLAND - People interested in recreational and commercial fishing for Willamette spring chinook are invited to participate in a public meeting next week to hear about seasons and provide input to state managers for 2002.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) scheduled the meeting to discuss the allocation of hatchery fish between sport and commercial fishers. The meeting will be held 6 - 9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 30, in the Building 16 Conference Room at the ODFW office in Clackamas, 17330 S.E. Evelyn Street.
Sport and commercial harvest sharing plans for Willamette spring chinook have been in place since 1981. However, a new plan must be developed because all fisheries in 2002 will specifically target hatchery spring chinook. The fish are caught in both the Columbia River and the Willamette River.
Beginning in 2002, all returning adult Willamette spring chinook will be marked with a missing adipose fin. Both sport and commercial fishers will be limited to keeping only the marked hatchery fish.
Wild spring chinook are listed as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). The National Marine Fisheries Service, charged with carrying out the provisions of the ESA, has approved a "Fishery Management and Evaluation Plan" for Willamette spring chinook that protects the wild fish.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission is expected to adopt a sport and commercial allocation plan at the Dec. 14, 2001 meeting in Portland.
For more information, please contact Steve King, ODFW Fish Division, (503) 872-5252 ext. 5391.
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Anne Pressentin Young
Public Information Officer
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
(503) 872-5264 ext 5356
anne.m.pressentin@state.or.us


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