February 13, 2009

THE FOLLOWING COLUMBIA RIVER SEASONS WERE MODIFIED:

Treaty Indian Winter Commercial Season

• Effective 6:00 AM Monday February 16, 2009 the treaty Indian winter gillnet fishery in Bonneville Pool is closed.

• The treaty Indian winter gillnet fisheries in The Dalles and John Day Pool will remain open under existing regulations.

• The treaty Indian platform / hook and line fishery in Zone 6 will remain open except that sturgeon landed in the Bonneville Pool may not be sold but may be retained for subsistence if measuring between 38 and 54 inches in fork length. All other sales regulations remain in place for Zone 6.

• No Compact/Joint State hearings are scheduled at this time.