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2009 PFMC OCEAN SPORT QUOTA REPORT
Through September 30, 2009
Reports updated Wednesday or Thursday as data becomes available

All ocean areas between the US-Canada border and Cape Falcon, OR are now closed to salmon fishing except a portion of CRC Area 3 (La Push area) which remains open through October 11. A final catch table for the season will be available next week.

[ Coastwide Ocean Totals (including Oregon) ]
[ Columbia Ocean Area Totals ] [ Westport Totals ]
[ La Push Totals ] [ Neah Bay Totals ]

Ocean Recreational All-Species Fishery
Weeks 40 (Sep 28-30)

AREA 1 Effort and Catch by State

In-season Management Actions:
July 31 Bag limit liberalized to include two chinook in all ocean areas.
August 13

1,250 coho transferred from the Westport and Neah Bay areas each to the La Push area.The coho quota in the La Push area was increased from 4,480 to 6,980 coho.
August 20

8,750 coho were transferred from the Westport area quota to the Columbia River area quota with a resulting increase in the Columbia River area quota of 8,300 when lower Columbia River natural coho impacts were considered. This modifies the Westport area quota from 64,020 to 55,270 coho and the Columbia River area quota from 88,200 to 96,500.

August 26

Columbia ocean area closed to recreational salmon fishing effective 11:59 PM Monday, August 31. 1,000 coho were transferred from the Neah Bay area to the La Push area; the adjusted quota for the La Push area is 7,980 coho; the adjusted quota for the Neah Bay area is 16,100 coho.

September 3

The Columbia ocean area reopened to recreational salmon fishing effective 12:01 PM Monday, September 7.


AREA 1 Effort and Catch by State
Week 39
WASHINGTON OREGON
Anglers Chinook Coho Anglers Chinook Coho
Charter 0 0 0 16 0 18
Private 61 2 43 0 0 0
Jetty 0 0 0
TOTALS 61 2 43 16 0 18
TOTAL WA+OR 77 2 61

Coastwide Ocean Totals (including Oregon)

Coastwide Ocean Totals (including Oregon)
Coho Guideline: 175,950
Chinook Guideline: 20,500
Stat
Week		 Dates Number
of Anglers		 Number
of Chinook		 Number
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of
Chinook
Guideline		 Percent of
Coho
Guideline
26 Jun 27-28 1,378 196 1,291 196 1,291 0.7% 1.0%
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 5,328 582 6,324 778 7,616 4.3% 3.8%
28 Jul 6-12 6,950 862 9,665 1,640 17,281 9.8% 8.0%
29 Jul 13-19 10,521 1,946 13,707 3,586 30,988 17.6% 17.5%
30 Jul 20-26 9,928 1,404 12,227 4,990 43,215 24.6% 24.3%
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 15,064 2,072 21,544 7,062 64,759 36.8% 34.4%
32 Aug 3-9 17,484 2,570 26,731 9,631 91,490 52.0% 47.0%
33 Aug 10-16 16,749 1,595 24,721 11,226 116,211 66.0% 54.8%
34 Aug 17-23 13,345 964 16,993 12,190 133,204 75.7% 59.5%
35 Aug 24-30 8,251 675 12,767 12,865 145,971 83.0% 62.8%
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 2,373 135 3,292 13,000 149,263 84.8% 63.4%
37 Sep 7-13 3,808 151 5,181 13,151 154,444 87.8% 64.2%
38 Sep 14-20 2,875 49 4,096 13,200 158,540 90.1% 64.4%
39 Sep 21-27 355 41 102 13,241 158,642 90.2% 64.6%
40 Sep 28-30 0 0 0 13,241 158,642 90.2% 64.6%
41 Oct 5-11 0 0 0 13,241 158,642 90.2% 64.6%

Columbia Ocean Area (including Oregon)
 Ocean Area 1 (Columbia Ocean Area) opened for recreational fishing for all salmon species on Sunday, June 28 operating under a revised quota of 96,500 coho. The catch estimates for Area 1 during the week of September 7-13 are 33 chinook and 1,547 coho. Season catches through September 13 total 5,196 chinook and 84,250 coho (87% of the area sub-quota). No pink have been landed.

Columbia River Area
Coho Guideline: 96,500
Chinook Guideline: 5,400
Stat
Week		 Dates Number
of Anglers		 Number
of Chinook		 Number
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of
Coho
Guideline		 Percent of
Chinook
Guideline
26 28-Jun 275 14 469 14 469 0.5% 0.3%
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 2,500 174 4,147 188 4,617 5.2% 3.5%
28 Jul 6-12 3,066 154 5,451 346 10,177 11.5% 6.4%
29 Jul 13-19 4,992 629 8,664 975 18,842 21.4% 18.1%
30 Jul 20-26 4,064 276 5,915 1,251 24,756 28.1% 23.2%
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 7,745 742 12,935 1,993 37,691 42.7% 36.9%
32 Aug 3-9 10,263 1,698 15,976 3,691 53,667 60.8% 68.4%
33 Aug 10-16 9,699 785 14,951 4,476 68,618 77.8% 82.9%
34 Aug 17-23 7,261 436 8,658 4,912 77,276 80.1% 91.0%
35 Aug 24-30 3,401 236 5,214 5,148 82,490 85.5% 95.3%
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 202 15 213 5,163 82,703 85.7% 95.6%
37 Sep 7-13 1,416 33 1,547 5,196 84,250 87.3% 96.2%
38 Sep 14-20 501 4 375 5,199 84,625 87.7% 96.3%
39 Sep 21-27 77 2 61 5,202 84,686 87.8% 96.3%
40 Sep 28-30 0 0 0 5,202 84,686 87.8% 96.3%

Westport
 Ocean Area 2 (Westport) opened for recreational fishing for all salmon species on Sunday, June 28 operating under a revised quota of 55,270 coho. The catch estimates for Area 2 during the week of September 7-13 are 102 chinook and 3,053 coho. Season catches through September 13 total 4,977 chinook and 50,324 coho (91% of the area sub-quota). A total of 265 pink have been landed.

Westport River Area
Coho quota: 55,270
Chinook guideline: 11,850
Stat
Week		 Dates Number
of Anglers		 Number
of Chinook		 Number
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of
Coho
Guideline		 Percent of
Chinook
Guideline
26 28-Jun 777 124 539 124 539 0.8% 1.0%
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 1,159 160 676 284 1,215 1.9% 2.4%
28 Jul 6-12 2,222 493 2,600 777 3,816 5.8% 6.6%
29 Jul 13-19 3,121 763 2,955 1,539 6,771 10.4% 13.0%
30 Jul 20-26 3,716 675 4,511 2,214 11,282 17.3% 18.7%
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 4,522 716 5,819 2,931 17,101 26.2% 24.7%
32 Aug 3-9 4,678 547 7,689 3,478 24,790 38.0% 29.4%
33 Aug 10-16 4,065 553 6,196 4,031 30,986 48.4% 34.0%
34 Aug 17-23 4,110 374 6,918 4,404 37,904 68.6% 37.2%
35 Aug 24-30 3,869 384 6,589 4,789 44,494 80.5% 40.4%
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 1,571 86 2,777 4,874 47,271 85.5% 41.1%
37 Sep 7-13 1,844 102 3,053 4,977 50,324 91.1% 42.0%
38 Sep 14-20 2,022 37 3,378 5,014 53,702 97.2% 42.3%

La Push
 Ocean Area 3 (La Push) opened for recreational fishing for all salmon species on Saturday, June 27 operating under a revised quota of 7,980 coho. The catch estimates for Area 3 during the week of September 7-13 are 0 chinook and 105 coho. Season catches through September 13 total 542 chinook and 6,652 coho (83% of the area sub-quota). A total of 205 pink have been landed.

LaPush River Area
Coho quota: 7,980 (a)
Chinook guideline: 950 (a)
Stat
Week		 Dates Number
of Anglers		 Number
of Chinook		 Number
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of
Coho
Guideline		 Percent of
Chinook
Guideline
26 Jun 27-28 102 7 165 7 165 2.1% 0.8%
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 323 43 472 50 637 8.0% 5.3%
28 Jul 6-12 314 33 389 83 1,026 12.9% 8.7%
29 Jul 13-19 423 80 561 163 1,587 19.9% 17.1%
30 Jul 20-26 380 40 520 203 2,106 26.4% 21.4%
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 627 101 954 303 3,060 38.3% 31.9%
32 Aug 3-9 787 83 1,324 387 4,384 54.9% 40.7%
33 Aug 10-16 609 64 902 451 5,286 66.2% 47.5%
34 Aug 17-23 507 65 883 516 6,169 77.3% 54.3%
35 Aug 24-30 163 16 249 531 6,418 80.4% 55.9%
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 106 10 129 542 6,547 82.0% 57.0%
37 Sep 7-13 82 0 105 542 6,652 83.4% 54.2%
38 Sep 14-20 101 1 60 543 6,712 84.1% 108.4%
39 Sep 21-27 278 38 41 38 41 3.0% 41.1%
40 Sep 28-Oct 4 38 41
41 Oct 5-11 38 41
(a)
Sub-quotas of 6,980 coho and 950 chinook are in effect in Area 3 for the time period June 27 - September 20. Effective September 26, the fishery reopens through October 11, or until attainment of the total area quota of 7,080 coho or 1,050 chinook. Area restrictions in effect.

Neah Bay
Ocean Area 4 (Neah Bay) opened for recreational fishing for all salmon species on Saturday, June 27 operating under a revised quota of 17,100 coho. The catch estimates for Area 4 during the week of September 7-13 are 16 chinook and 475 coho. Season catches through September 13 total 2,437 chinook and 13,218 coho (82% of the area sub-quota). A total of 7,171 pink have been landed.

Neah Bay Area
Coho quota: 16,100
Chinook guideline: 2,200
Stat
Week		 Dates Number
of Anglers		 Number
of Chinook		 Number
of Coho		 Cumulative
Chinook		 Cumulative
Coho		 Percent of
Coho
Guideline		 Percent of
Chinook
Guideline
26 Jun 27-28 223 51 117 51 117 0.7% 2.3%
27 Jun 29-Jul 5 1,296 201 920 252 1,037 6.4% 11.5%
28 Jul 6-12 1,347 182 1,225 434 2,262 14.0% 19.7%
29 Jul 13-19 1,984 475 1,527 909 3,789 23.5% 41.3%
30 Jul 20-26 1,768 413 1,282 1,321 5,070 31.5% 60.1%
31 Jul 27-Aug 2 2,171 513 1,836 1,834 6,907 42.9% 83.4%
32 Aug 3-9 1,756 241 1,742 2,076 8,649 53.7% 94.3%
33 Aug 10-16 2,376 193 2,672 2,269 11,320 70.3% 103.1%
34 Aug 17-23 1,467 90 534 2,359 11,854 73.6% 107.2%
35 Aug 24-30 818 39 715 2,397 12,569 78.1% 109.0%
36 Aug 31-Sep 6 494 24 173 2,421 12,742 79.1% 110.0%
37 Sep 7-13 467 16 475 2,437 13,218 82.1% 110.8%
38 Sep 14-20 251 7 283 2,444 13,501 83.9% 111.1%

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