Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Ocean Sport Salmon Reports

Weekly Reports

2002 Ocean Sport
Quota Archives

Port Summaries
June 22, 2003
July 13, 2003
July 22, 2003
August 3, 2003
August 10, 2003
August 17, 2003
August 24, 2003
August 31, 2003
September 7, 2003
September 14, 2003
   
   
   
   

2003 PFMC OCEAN SPORT QUOTA REPORT
Through Sunday, September 14, 2003

The ocean recreational salmon fisheries in Catch Areas 2, 3, and 4 closed on September 14. Catch Area 1 remains open to salmon fishing. A portion of Catch Area 3 will reopen September 20 through the earlier of October 5 or attainment of the overall area coho quota.

Columbia Ocean Area (including Oregon)

Ocean Area 1 (Columbia Ocean Area) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 29 with a quota of 112,500 coho and a guideline of 12,700 chinook. The fishery closed September 30. Cumulative catches through September 30 total 8,100 chinook and 106,411 coho (95% of the quota).

Westport

Ocean Area 2 (Westport) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 22 with a quota of 83,250 coho and a guideline of 40,600 chinook. The fishery closed September 14. Cumulative catches through September 14 total 21,820 chinook and 39,268 coho (47% of the quota).

La Push

Ocean Area 3 (La Push) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 22 with a quota of 5,750 coho and a guideline of 2,300 chinook . The fishery closed September 14, and a portion of Catch Area 3 reopened September 20 through the earlier of October 5 or attainment of the overall area coho quota. The catch estimates for Area 3 during weeks 38 and 39 are 89 chinook and 21 coho. Cumulative catches through September 28 total 1,845 chinook and 3,451 coho (60% of the quota).

Neah Bay

Ocean Area 4 (Neah Bay) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 22 with a quota of 23,400 coho and a guideline of 3,900 chinook. The fishery closed September 14. Cumulative catches through September 14 total 4,812 chinook and 20,102 coho (86% of the quota).

COLUMBIA RIVER AREA: Coho quota - 112,500     Chinook guideline 12,700
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
 
26
606
51
648
51
648
0.6%
27
2,797
238
4,537
289
5,185
4.6%
28
2,750
243
4,738
532
9,923
8.8%
29
3,779
606
6,369
1,138
16,292
14.5%
30
4,771
360
7,660
1,488
23,955
21.3%
31
6,169
577
9,182
2,065
33,137
29.5%
32
11,233
1,685
17,978
3,750
51,115
45.4%
33
11,471
1,035
19,043
4,785
70,158
62.4%
34
9,898
1,652
13,289
6,437
83,447
74.2%
35
6,289
550
9,928
6,987
93,375
83.0%
36
4,115
304
4,907
7,329
98,543
87.6%
37
2,010
233
2,374
7,562
100,917
89.7%
38
1,416
211
1,467
8,043
105,737
94.0%
39
691
55
648
8,098
106,385
94.6%
40
44
2
26
8,100
106,411
94.6%
WESTPORT: Coho quota - 83,250    Chinook guideline 40,600
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
 
25
1,233
451
778
451
778
0.9%
26
3,040
1,522
1,937
1,973
2,715
3.3%
27
3,097
1,257
2,659
3,230
5,374
6.5%
28
3,348
909
4,474
4,139
9,848
11.8%
29
3,934
1,669
3,864
5,808
13,712
16.5%
30
5,067
3,140
2,216
8,948
15,928
19.1%
31
5,388
2,148
1,676
11,096
17,604
21.1%
32
4,847
2,578
3,060
13,674
20,664
24.8%
33
5,395
2,285
5,595
15,959
26,259
31.5%
34
4,332
2,368
5,334
18,327
31,593
37.9%
35
3,724
1,705
3,356
20,032
34,949
42.0%
36
2,810
1,272
2,191
21,304
37,140
44.6%
37
1,923
516
2,128
21,820
39,268
47.2%
LA PUSH: Coho quota - 5,750    Chinook guideline 2,300 *
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
 
25
75
27
41
27
41
0.7%
26
171
102
104
129
145
2.5%
27
351
149
296
278
441
7.7%
28
296
120
210
398
651
11.3%
29
431
154
454
552
1,105
19.2%
30
310
140
309
692
1,414
24.6%
31
416
239
329
931
1,743
30.3%
32
526
263
455
1,194
2,198
38.2%
33
466
310
392
1,504
2,590
45.0%
34
374
178
418
1,682
3,008
52.3%
35
234
52
251
1,734
3,259
56.7%
36
118
20
95
1,754
3,354
58.3%
37
48
2
76
1,756
3,430
59.7%
38
47
8
3
1,764
3,433
59.7%
39
414
81
18
1,845
3,451
60.0%
NEAH BAY: Coho quota - 23,400    Chinook guideline 3,900
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
 
25
297
85
202
85
202
0.9%
26
1,094
499
606
584
808
3.5%
27
2,163
962
1,415
1,546
2,223
9.5%
28
2,165
799
1,718
2,345
3,941
16.8%
29
1,991
512
2,013
2,857
5,954
25.4%
30
1,903
488
2,010
3,345
7,964
34.0%
31
2,020
457
2,315
3,802
10,279
43.9%
32
2,839
375
3,373
4,177
13,652
58.3%
33
1,928
287
1,414
4,464
15,066
64.4%
34
1,606
173
1,992
4,637
17,058
72.9%
35
1,659
135
1,918
4,772
18,976
81.1%
36
623
28
824
4,800
19,800
84.6%
37
265
12
302
4,812
20,102
85.9%
COASTWIDE OCEAN TOTALS (including Oregon): Chinook quota - 54,600   Coho quota - 225,000
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of Total
Chinook quota
Percent of
Coho quota
25
1,605
563
1,021
563
1,021
0.9%
0.5%
26
4,911
2,174
3,295
2,737
4,316
4.6%
1.9%
27
8,408
2,606
8,907
5,343
13,223
9.0%
5.9%
28
8,559
2,071
11,140
7,414
24,363
12.4%
10.8%
29
10,135
2,941
12,700
10,355
37,063
17.4%
16.5%
30
12,051
4,128
12,195
14,473
49,261
24.3%
21.9%
31
13,993
3,421
13,502
17,894
62,763
30.0%
27.9%
32
19,445
4,901
24,866
22,795
87,629
38.2%
38.9%
33
19,260
3,917
26,444
26,712
114,073
44.8%
50.7%
34
16,210
4,371
21,033
31,083
135,106
56.9%
60.0%
35
11,906
2,442
15,453
33,525
150,559
61.4%
66.9%
36
7,666
1,624
8,017
35,187
158,837
64.4%
70.6%
37
4,246
763
4,880
35,950
163,717
65.8%
72.8%
38
1,463
219
1,470
36,439
168,540
66.7%
74.9%
39
1,105
136
666
36,575
169,206
67.0%
75.2%

*Sub-quotas of 5,750 coho and 2,300 chinook are in effect in Area 3 for the time period June 22 - September 14.
Effective September 20, the fishery reopens through October 5, or until attainment of the total area quota of 5,850 coho or 2,400 chinook.
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