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Columbia Ocean Area (including Oregon)

Ocean Area 1 (Columbia Ocean Area) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 27 with a quota of 101,250 coho and a guideline of 8,000 chinook. The fishery closed on its automatic closure date September 30. The total catch estimates for Area 1 through Thursday, September 30 are 8,915 chinook and 73,890 coho (73% of the quota).

AREA 1 EFFORT AND CATCH BY STATE
Week 38
WASHINGTON
OREGON
Anglers
Chinook
Coho
Anglers
Chinook
Coho
Charter
38
21
7
0
0
0
Private
14
0
0
0
0
0
Jetty
0
0
0
TOTALS
52
21
7
0
0
0
TOTAL WA+OR
52
21
7

Westport

Ocean Area 2 (Westport) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 27 with a quota of 74,900 coho (revised to 54,900) and a guideline of 30,800 chinook (revised to 25,800). Effective August 29, retention of all legal-sized coho was allowed in the area until the earlier of September 19 or attainment of 10,000 coho. The fishery closed on Monday, September 6. The total coho catch estimate for Area 2 through Saturday, August 28 was 18,704 coho (34% of the revised quota). Through Monday, September 6, 10,902 chinook were landed. Between Sunday, August 29 and Monday, September 6, 10,395 coho (4% over the non-selective fishery quota) were landed.

La Push

Ocean Area 3 (La Push) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 27 with a quota of 5,200 coho and a guideline of 1,900 chinook . The fishery closed on its automatic closure date September 19, and reopened September 25 through the earlier of October 10 or attainment of the total area quota. The catch estimates for Area 3 through Sunday, October 3 are 1,846 chinook and 3,156 coho (61% of the sub-quota).

Neah Bay

Ocean Area 4 (Neah Bay) opened for recreational salmon fishing on Sunday, June 27 with a quota of 21,050 coho (revised to 30,750) and a guideline of 3,700 chinook. The fishery closed on its automatic closure date September 19. The catch estimates for Area 4 through Sunday, September 19 are 5,577 chinook and 29,503 coho (96% of the revised quota).

COLUMBIA
RIVER AREA:
Coho quota - 101,250
Chinook guideline 8,000
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
27
0
0
0.0%
26
838
47
1,300
47
1,300
1.3%
27
1,697
126
2,415
173
3,715
3.7%
28
2,605
123
3,749
296
7,464
7.4%
29
3,369
178
5,406
477
13,004
12.8%
30
3,345
274
4,540
759
17,616
17.4%
31
4,839
336
7,337
1,095
24,953
24.6%
32
6,212
548
6,471
1,643
31,424
31.0%
33
9,426
2,099
10,929
3,742
42,353
41.8%
34
11,075
2,204
15,142
5,951
57,571
56.9%
35
8,171
611
8,124
6,562
65,695
64.9%
36
7,111
1,265
5,765
7,827
71,460
70.6%
37
2,763
658
1,801
8,485
73,261
72.4%
38
605
212
272
8,697
73,533
72.6%
39
618
197
350
8,894
73,883
73.0%
40
52
21
7
8,915
73,890
73.0%
WESTPORT: Coho Quota: 54,900 *,**
Chinook guideline: 28,800
Non-selectivecoho quota (effective Aug 29): 10,000 ****
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
26
1,457
254
1,183
254
1,183
1.6%
27
2,538
580
701
834
1,884
2.5%
27
2,538
580
701
834
1,884
2.5%
28
2,822
638
1,729
1,472
3,613
4.8%
29
3,076
884
1,909
2,356
5,522
7.4%
30
3,993
838
1,655
3,194
7,177
9.6%
31
3,469
1,155
1,074
4,349
8,251
11.0%
32
3,448
834
1,882
5,183
10,133
29.0%
33
4,287
1,504
2,787
6,687
12,920
37.0%
35
8/23-8/28
2,257
768
3,071
9,582
18,704
34.1%
35
8/29 only
1,111
145
2,001
9,727
2,001
20.0%
36
(Sept. 6)
896
164
1,459
10,900
10,381
103.8%
37
9/6 only
869
166
1,473
10,902
10,395
104.0%
LA PUSH: Coho quota: 5,200 ***
Chinook guideline: 1,900 ***
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
26
125
38
37
38
37
0.7%
27
404
233
92
271
129
2.5%
27
404
233
92
271
129
2.5%
28
368
183
251
454
380
7.3%
29
392
174
394
628
774
14.9%
30
326
151
261
779
1,035
19.9%
31
412
128
452
907
1,487
28.6%
32
418
97
439
1,004
1,926
37.0%
33
541
216
388
1,220
2,314
44.5%
34
339
121
253
1,341
2,567
49.4%
35
172
89
163
1,430
2,730
52.5%
36
323
87
283
1,517
3,013
57.9%
37
137
70
48
1,587
3,061
58.9%
38
29
2
26
1,589
3,087
59.4%
39
"Bubble" fishery
began on Sept 25.
85
37
13
1,626
3,100
59.6%
40
487
220
56
1,846
3,156
60.7%
NEAH BAY: Coho quota: 30,750 *, ****
Chinook guideline: 3,700
Stat
Week
Number
of Anglers
Number
of Chinook
Number
of Coho
Cumulative
Chinook
Cumulative
Coho
Percent of
Coho quota
26
442
238
372
238
372
1.8%
27
2,463
1,083
1,272
1,321
1,644
7.8%
28
3,194
938
3,392
2,259
5,036
23.9%
29
2,786
913
2,360
3,172
7,396
35.1%
30
3,049
665
3,905
3,837
11,301
53.7%
31
2,817
593
3,353
4,430
14,654
69.6%
32
2,740
335
3,705
4,765
18,359
66.4%
33
2,712
462
3,252
5,227
21,611
78.2%
34
2,875
206
4,151
5,433
25,762
83.8%
35
2,072
77
2,734
5,510
28,496
92.7%
36
438
51
429
5,561
28,925
94.1%
37
220
10
245
5,571
29,170
94.9%
38
336
6
333
5,577
29,503
95.9%

*On August 10, 40,000 adipose fin clipped coho were transferred from the Westport area quota to the Neah Bay area quota, resulting in an increase of 6,600 coho to the Neah Bay area quota after adjusting for impacts on Thompson River coho. The resulting coastwide coho quota is 169,100.

** On August 19, 20,000 coho were traded from the commercial troll fishery south of the Queets River to the Westport area recreational quota for 5,000 chinook from the Westport area recreational quota, resulting ina quota of 54,900 coho and a guideline of 25,800 chinook in the Westport area recreational fishery.The resulting coastwide recreational quotas are 189,100 coho and 39,500 chinook.

*** Sub-quotas of 5,200 coho and 1,900 chinook are in effect in Area 3 for the time period June 27 - September 19.Effective September 25, the fishery reopens through October 10, or until attainment of the total area quota of 5,300 coho or 2,000 chinook.

**** On August 26, 3,100 coho were transferred to the Neah Bay area recreational coho quota from the Westport area recreational quota on an impact-neutral basis. This resulted in a final Neah Bay area recreational quota of30,750, and left the Westport area with impacts associated with a non-selective coho fishery operating under aquota of 10,000 coho beginning August 29.

COASTWIDE OCEAN TOTALS (including Oregon):
Chinook quota: 39,500 **
Coho quota: 189,100 *, **
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
2,862
577
2,892
577
2,892
1.3%
1.4%
27
7,008
2,040
4,450
2,617
7,342
5.9%
3.6%
28
8,989
1,882
9,121
4,481
16,493
10.1%
8.1%
29
9,623
2,149
10,069
6,633
26,696
14.9%
13.2%
30
10,713
1,928
10,361
8,569
37,129
19.3%
18.3%
31
11,537
2,212
12,216
10,781
49,345
24.2%
24.4%
32
12,818
1,814
12,497
12,595
61,842
28.3%
36.6%
33
16,966
4,281
17,356
16,876
79,198
37.9%
46.8%
34
18,178
4,658
22,259
21,539
101,533
54.5%
53.7%
35
13,783
1,690
16,093
23,229
117,626
58.8%
61.7%
36
12,337
2,412
13,398
25,641
131,024
64.9%
69.3%
37
3,989
904
3,567
26,545
134,591
67.2%
71.2%
38
970
220
631
26,765
135,222
67.8%
71.5%
39
703
234
363
26,999
135,585
68.4%
71.7%
40
539
241
63
27,240
135,648
69.0%
71.7%

* On August 10, 40,000 adipose fin clipped coho were transferred from the Westport area quota to the Neah Bay area quota, resulting in an increase of 6,600 coho to the Neah Bay area quota after adjusting for impacts on Thompson River coho. The resulting coastwide coho quota is 169,100.

** On August 19, 20,000 coho were traded from the commercial troll fishery south of the Queets River to the Westport area recreational quota for 5,000 chinook from the Westport area recreational quota, resulting ina quota of 54,900 coho and a guideline of 25,800 chinook in the Westport area recreational fishery.The resulting coastwide recreational quotas are 189,100 coho and 39,500 chinook.
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