Ocean sport salmon quota report

Updated: October 11, 2023

The ocean sport salmon quota report is updated once a week, typically by Friday.

The La Push and Neah Bay ocean management areas opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species on June 17. The Columbia River and Westport areas opened for all species on June 24. Catch details for each area are described below, where available.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) approved a recreational Chinook quota of 39,000 fish, up from last year’s quota of 27,000. The PFMC, which establishes fishing seasons in ocean waters 3 to 200 miles off the Pacific coast, also adopted a quota of 159,600 hatchery coho for this year's recreational ocean fishery. This represents a slight decrease over last year’s initial coho quota of 168,000, but still should provide sizable coho fishing opportunity.

In-season Management actions:

July 6, 2023

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 8, the bag limit in the Neah Bay and La Push areas is modified to 2 salmon.

July 26, 2023

  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, July 28, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Westport area on Fridays and Saturdays. Possession of Chinook is illegal when retention is prohibited in the area.

August 17, 2023

  • Effective 12:01AM Friday, August 18, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook.

August 25, 2023

  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Columbia River area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Columbia River area is 21,740.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Columbia River area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Westport area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Westport area is 16,010.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the La Push area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the La Push area is 1,210.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the La Push area is modified to 2 salmon, release chum. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective. 
    • The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay area is 4,800.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon, release chum. Wild coho may be retained.
  • Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the subarea east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line within the Neah Bay area is closed to salmon fishing.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

Coho quota: 159,600                       Non-selective coho quota: 43,760
Chinook quota: 39,000                    Adjusted Chinook quota: 38,841*

Stat Week

 Dates  

Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of total coho quota Percent of total chinook guideline Number of Pink Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 17-18 643 237 47 237 47 0% 1% 4 0.37 0.07 0.45
26 Jun 19-25 4,280 1,385 955 1,622 1,002 1% 4% 14 0.32 0.22 0.55
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 4,457 1,766 1,534 3,388 2,536 2% 9% 6 0.40 0.34 0.74
28 Jul 3-9 6,576 3,116 2,845 6,504 5,381 3% 17% 4 0.47 0.43 0.91
29 Jul 10-16 7,134 3,492 3,947 9,996 9,328 6% 26% 10 0.49 0.55 1.04
30 Jul 17-23 8,771 4,377 5,172 14,373 14,500 9% 37% 64 0.50 0.59 1.10
31 Jul 24-30 8,525 3,131 7,269 17,504 21,769 14% 45% 183 0.40 0.85 1.24
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 9,727 4,404 3,731 21,908 25,500 16% 56% 575 0.48 0.38 0.90
33 Aug 7-13 8,290 3,086 2,411 24,994 27,911 17% 64% 469 0.39 0.29 0.72
34 Aug 14-20 2,770 615 671 25,609 28,582 18% 66% 124 0.22 0.24 0.51
35 Aug 21-25 4,466 1,580 2,547 27,189 31,129 20% 70% 102 0.35 0.57 0.95
35 Aug 26-27 6,868 1,331 6,510 28,521 6,510 15% 73% 7 0.19 0.95 1.14
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 6,245 535 8,267 29,055 14,778 34% 75% 16 0.09 1.32 1.41
37 Sep 4-10 7,484 799 9,321 29,855 24,099 55% 77% 2 0.11 1.25 1.35
38 Sep 11-17 3,920 130 2,847 29,985 26,946 62% 77% 4 0.03 0.73 0.76
39 Sep 18-24 1,025 24 737 30,010 27,683 63% 77% 0 0.02 0.72 0.74
40 Sep 25-30 856 28 540 30,038 28,223 64% 77% 0 0.03 0.63 0.66
41 Oct 3-7 212 60 3 30,097 28,226 65% 77% 0 0.28 0.01 0.30
                         

*159 landed-catch-equivalent Chinook non-retention mortalities projected for weeks 31-33 and assessed toward the initial quota of 39,000.

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

Coho quota: 79,800                             Non-selective coho quota: 21,740                             
Chinook guideline: 11,490

This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, September 30.  Through Sunday, September 30, 9,566 Chinook (83% of the area guideline), 15,593 mark-selective coho (20% of the area quota), and 15,688 non-mark-selective coho (72% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed. 

Stat Week  Dates   Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26 Jun 24-25 932 201 610 201 610 1% 2% 0 0.22 0.65 0.87
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,291 196 863 396 1,473 2% 3% 1 0.15 0.67 0.82
28 Jul 3-9 1,978 196 1,604 592 3,077 4% 5% 1 0.10 0.81 0.91
29 Jul 10-16 2,167 258 1,923 849 5,000 6% 7% 0 0.12 0.89 1.01
30 Jul 17-23 3,232 294 2,833 1,143 7,832 10% 10% 0 0.09 0.88 0.97
31 Jul 24-30 4,073 877 3,850 2,020 11,683 15% 18% 0 0.22 0.95 1.16
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 5,622 2,273 1,398 4,293 13,081 16% 37% 3 0.40 0.25 0.65
33 Aug 7-13 5,195 1,697 1,014 5,990 14,095 18% 52% 0 0.33 0.20 0.52
34 Aug 14-20 1,909 438 440 6,429 14,536 18% 56% 0 0.23 0.23 0.46
35 Aug 21-25 2,667 1,146 1,058 7,574 15,593 20% 66% 0 0.43 0.40 0.83
35 Aug 26-27 4,656 1,123 3,179 8,697 3,179 15% 76% 0 0.24 0.68 0.92
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 3,698 281 4,157 8,979 7,336 34% 78% 0 0.08 1.12 1.20
37 Sep 4-10 4,914 501 6,098 9,480 13,433 62% 83% 0 0.10 1.24 1.34
38 Sep 11-17 2,771 73 1,608 9,553 15,042 69% 83% 0 0.03 0.58 0.61
39 Sep 18-24 494 10 240 9,562 15,282 70% 83% 0 0.02 0.49 0.51
40 Sep 25-30 651 4 405 9,566 15,688 72% 83% 0 0.01 0.62 0.63
                         

 

Westport

Coho quota: 59,050                             Non-selective coho quota: 16,010                        
Chinook guideline: 17,210                  Adjusted Chinook guideline: 17,051*

This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, September 30.  Through Sunday, September 30, 13,917 Chinook (82% of the adjusted area guideline), 12,079 mark-selective coho (20% of the area quota), and 8,783 non-mark-selective coho (55% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed. 

Stat Week  Dates   Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26 Jun 24-25 891 560 206 560 206 0% 3% 2 0.63 0.23 0.86
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,203 860 368 1,420 574 1% 8% 2 0.71 0.31 1.02
28 Jul 3-9 3,003 2,056 886 3,477 1,460 2% 20% 2 0.68 0.30 0.98
29 Jul 10-16 3,156 1,893 1,656 5,369 3,116 5% 31% 2 0.60 0.52 1.13
30 Jul 17-23 4,343 3,328 2,148 8,697 5,264 9% 51% 36 0.77 0.49 1.27
31 Jul 24-30 3,179 1,563 3,026 10,261 8,290 14% 60% 19 0.64 0.95 1.45
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 3,151 1,569 2,071 11,830 10,361 18% 69% 329 0.60 0.66 1.26
33 Aug 7-13 2,182 1,029 859 12,859 11,220 19% 75% 156 0.56 0.39 0.94
34 Aug 14-20 291 86 41 12,945 11,261 19% 76% 14 0.30 0.14 0.49
35 Aug 21-25 1,103 337 818 13,282 12,079 20% 78% 0 0.31 0.74 1.05
35 Aug 26-27 1,617 114 2,553 13,396 2,553 16% 79% 0 0.07 1.58 1.65
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 1,775 208 2,902 13,605 5,455 34% 80% 0 0.12 1.64 1.75
37 Sep 4-10 1,854 263 2,262 13,868 7,717 48% 81% 0 0.14 1.22 1.36
38 Sep 11-17 743 43 704 13,910 8,421 53% 82% 0 0.06 0.95 1.00
39 Sep 18-24 302 6 275 13,916 8,696 54% 82% 0 0.02 0.91 0.93
40 Sep 25-30 80 1 87 13,917 8,783 55% 82% 0 0.01 1.08 1.09
                         

*159 landed-catch-equivalent Chinook non-retention mortalities projected for weeks 31-33 and assessed toward the initial guideline of 17,210.

La Push

Coho quota: 4,150                            Non-selective coho quota: 1,210
Chinook guideline: 1,590*

A total of 212 anglers participated in the salmon fishery October 3-7, landing 60 Chinook and 3 coho.  Through Saturday, October 7, 1,064 Chinook (67% of the area guideline), 611 mark-selective coho (15% of the area quota), and 953 non-mark-selective coho (79% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.  This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, October 7.

Stat Week  Dates   Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 17-18 15 3 4 3 4 0% 0% 0 0.21 0.29 0.50
26 Jun 19-25 179 25 9 29 14 0% 2% 0 0.14 0.05 0.19
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 122 69 10 97 23 1% 6% 0 0.57 0.08 0.64
28 Jul 3-9 122 79 40 176 63 2% 11% 0 0.65 0.33 0.98
29 Jul 10-16 224 173 100 349 163 4% 22% 2 0.77 0.45 1.22
30 Jul 17-23 135 60 37 409 200 5% 26% 5 0.44 0.28 0.76
31 Jul 24-30 209 143 77 552 277 7% 35% 11 0.69 0.37 1.11
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 327 182 147 734 424 10% 46% 74 0.56 0.45 1.23
33 Aug 7-13 185 113 65 848 489 12% 53% 19 0.61 0.35 1.07
34 Aug 14-20 38 15 15 863 504 12% 54% 14 0.38 0.38 1.12
35 Aug 21-25 149 31 107 893 611 15% 56% 22 0.21 0.72 1.08
35 Aug 26-27 161 40 155 933 155 13% 59% 2 0.25 0.96 1.22
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 178 26 259 959 415 34% 60% 0 0.15 1.45 1.60
37 Sep 4-10 240 14 350 973 764 63% 61% 0 0.06 1.46 1.52
38 Sep 11-17 103 7 155 980 919 76% 62% 0 0.06 1.50 1.57
39 Sep 18-24 40 3 0 983 919 76% 62% 0 0.08 0.00 0.08
40 Sep 25-30 67 21 30 1,004 950 78% 63% 0 0.32 0.46 0.78
41 Oct 3-7 212 60 3 1,064 953 79% 67% 0 0.28 0.01 0.30
                         

*Subarea guideline of 1,440 Chinook is in effect for the La Push area June 17 - September 30.  The fishery is scheduled to reopen October 3 (La Push Late Season) with a Chinook quota of 150. The late season fishery will close October 7 or upon attainment of quota. 

Neah Bay

Coho quota: 16,600                             Non-selective coho quota: 4,800
Chinook guideline: 8,710

This area closed to salmon fishing as scheduled on Saturday, September 30.  Through Sunday, September 30, 5,550 Chinook (64% of the area guideline), 2,845 mark-selective coho (17% of the area quota), and 2,803 non-mark-selective coho (58% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed. 

Stat Week  Dates   Number of anglers Number of Chinook Number of coho Cumulative Chinook Cumulative Coho Percent of coho quota Percent of Chinook guideline Pink Catch Catch per angler trip: Chinook Catch per angler trip: Coho Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25 Jun 17-18 628 234 43 234 43 0% 3% 4 0.37 0.07 0.45
26 Jun 19-25 2,278 599 129 832 172 1% 10% 12 0.26 0.06 0.32
27 Jun 26-Jul 2 1,840 642 294 1,474 466 3% 17% 3 0.35 0.16 0.51
28 Jul 3-9 1,474 785 315 2,259 781 5% 26% 1 0.53 0.21 0.75
29 Jul 10-16 1,587 1,169 268 3,428 1,049 6% 39% 6 0.74 0.17 0.91
30 Jul 17-23 1,061 695 154 4,123 1,204 7% 47% 23 0.66 0.15 0.82
31 Jul 24-30 1,065 548 316 4,671 1,519 9% 54% 152 0.51 0.30 0.95
32 Jul 31-Aug 6 627 380 114 5,051 1,634 10% 58% 169 0.61 0.18 1.06
33 Aug 7-13 729 246 472 5,298 2,106 13% 61% 294 0.34 0.65 1.39
34 Aug 14-20 532 75 175 5,373 2,281 14% 62% 96 0.14 0.33 0.65
35 Aug 21-25 546 66 564 5,439 2,845 17% 62% 80 0.12 1.03 1.30
35 Aug 26-27 434 55 624 5,494 624 13% 63% 6 0.13 1.44 1.58
36 Aug 28-Sep 3 594 19 949 5,513 1,572 33% 63% 16 0.03 1.60 1.66
37 Sep 4-10 476 21 612 5,534 2,184 46% 64% 2 0.04 1.29 1.34
38 Sep 11-17 302 8 380 5,542 2,564 53% 64% 4 0.03 1.26 1.30
39 Sep 18-24 190 6 222 5,548 2,786 58% 64% 0 0.03 1.17 1.20
40 Sep 25-30 57 2 17 5,550 2,803 58% 64% 0 0.03 0.30 0.34
                         

Previous Years

To see past years' annual reports from the Pacific Fishery Marine Council, visit the PFMC website. For archival in-season ocean salmon information, visit the report archives webpage.