6. FISHING COMPACT WEIGHS FALL CHINOOK IMPACTS

Sport fishermen were put on hold in the Columbia River below Bonneville
this week until state and federal officials can reassess the size of the
incoming fall chinook run and the combined impact that the recreationists
and tribal and non-tribal commercial fishers have had to-date on listed
Snake River fall chinook.
Representatives from Oregon and Washington fish and wildlife commissions
agreed Sept. 10 to suspend the sport-fishing season from the river’s mouth
at Buoy 10 to …

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