Salmon: Current Season Management
- Salmon Hotlines, Websites, and Listserv
- 2012-April 2013 Salmon Management
- Salmon Management Measures Adopted by the Council for 2011-April 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
- Process Schedule
Salmon Hotlines, Websites, and Listserv
Up-to-date information on inseason changes is available from the hotlines and websites listed below. You may also sign up for the NMFS Salmon Fishery Regulations listserv to get e-mail announcements about salmon management.
- National Marine Fisheries Service Ocean salmon hotline: (800) 662-9825 or (206) 526-6667
- California Department of Fish and Game California salmon fishing hotline: (707) 576-3429
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Oregon salmon fishing hotline: (503) 947-6000
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Washington fishing hotline: (360) 902-2500
2012-April 2013 Salmon Management
Each year the Council’s Salmon Technical Team (STT) and Council staff compile and verify information related to fishery statistics, including spawning escapement estimates. The SAFE document, Review of 2011 Ocean Salmon Fisheries will be posted on the Council website on February 10. The forecast used to set 2012 salmon fisheries (Preseason Report I, Stock Abundance Analysis and Environmental Assessment Part 1 for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations) will available March 1. The description of the Council’s proposed ocean salmon management alternatives for 2012 and characterization of their expected impacts on ocean salmon fisheries and the stocks which support them (Preseason Report II, Proposed Alternatives and Environmental Assessment Part 2 for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations) will be available March 20. The STT’s analysis of the 2012 ocean salmon fishery management measures adopted by the Council for submission to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce will be provided in Preseason Report III, Analysis of Council Adopted Management Measures for 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries.
Salmon Management Measures Adopted by the Council for 2011-April 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries
The following salmon management measures tables were published in Preseason Report III (Published April 2011):
- Table 1: Commercial troll management measures adopted by the Council for non-Indian ocean salmon fisheries, 2011
- Table 2: Recreational management measures adopted by the Council for non-Indian ocean salmon fisheries, 2011
- Table 3: Treaty Indian ocean troll management measures adopted by the Council for ocean salmon fisheries, 2011
Process Schedule
Visit the 2012 Preseason Process for Salmon Management webpage.
