The current salmon season (May 1, 2019-April 30, 2020 management measures are available in Preseason Report III: Council-Adopted Management Measures and Environmental Assessment Part 3 for 2019 Ocean Salmon Fishery Regulations. The links below provide access to the management measures for specific sectors.
Commercial troll management measures
Recreational management measures
Other sources of current season data
Up-to-date information on inseason changes is available from the sources below.
- NMFS’ salmon fishery regulations booklet for 2019
- NMFS West Coast Region salmon website including opportunity to sign up for the NMFS West Coast Region listserv to get e-mail announcements about salmon management
- Ocean salmon hotline: (800) 662-9825 or (206) 526-6667. Recorded message is updated to provide inseason changes to the regulations as they occur.
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife California salmon fishing hotline: (707) 576-3429
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife General contact number for ocean salmon fisheries, Oregon Marine Resources Program: (541) 867-4741
- Sign up for the Oregon Ocean Salmon e-mail/text notification service:
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Washington fishing hotline: (360) 902-2500