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Notebook: Number of coho rising in Oregon
Oregon salmon managers are looking at good news as they get ready to set coho salmon fishing seasons for the Pacific Ocean and Buoy 10 at the mouth of the Columbia River.
Preliminary findings of field biologists on the Oregon Coast show numbers of spawning wild coho continue to rise.
"Over the last 10 years, the numbers are much improved," said Curt Melcher, an assistant fish division administrator of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
State and federal managers will begin the regulatory process in early March.
Wild coho numbers on the Oregon Coast are a major factor driving sport and commercial seasons in California, Oregon and Washington. Management has been complicated in recent years by additional concerns for wild coho in tributaries of the lower Columbia River.
Melcher said, however, that the number of hatchery coho passing Buoy 10 should increase significantlythis year over last; an estimated 424,000 this August and September compared with 251,000 last year.
About 70 percent will be missing their adipose fins, Melcher said.
Crabbing not as good: Crab landings total only 10 million pounds so far in Oregon's offshore commercial season and are unlikely to get much past an average season of 13 million pounds.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission was told Friday during its regular monthly meeting in Seaside that price negotiations and poor weather delayed the opening.
The delay won't make much difference, though, in dropping the total catch after three consecutive record-breaking years.
Recreational crabbers in coastal bays generally reflect the same results.
Sea lion trigger pulled: The federal government has taken the first official steps required by law to give the states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington authority to lethally remove California sea lions preying on threatened and endangered salmon in the lower Columbia River.
Federal officials have announced that the danger to salmon warrants evaluations of whether killing sea lions is justified, and have formally called for public comment.
The issue is only over the salmon-loving California sea lions.
Larger Steller sea lions also are in the lower Columbia, but in recent years appear to be targeting sturgeon not salmon. Steller sea lions are protected by the Endangered Species Act.
Comments and nominations for a task force to review California sea lions will be accepted through April 2.
Send them to: Assistant Regional Administrator, Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232.
Comment may also be submitted by e-mail to SeaLion.Predation@noaa.gov.
More information is available on the Web at: www.nwr.noaa.gov/Marine-Mammals/Seals-and-Sea-Lions/States-MMPA-Request.cfm
Fly-fishing week: An action/adventure fly-fishing movie Wednesday will be followed by a fly-fishing show at the Oregon Convention Center this weekend.
The 2007 Fly Fishing Film Tour (www.flyfishingfilmtour.com) will air at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in McMenamins Bagdad Theater & Pub, 3702 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd.
Cost is $12.
It will be followed Saturday and Sunday by the Fly Fishing Show at the Oregon Convention Center.
The show is on a nationwide swing and features various seminars, booths and displays related to fly-fishing.
Show hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $14 for adults ($24 for a two-day pass) and $2 for children under 12.
A list of seminars and displays is found at www.flyfishingshow.com/portland
Razor clam season: Washington will open razor clam digging Friday and Saturday on Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks and Kalaloch beaches and Sunday on Twin Harbors beach.
Copalis beach remains closed.
Evening low tides occur at dusk or later each day. Diggers should bring along lanterns.
Bill Monroe: 503-221-8231 billmonroe@news.oregonian.com
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