04-29-2004, 12:12 AM
[size 2]Anglers Must Begin Using New Harvest Codes When They Take Home a Salmon
SALEM - Anglers who purchase a 2004 combined angling harvest card will notice several new harvest codes on the accompanying instruction sheet that must be used when taking home a salmon. The new codes were adopted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife earlier this year to aid in the management of wild stocks in specially designated fisheries.
The annual harvest card is required to fish for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and halibut. Using codes listed in the instruction sheet, anglers record their catch on the harvest cards. Regulations require anglers to record their catch immediately upon removing the fish from the water. The new pink instruction sheet is being distributed throughout 2004.
Anglers fishing for Rogue River spring chinook or coho from Tahkenitch and Siltcoos lakes need to pay particular attention to the new instructions. In 2004, a selective fishery for Rogue River spring chinook will take place and a fishery on wild coho in the two lakes may be offered this fall.
The new species codes include: 1W for chinook unmarked (wild); 2W for coho unmarked (wild); and 6W for steelhead unmarked (wild). Harvest location code 93 was added for Tahkenitch Creek and Lake.
The new codes reflect a regulation change designed to reduce the harvest of wild spring chinook salmon in the Rogue River and help rebuild numbers in the basin. Anglers may only keep one non-adipose fin-clipped spring chinook a day and up to three a year as part of the salmon and steelhead bag limit on the Rogue. Rogue River hatchery spring chinook are fin-clipped and can be kept as part of the standard salmon bag limit.
In addition, a code was re-instated for Tahkenitch Lake. A limited harvest of wild coho salmon was allowed at both Tahkenitch and Silcoos lakes last December. This fishery is not listed in the 2004 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations but may be offered again this coming fall if coho runs remain strong. Dates and harvest limits will be announced later this year.[/size]
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SALEM - Anglers who purchase a 2004 combined angling harvest card will notice several new harvest codes on the accompanying instruction sheet that must be used when taking home a salmon. The new codes were adopted by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife earlier this year to aid in the management of wild stocks in specially designated fisheries.
The annual harvest card is required to fish for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, and halibut. Using codes listed in the instruction sheet, anglers record their catch on the harvest cards. Regulations require anglers to record their catch immediately upon removing the fish from the water. The new pink instruction sheet is being distributed throughout 2004.
Anglers fishing for Rogue River spring chinook or coho from Tahkenitch and Siltcoos lakes need to pay particular attention to the new instructions. In 2004, a selective fishery for Rogue River spring chinook will take place and a fishery on wild coho in the two lakes may be offered this fall.
The new species codes include: 1W for chinook unmarked (wild); 2W for coho unmarked (wild); and 6W for steelhead unmarked (wild). Harvest location code 93 was added for Tahkenitch Creek and Lake.
The new codes reflect a regulation change designed to reduce the harvest of wild spring chinook salmon in the Rogue River and help rebuild numbers in the basin. Anglers may only keep one non-adipose fin-clipped spring chinook a day and up to three a year as part of the salmon and steelhead bag limit on the Rogue. Rogue River hatchery spring chinook are fin-clipped and can be kept as part of the standard salmon bag limit.
In addition, a code was re-instated for Tahkenitch Lake. A limited harvest of wild coho salmon was allowed at both Tahkenitch and Silcoos lakes last December. This fishery is not listed in the 2004 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations but may be offered again this coming fall if coho runs remain strong. Dates and harvest limits will be announced later this year.[/size]
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