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Feb 27, 2024 Winter Season Tribal Fishery Announcement

The four Columbia River treaty fishing tribes set the following fishery plan and the Columbia River Compact concurred:

Commercial Setline Fishery

BONNEVILLE Pool ONLY

  • Dates/Times: 6 AM Saturday, March 2 to 6 PM Monday, March 4 (2.5 days)
  • Gear: Setline gear only.
  • Allowable Sales: Sturgeon from 38 to 54 inches fork length caught with setline gear may be sold or kept for subsistence purposes. Fish landed during the open periods are allowed to be sold after the period concludes.
  • Sanctuaries: Standard closed areas applicable to setline gear are in effect.

JOHN DAY Pool ONLY

  • Dates/Times: 6 AM Thursday, March 7 to 6 PM Monday, March 11 (4.5 days)
  • Gear: Setline gear only.
  • Allowable Sales: Sturgeon from 43 to 54 inches fork length caught with setline gear may be sold or kept for subsistence purposes. Fish landed during the open periods are allowed to be sold after the period concludes.
  • Sanctuaries: Standard closed areas applicable to setline gear are in effect.

NOTE: Additional commercial gillnet fishing time in these pools is possible depending on the catch in these openings. 

2024 Commercial Sturgeon Harvest Guidelines

  • Bonneville: 675
  • The Dalles: 825
  • John Day: 210

Zone 6 Platform and Hook-and-line fishery

The Zone 6 platform and hook and line subsistence fishery remains unchanged at this time


Tributary Fisheries Contacts

  • Consult your tribe’s Fishery Department for current regulations specific to other areas not listed here.

Note: This announcement is an informational document and does not constitute a fishery regulation. Individual tribes determine actual fishing regulations for their members. Copies of regulations are available from tribal fishery departments.


Fisher Information

If you have any fishing enforcement problems or need assistance or information, day, or night, contact the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement Office, 4270 Westcliff Drive, Hood River, Oregon. Phone: (541) 386-6363 or toll-free (800)-487-FISH (3474). Show pride in your tribe’s treaty rights by carrying your tribal ID. Please consult your tribal fisheries department for additional details on tribal regulations. PLEASE WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS FOR SAFETY and avoid overloading your boats.


If you have any fishing enforcement problems or need assistance or information, day or night, contact the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fisheries Enforcement Office, 4270 Westcliff Drive, Hood River, Oregon. Phone: (541)-386-6363 or toll-free (800)-487-FISH (3474). Show pride in your tribe’s treaty rights by carrying your tribal ID. Please consult your tribal Fisheries Department for additional details on tribal regulations. PLEASE WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKETS FOR SAFETY and avoid overloading your boats.

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