Columbia River Fisheries

The Columbia River offers premier opportunities to fish for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, shad and a variety of warmwater species. Management of the river and its fisheries is a responsibility shared by state, federal and tribal agencies. The overarching management objective is to meet conservation requirements while providing optimum sport and commercial fishing opportunities.

Recreational Fisheries

• Columbia
  
  
  • Columbia River Zone Regulation Updates
    
    
  • Columbia Catch Summaries
    
    
  • Columbia River Recreational Advisory Group
    
    
• Willamette
  
  
  • Willamette Zone Regulation Updates
    
    
  • Willamette Catch Summaries
    
    
  • Willamette FMEP Reports

Commercial Fisheries

• Landings (Commercial Fishing Harvest Reports)

• Columbia River Commercial Advisory Group

Mainstem

• Mainstem Commercial Fishing Zones Map and Descriptions (pdf)

Select Area

• Select Area Commercial Fishing Zones Map (pdf)
  
• Spring Commercial Fishery Coordination Meeting (pdf)

Columbia River Fisheries Management

Fish Runs

• Columbia River Fish Counts (Columbia River DART)
• Willamette Falls Fish Counts
• Annual Columbia River Salmonid and Shad Returns

Columbia River Compact/Joint State Hearings

• Columbia River Action Notices
• Columbia River Management Fact Sheets

Reports

• Columbia River Joint Staff Reports
• Columbia River Management Reports
• Summary and Analysis of Columbia River Harvest Reform Activities 2009-2017 (pdf)

Test Fishing

• 2023 Columbia River Spring Chinook Mainstem Test Fishery
• 2022 Columbia River Spring Chinook Mainstem Test Fishery
• 2021 Columbia River Spring Chinook Mainstem Test Fishery
• 2020 Columbia River Spring Chinook Mainstem Test Fishery (pdf)
• 2019 Columbia River Spring Chinook Mainstem Test Fishery (pdf)
• 2018 Columbia River Spring Chinook Mainstem Test Fishery (pdf)

Other

• Fall Allocation Agreements Archive
• Lower Columbia River Fisheries Management Reform
• Columbia River Basin Endorsement
• Annual Columbia River Salmonid Harvest

Other helpful links

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Salmon Species Identification
• Buying treaty-caught Columbia River fish (pdf)
• Statewide Commercial Fisheries
• California Sea Lion Management
• Youngs Bay Closure Zone