Columbia River Anglers Must Release Chinooks

OLYMPIA, WA-The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) has
announced that anglers must now release any chinook salmon they catch on
the mainstem Columbia River from the mouth of the river to the U.S. Hwy.
395 Bridge at Pasco.
The announcement follows an agreement between fisheries managers from
Washington and Oregon to close two sections of the Columbia River where
the sport fishery has taken its portion of the allowable fall chinook
salmon protected under the federal Endangered Species Act.