SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 2016
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Gem Walkers jaunt set ODFW asks halibut anglers to help set spring season
for Groundhog Day
Coastal Gems Volkswalkers
invite everyone for a walk
Tuesday, Feb. 2, Groundhog
Day. February’s walk will be
the Lincoln City Town Route.
Those who want to carpool
to Lincoln City can meet at the
Commons in Yachats at 9 a.m.,
or at the Cozy Cove Resort in
Lincoln City at 10:30 a.m.
The 10K walk is rated 2B
for a couple of steep hills and
one section without sidewalks.
There is also a 5K route for
those who want a shorter walk.
As always, leashed peta are
welcome on walks, but bring
water and clean up materials.
Also, a sturdy 6-foot leash (not
the retractable type) is
required.
On Wednesday, Feb. 3, the
group will hold its monthly
meeting in conjunction with its
annual “chocolate sharing”
event. The meeting will be
held at the home of the Gems’
president in Yachats.
Chocolate sharing will
begin at 5:30 p.m., with the
club meeting at 6 p.m.
For more information or
directions visit www.yachats
coastalgems.org.
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SALEM — The ODFW
wants halibut anglers to weigh
in on open dates for the 2016
spring all-depth sport halibut
fishery in the Central Coast
subarea.
And like last year, there are
three ways to give feedback —
attend a public meeting, partic-
ipate via webinar or take an
online survey.
The Central Oregon Coast
Subarea extends from Cape
Falcon to Humbug Mt., and
includes most Oregon ports
except those in the Astoria
area, Gold Beach, and
Brookings.
The seasons for the
Columbia River and Southern
Oregon Subareas have already
been established for this year.
“The sport halibut fishery is
popular, so we want to ensure
we hear from as many anglers
as possible,” said Lynn Mattes,
halibut project leader for
ODFW.
Participants in the process
will help choose the number of
spring all-depth “fixed” and
“back-up” dates, and the weeks
in which those open dates
occur.
The public meeting will
begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,
Feb. 2, at the ODFW Newport
office, 2040 SE Marine
Science Drive.
Participants can join the
meeting online at www.global
.gotomeeting.com/join/620143
213, or dial in at 1-408-650-
3123 Access code: 620-143-
213.
Fishing regulations available in ODFW 2016 guide
SALEM — Anglers this year
may have noticed that
Oregon’s fishing regulations
for 2016 are in a new magazine
format publication, which is
not only more colorful but sim-
pler and easier to read.
Over the past year ODFW
worked on streamlining and
simplifying the angling regula-
tions. ODFW has also expand-
ed opportunities for trout and
warmwater fishing and provid-
ed more consistent seasons and
bag limits.
Anglers should notice plain-
er language and clearer
descriptions of regulations.
Content was also rearranged so
that license information and
fish ID photos are in the back
of the regulations. Updated
full-color zone maps can be
found at the end of each sec-
tion.
Here are a few changes that
anglers will see in the 2016
fishing regulations:
Expanded year round
opportunities across the state
for trout. In most areas where
there were April openers, these
rivers were expanded to be
open year round.
Reduction in the number of
special regulations or excep-
tions. One thing to be aware of
is that some of the waters that
you fish may no longer be list-
ed under the exceptions. This
means that they are now cov-
ered under the zone regula-
tions.
Changes in fees. In 2016
there are fee increases on many
angling licenses. This is the
first time the fees have
increased in six years. A new
youth license was created.
For $10, youth ages 12-17
will get a hunting, fishing,
shellfish license and Columbia
River Basin endorsement.
ODFW contracted with J.F.
Griffin Media to publish this
year’s regulations. J.F. Griffin
currently contracts with more
than 20 other states to help cre-
ate a consistent look and feel
for fishing and hunting regula-
tions.
They also provide an online
version at www.eregulations.
The Boys and Girls Club of
Western Lane County is look-
ing for volunteers to help refer-
ee some of its K-6 grade bas-
ketball games.
There are four more dates
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with 10 total time slots avail-
able per day. Those who volun-
teers will be eligible for a
scholarships either this year or
in the future.
Below is a list of dates and
times.Each time requires two
different referees as there are
two games going on at the
same time.
Feb. 6, 13, 20 and 27.
Game times are 8:30 a.m.,
9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:30
a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
For more information, con-
tact Kristen Goodman, Boys
and Girls Club athletic director,
at at kgoodman@bgcwlc. org.
Study
idea how low the injury num-
bers were until now.”
The findings, published in
the latest issue of the journal
International Maritime Health,
are the first step to better
understanding fishing injuries
among Dungeness crab fisher-
men. The research is part of an
OSU-led research project to
identify and reduce the risks of
injuries in the industry, Kincl
said.
The Fishermen Led Injury
Prevention Program, or FLIPP,
is designed to take a new
approach to fishing industry
injury prevention by working
with commercial Dungeness
crab fishermen to identify and
reduce injury risks. The project
is supported by a three-year,
$825,000 grant from the
National
Institutes
for
Occupational Safety and
Health.
Kincl is the principal inves-
tigator.
The lead author of the paper,
Samantha Case, is a researcher
in the NIOSH office in Alaska.
Other co-authors are OSU
associate professor Viktor
Bovbjerg; OSU doctoral stu-
dent Laura Syron and Devin
Lucas, who earned his doctor-
ate at OSU and works at
NIOSH.
The researchers found that
the majority of the fatalities,
about 71 percent, occurred dur-
ing vessel disasters, such as
boats capsizing or sinking. The
other deaths were the result of
a fisherman drowning or
falling overboard.
Fractures were the most
commonly reported injury, at
40 percent, followed by
hypothermia, lacerations and
digit amputations.
Working with Oregon Sea
Grant
and
community
researchers in local fishing
communities, Kincl and her
colleagues are meeting with
focus groups of fishermen and
surveying fishing crews along
the Pacific coast to learn more
about safety and injuries in the
industry.
“No one has ever gone up
and down the coast and learned
from the fishermen,” Kincl
said. “What are they doing to
stay safe? Are there things that
can be improved? How can we
share that information among
the various crews?”
By the end of the project,
researchers plan to come up
with and test several interven-
tions that could help reduce
injuries among crab fishermen.
“We want to identify some
things that might work, but we
don’t want to tell them what to
do,” Kincl said. “We want to
let them decide what would be
most helpful.”
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reported to the U.S. Coast
Guard.
The fatality rate among
Dungeness crab fishermen is
several times higher than the
national rate for commercial
fishing. But the injury rate
among Dungeness fishermen is
much lower than injury rates in
other commercial fishing fleets
that have been studied.
“Fatal injuries are tracked in
a national system, but nonfatal
injuries are not,” Kincl said.
“We knew there was likely
underreporting, but we had no
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ulations that can be accessed
from mobile devices, tablets
and desktop computers. This
version includes the latest cor-
rections and clarification to a
few regulations that were caus-
ing confusion.
“Read the zone regulations
carefully as there have been
some zone wide changes as
well as some changes to the
zone regulations exceptions,”
said Mike Gauvin, manager of
ODFW’s recreational fishing
program. “As always, emer-
gency or temporary rules may
be adopted so please check the
in season regulation updates by
zone before you head out fish-
ing.”
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Anglers can offer input
through an online survey,
which will be available on the
ODFW halibut webpage, www
.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/finfish/ha
libut/index.asp, from Feb. 2-7.
For more information, or to
provide additional comments
without attending the meeting,
anglers should contact Mattes
at 541-867-0300 ext. 237, or
email him at lynn.mattes@state
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