SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2016
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States close Columbia River salmon, steelhead seasons
Recreational salmon and
steelhead fishing will close
starting today, Oct. 22, on the
Columbia River from Buoy 10
to the Highway 395 Bridge
near Pasco, Wash., under rules
adopted Thursday by fishery
managers from Oregon and
Washington.
The closure is based on the
latest fall Chinook run forecast,
which indicates the Upriver
Bright component, which
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River wild Chinook, is tracking
at 71 percent of the preseason
forecast of 579,600 Chinook.
Coho salmon and steelhead
returns have also been revised
downward from pre-season
forecasts.
Based on the revised run-
size projection, fishery man-
agers estimate that combined
non-treaty fisheries have
exceeded the allowed harvest
limit on Upriver Bright
Chinook.
‘W HALE W ATCHING ’
The Oregon Parks and
Recreation
Department
(OPRD) is seeking whale-
lovers to participate in its
annual
Whale
Watching
Spoken Here program.
The program places trained
volunteers at 24 whale-watch-
ing sites along the Oregon
coast during winter and spring
watch weeks, when approxi-
mately 20,000 gray whales
migrate on their way to and
from feeding areas off the
Alaska coast and birthing areas
near Baja, Mexico.
Volunteers who complete
the one-day training may select
a whale-watching site where
they will be stationed to assist
visitors in spotting gray whales
The states opted to also close
the recreational coho salmon
and steelhead seasons to pre-
vent any additional Chinook
mortalities that might have
occurred as the result of inci-
dental bycatch.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
and maintain a count of whales
spotted.
The dates for upcoming
whale watching weeks are
Dec. 27 through 31, and March
25 through 31, 2017.
New this year, volunteers
can register for the training
online at www.whalespoken.
wordpress.com, as well as
select a watch site.
The training is required for
new volunteers. Returning vol-
unteers are encouraged to
repeat the course every few
years to learn the latest gray
whale research results.
The first of three sessions is
set for Saturday, Dec. 3, at the
Hatfield Marine Science
Center in Newport.
The training will be deliv-
ered by Dr. Bruce Mate, an
expert on whales and director
of the Oregon State University
Marine Mammal Institute.
Additional volunteer train-
ing is scheduled for Jan. 14,
2017, at the Oregon Institute of
Marine Biology in Charleston,
and also Feb. 11, 2017, at the
Warrenton Community Center
in Warrenton.
Whale Watching Spoken
Here has been around since
1978 and is one of the most
organized onshore whale-
watching programs in the
United States.
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The
Oregon
Schools
Activities Association (OSAA)
Executive Board has approved
the use of three-person officiat-
ing crews for the 6A, 5A and
4A basketball playoffs begin-
ning in 2017.
The expansion takes effect
with this season’s early round
playoff games at high school
sites, as well as the quarterfi-
nals through the state champi-
onship games at final and neu-
tral sites.
Schools and leagues in all
classifications will continue to
have the option of using three
or two-person crews during the
regular season, provided the
local officials associations are
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able to cover the games.
This option was allowed, for
the first time, during the 2015-
16 season with nine of 38
leagues choosing to use three-
person crews.
“Cooperation between the
17 local associations and
OSAA member schools and
leagues made the first year a
positive one and we are excited
to move forward,” said Cindy
Simmons, OSAA Assistant
Executive Director in charge of
basketball. “A strong commit-
ment to training at the local
association level has been a
key to the success along with
the financial commitment from
schools and the OSAA
Executive Board in adding an
official.
“The vast majority of state
high school associations in the
country are using three-person
crews during the regular and
post season and we’re looking
forward to joining them.”
At the conclusion of the
2016-17 season, information
will be gathered from schools
at all classification levels and a
thorough review of the effects
of using an additional official
will be conducted.
According to Simmons, the
goal is to implement the use of
three-person crews in the post-
season for all classifications as
soon as feasible.
ODFW seeks four new members for
Oregon Hatchery Research team
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Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife is seeking four new
board members to represent
the Columbia River gillnetters,
Oregon Salmon Commission,
the agricultural industry and
Oregon Indian Tribes respec-
tively on the Oregon Hatchery
Research Center (OHRC)
Board. The successful candi-
dates will serve four-year
terms.
The board is charged with
advising the OHRC director
on operational, budget and
research priorities at the
research center.
Candidates must submit an
application and provide three
references by Friday, Nov. 4.
The ODFW director will
appoint the new members by
the end of the year. The appli-
cation is available on the
ODFW website, dfw.state.or.
us/fish/OHRC/recruitments.as
p.
ODFW is consulting with
the Legislative Council on
Indian Services to recruit an
Oregon Tribe representative.
For more information about
the OHRC Board or how to
apply,
contact
Kerrie
Tarkinton at Kerrie.J.Tarkin
ton@state.or.us or call 541-
757-5301.
For more information about
the OHRC, visit dfw.state.or.
us/fish/OHRC.
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