SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2017
Siuslaw Watershed Council
camps set for June 26-29
The Siuslaw Watershed
Council offering one camp for
students grades four through
12, from June 26 through 29.
During the camp partici-
pants travel throughout the
Siuslaw Watershed learning
about plants, animals, water
and land. Classes focus on the
restoration work that is being
done to keep the watershed
healthy. Campers will get a
chance to make a difference by
doing hands-on restoration
Sturgeon
from 1B
miles to a line from the Port of
The Dalles boat ramp across
the river to a marker on the
Washington shore.
work. The cost to attend the
SWC Camp is $75 and schol-
arships are available.
Registration packets are
available online at siuslaw.org
/camps, or call 541-268-3044
to request a packet.
Siuslaw Watershed Camps
are funded by Siuslaw
National Forest Stewardship,
Western Lane Community
Foundation, in partnership
with Siuslaw School District,
and through private donations.
For more information, visit
ODFW’s Columbia Zone
Regulations Update Page at
www.dfw.state.or.us/resources
/fishing/reg_changes/colum-
bia .asp.
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New aquarium exhibit offers plenty of ‘Bite’
NEWPORT — The Oregon
Coast Aquarium is all smiles
about its newest exhibit, Big
Bites, which showcases crea-
tures with feeding adaptations
that are truly cutting edge.
The toothsome fishes of Big
Bites will give visitors plenty
of fascinating natural history to
chew on, said Jim Burke,
Director of Animal Husbandry
at the aquarium.
“Some secure their prey in
the blink of an eye, with dag-
ger-like teeth, while others take
the concept of ‘roughage’ to a
new level and make meals out
of
hard
coral,”
Burke
explained. “There are species
that shear flesh with sharp, ser-
rated teeth, and others that use
flat, broad teeth to crush the
shells of mollusks and crus-
taceans.”
The uniquely arranged jaws
and teeth of fishes featured in
Big Bites allow them to carve
niches for themselves in their
respective environments.
For many of these species,
form follows function — what
(and how) these creatures eat
has shaped their appearance,
sometimes drastically.
Aquarium enthusiasts will
likely recognize some of these
renowned “big biters.”
“As visitors travel beyond
our Secrets of Shipwrecks
gallery, they will come face to
face with captivating animals
such as porcupinefish, parrot-
fish and piranhas,” said Evonne
Mochon-Collura, Curator of
Fishes and Invertebrates at the
aquarium. “The new gallery
transports guests into tropical
saltwater environments such as
Australian coral reefs and
warm pockets of the Amazon
Basin, where the waters are
calm but mealtime is anything
but.”
In addition to the infamously
voracious piranha, guests will
meet the Goliath Tigerfish, a
denizen of the Congo River
Basin in Africa. Goliath
Tigerfish are lightning-fast
hunters that lie in wait for prey
to swim past, subduing them
with huge, dagger-like teeth.
Porcupinefish take a differ-
ent approach, essentially swap-
ping the steak knife for a crab
mallet. Inside their beak-like
mouth, the teeth of porcupine-
fish are fused into a “dental
plate” that allows these googly-
eyed fishes to crush shelled
prey such as snails, urchins and
hermit crabs.
The aquarium is incorporat-
ing two new tank shapes into
the exhibit so visitors can view
fish from a novel perspective.
An all-time favorite design
allows guests to crawl inside
not one but two tanks and “pop
up” into the exhibits.
“In these new tanks, our
aquarists have created habitats
that not only support the bio-
logical needs of the new ani-
mals but are visually attractive,
and their attention to detail
yields beautiful results,”
Mochon-Collura added.
Visitors will notice the teal-
colored mouth of a parrotfish
as it grazes through the archi-
tecture of a simulated coral
reef.
They can peer among the
branches of Malaysian bog-
wood, their stares reciprocated
by fish equipped with menac-
ing teeth and a crocodile’s
smile.
Starting May 29, the aquari-
um will be open every day this
summer from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Visit aquarium.org or call
541-867-FISH for more infor-
mation or to purchase advance
tickets.
Columbia River nearshore halibut fishery now open
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541 999-8230
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1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200
NEWPORT — The Pacific
halibut nearshore sport fishery
in the Columbia River Subarea
is now open seven days per
week.
The all-depth fishery closed,
with approximately 1,000
pounds remaining on the quota.
That is not enough to open for
additional all-depth days.
That remaining quota has
been transferred to the
nearshore fishery, allowing the
additional days per week to be
open.
The nearshore fishery will
be open until the revised quota
of 1,511 pounds is harvested,
or Sept. 30, whichever comes
first.
Opportunities to fish for
Pacific halibut remain open in
other areas of Oregon as well,
including off of the central
Oregon between Cape Falcon
(near Manzanita) and Humbug
Mountain (near Port Orford).
Anglers can fish for halibut
inside the 40-fathom line now
through Oct. 31, or attainment
of the harvest quota (28,897
pounds) for that fishery.
The all-depth halibut fishery
off central Oregon is open
through Sunday.
The summer season all-
depth is scheduled to begin
Aug. 4-5 every other Friday
and Saturday until Oct. 31, or
the quota of 60,203 pounds has
been met.
The high-relief area of
Stonewall Bank, west of
Newport, is closed to all hal-
ibut fishing.
The area between Humbug
Mountain and the OR/CA
Border is open at all depths for
Pacific halibut seven days a
week through Oct. 31 or until
the quota of 10,039 pounds has
been met, whichever comes
first.
Days on which Pacific hal-
ibut fishing is open will be
announced on the NOAA
Fisheries hotline (1-800-662-
9825) and posted on the
ODFW Marine Resources
Program website.
New summer salmon, steelhead seasons set by ODFW
541-999-5083
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Fri./Sat., 6/16-6/17
9am-4pm
420 Munsel Creek Dr.
Pre-Moving, tools, plants,
furniture, lots of stuff.
Sat-Sun 6/17-6/18
9am-3pm
1620 26th St.,
No Earlies!
Fri.,/Sat., 6/116-6/17
9am-2:30pm
1481 Maple St.,
Queen size bed w/dresser, misc.
items, too many to list.
Sat-Sun 6/17-6/18
9am-5pm
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Lots of stuff! Free Items also.
No Earlies!
Fri./Sat 6/16-6/17
9am-3pm
1522 Myrtle Loop ( off 35th St)
household, yard & garage items.
Fri./Sat., 6/16-6/17
9am-3pm
269 Ivy St.,
Tools, household, fishing, yard art
& furniture.
Fri-Sat 6/16-6/18
9am-5pm
3-family garage/estate sale.
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Come Join Me.
1/2 Mi. N. of Fred Meyer on 101.
Bikes, tools, large/small, art, car
trailer, 1986 Toy. PU, burn
barrels, 36ft. 5th wheel trailer.
541-991-7443.
MOVING SALE
Fri.-Sat., 6/16-6/17
5101 Colter St.,
Oregon and Washington
fishery
managers
have
announced the 2017 summer
and fall salmon and steelhead
seasons for the Columbia
River.
The summer season is simi-
lar to last year, except that the
daily bag limit on hatchery
steelhead has been reduced to
one fish due to poor expected
hatchery and wild steelhead
returns. The season begins this
Friday, June 16, with a daily
bag limit of two adult
salmonids, which may include
up to two hatchery Chinook,
but no more than one hatchery
steelhead.
Sockeye may also be
retained as part of the adult
daily limit.
The season is expected to
remain open through July 31.
Fishery managers are fore-
casting a return of 63,100 sum-
mer Chinook and 130,700 sum-
mer steelhead, and 198,500
sockeye salmon, all lower than
last year’s actual returns.
The fall season, which
begins Aug. 1, includes the
popular Buoy 10 fishery near
Astoria and the fall “upriver
bright” Chinook season in the
mainstem Columbia. Upriver
bright Chinook are well known
for their larger size and aggres-
sive nature.
Fishery managers forecast
that 582,600 fall Chinook will
enter the river this year, which
is down from about 640,000
returning fall Chinook in 2016.
(South of Bridge)
Beer signs (neon), tap handles,
Harley stuff, i.e. women’s leathers,
helmets, collectable dolls, lamps,
baskets, china, massage table,
pump organ, piano, Tea Cart,
board games, framed wall art,
restaurant dishware, vintage
movie posters, clothes, leather
desk chair, tools, oak draw leaf
table, laminator, file cabinets &
more….
Dealer preview Thursday call
Christine Duwell 541-999-5594.
Sat 6/17
9am-3pm
3452 W Myrtle Loop.
Due to the low projected
returns for upriver summer
steelhead, additional protective
regulations are needed this fall
including area-specific steel-
head retention closures. The
rolling 1-2 month closures start
in August and progress upriver
following the steelhead return
to reduce take of both hatchery
and wild fish. These closures
affect the mainstem Columbia
and the lower reaches of spe-
cific tributaries.
When retention is allowed,
the 1-steelhead bag limit will
also remain in effect through-
out much of the fall.
Anglers are reminded that
Columbia River fisheries are
managed to quotas and that
regulation changes and in-sea-
son modifications can happen
quickly, based on actual returns
and harvest rates. ODFW rec-
ommends that anglers make
sure they understand the latest
season dates and regulations
before venturing out on the
water by checking the
Columbia River Regulations
Update Page www.dfw.state.or.
us/resources/fishing/reg_chang
es/columbia.asp online.
Here are the detailed regula-
tions for the 2017 Columbia
River summer and fall salmon
and steelhead seasons:
—2017 Summer Season
(June 16-July 31) Megler-
Astoria Bridge to OR/ WA bor-
der:
• Retention of sockeye and
adult (24-inches or longer)
hatchery Chinook allowed.
• Retention of hatchery
Chinook jacks (between 12 and
24-inches long) and hatchery
steelhead allowed.
• All sockeye are considered
adults in the daily limit and
must be recorded as adults on
the combined angling tag.
• The daily bag limit is two
adult salmonids, of which no
more than one may be a steel-
head, and five jacks.
• Night closure in effect
except for anglers enrolled in
the Pikeminnow Sport-Reward
Program.
• All other permanent rules
apply.
—2017 Fall Seasons (Aug.
1-Dec. 31) Buoy 10:
Area definition is from the
Buoy 10 line upstream to a line
projected from Rocky Point on
the Washington shore through
red buoy #44 to red marker #2
at Tongue Point on the Oregon
shore.
• Aug. 1–Dec. 31: Retention
of hatchery Coho (16-inches or
longer) and hatchery steelhead
allowed except all steelhead
must be released Aug. 1-31.
Daily bag limits by time
period are described below.
Night angling closure in effect
except for anglers enrolled in
the Pikeminnow Sport-Reward
Program. All other permanent
rules apply.
• Aug. 1–Aug. 31: Retention
of any adult Chinook (24-inch-
es or longer) is allowed. The
daily bag limit is two
salmonids, and may include up
to one Chinook. All steelhead
(hatchery and wild) must be
released.
• Sept. 1–Sept. 4: Retention
of any adult Chinook (24-inch-
es or longer) is allowed. The
daily bag limit is two
salmonids, and may include up
to one Chinook and one hatch-
ery steelhead.
• Sept. 5–30: Retention of all
Chinook is prohibited. The
daily bag limit is two hatchery
salmonids
(Coho/steelhead
only) and may include up to
one hatchery steelhead.
• Oct. 1–Dec. 31: Retention
of any Chinook is allowed. The
daily bag limit is two adult
salmonids and may include up
to one hatchery steelhead.
Chinook jacks (12-24 inch-
es; hatchery or not) and hatch-
ery Coho jacks may only be
retained Oct. 1–Dec. 31 under
permanent rules. The daily bag
limit for jack salmon in Oregon
is five fish.
• Lower Columbia – Tongue
Point/Rocky Point upstream to
Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island
Area definition is from a line
projected from Rocky Point on
the Washington shore through
red buoy #44 to the red marker
#2 at Tongue Point on the
Oregon shore upstream to a
line projected from the Warrior
Rock Lighthouse on the
Oregon shore through red buoy
#4 to a marker on the lower end
of Bachelor Island.
• Aug. 1–Dec. 31: Retention
of hatchery Coho and hatchery
steelhead allowed except all
steelhead must be released
Aug. 1-31.
Daily bag limits by time
period are described below.
Each legal angler aboard a ves-
sel may continue to deploy
angling gear until the daily
adult salmonid bag limit for all
anglers aboard has been
achieved.
Night angling closure in
effect except for anglers
enrolled in the Pikeminnow
Sport-Reward Program. All
other permanent rules apply.
Aug. 1–Aug. 31: Retention
of any Chinook is allowed. The
daily bag limit is two adult
salmonids, and may include up
to one Chinook. All steelhead
(hatchery and wild) must be
released. The daily bag limit
for jack salmon in Oregon is
five fish.
• Sept. 1–Sept. 7: Retention
of any Chinook is allowed. The
daily bag limit is two adult
salmonids, and may include up
to one Chinook and one hatch-
ery steelhead. The daily bag
limit for jack salmon in Oregon
is five fish.
• Sept. 8–14: Retention of
Chinook is restricted to hatch-
ery fish only. Retained hatch-
ery Chinook must have a
clipped adipose fin or a clipped
left ventral fin. Either clip
must have a healed scar at the
location of the clipped fin. The
daily adult bag limit is two
salmonids, and may include up
to one hatchery Chinook and
one hatchery steelhead. The
daily bag limit for jack salmon
in Oregon is five fish.
• Sept. 15–30: Retention of
all Chinook is prohibited. The
daily bag limit is two adult
hatchery
salmonids
(Coho/steelhead only) and may
include up to one hatchery
steelhead. The daily bag limit
for Coho jacks in Oregon is
five fish.
• Oct. 1-Dec. 31: Retention
of any Chinook is allowed.
The daily bag limit is two adult
salmonids, and may include up
to one hatchery steelhead. The
daily bag limit for jack salmon
in Oregon is five fish.
• Lower Columbia – Warrior
Rock/Bachelor Isl. upstream to
Bonneville Dam:
Area definition is from a line
projected from the Warrior
Rock Lighthouse on the
Oregon shore through red buoy
#4 to a marker on the lower end
of Bachelor Island upstream to
Bonneville Dam.
• Aug. 1-Aug. 31: Retention
of any Chinook and hatchery
Coho allowed. The daily bag
limit is two adult salmonids.
All steelhead (hatchery and
wild) must be released.