CRAIG HILL
Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com
JEFFREY P. MAYOR
Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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Here is the story I just filed for tomorrow's paper.
Tacoma anglers will have an additional month to fish for salmon next spring. The expansion was part of the salmon fishing seasons adopted Wednesday by the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
Recreational salmon fishing locally will open June 1 and run through Dec. 31. The expanded spring season will be open Feb. 1 to April 30.
That extended season is just one of an expanded number of selective fisheries in Puget Sound, an expansion some people are calling historic.
“I think it‘s the most significant step forward in expanding selective fishing since the concept was conceived in the ’90s,” said Tony Floor, fishing affairs director for the Northwest Marine Trade Association.
Here is the joint statement released by the state and tribal co-managers on Wednesday's announcement regarding the setting of salmon fishing seasons.
State and tribal salmon co-managers have crafted a conservation-based package of fisheries for 2009 that will protect weak wild runs while providing limited harvest for treaty tribal and state sport and commercial fisheries.
Late last night, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that it and the treaty tribe co-managers have agreed to salmon fishing season set up for this year and into 2010.
Salmon anglers in Puget Sound will see seasons similar to last year, while opportunities will be increased in the ocean areas and the Columbia River.
I got a voicemail from Tony Floor, who called it the biggest advancement in selective fisheries. Floor is a recreational angler advocate, working as the fishing affairs director for the Northwest Marine Trade Association.
I'm working the phone to figure out what this means exactly for local anglers.
Here is the release the state sent out:
Salmon anglers will have increased fishing opportunities on the coast and in the Columbia River this summer, while most recreational fisheries in Puget Sound will be similar to seasons adopted last year, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
