NMFS Adjusts West Coast Salmon Recreational Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) modified the recreational fishery from Leadbetter Point, WA to Cape Falcon, OR, closing it on September 2, 2002, and reopening it on September 6, 2002, to meet the 2002 management goals, after reevaluating catch and effort data and determining that a quota of 55,700 coho salmon would be reached by September 2, 2002.