NMFS Closes and Reopens West Coast Salmon Fishery

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) closed the recreational selective fishery for marked hatchery coho salmon from Cape Falcon, OR to Humbug Mountain, OR on August 1, 2002, due to reaching its quota of 22,500 marked hatchery coho, then reopened it on August 2, 2002, as scheduled in the 2002 annual management measures.