7. ODFW ISSUES BELATED TAKE PERMITS FOR COHO

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife issued Tuesday incidental
take permits for wild lower Columbia River coho salmon, listed as endangered
under Oregons Endangered Species Act, but not until after gillnet fishing
for coho opened Monday.
A letter sent Saturday by Oregon Trout to Jim Greer, director of ODFW,
warned the agency that opening fishing for coho salmon before issuing the
permit would be a violation of the state ESA, a state law ODFW is responsible
to enforce.
“Oregon Trout

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