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Harvest Updates

Yakama Nation Harvest Management

Under the Treaty of 1855, the Yakama Nation reserved the right to fish, hunt and gather and other rights at all usual and accustomed places. This includes the preservation of fish habitat at all usual and accustomed fishing places.

The Yakama Nation manages fisheries resources to ensure continued access by Yakama members to fulfill their ceremonial, subsistence and commercial needs. This treaty reserved right includes the right to have fish present to harvest, at all usual and accustomed places.

Downloads:

32 XXXII (32) - FISHERIES CODE.pdf

2024PHLSubsistenceRegs.pdf

Harvest News

Reduce Klickitat Weekly Openings

Mon, 11/09/2015

Klickitat River coho returns have been far less than expected which has caused concern

for reaching broodstock goals.

YN staff has begun collecting broodstock at the Lyle Falls trap in anticipation of a shortfall

Open Sturgeon Setline Fishery in The Dalles & Bonneville Pools

Mon, 10/19/2015

At the present time a total of 232 harvestable sturgeon are available in The Dalles Pool

and 722 are available in the Bonneville Pool of Zone 6 of the Columbia River.

Expand Klickitat River Fishery

Thu, 10/08/2015

Klickitat River fall Chinook and Coho returns are expected to be good and

commercial sales are open, all of the Chinook and Coho are harvestable,

and there are no conservation or escapement needs.

2015 Fall Gillnet Season

Tue, 08/18/2015

The Yakama Nation Fish & Wildlife Committee authorized the first four (4) 2015 Commercial Fall Gillnet Fishing Seasons.

DATES: 6 a.m. August 17 to 6 p.m. August 21

Fall Fisher's Meeting

Mon, 07/20/2015

The Fish and Wildlife Committee directed Fisheries Staff to schedule a fishers meeting

for Friday July 31, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hood River Inn in Hood River, OR.

2015 Summer Chinook Fishery

Mon, 06/22/2015

Open summer commercial gillnet openings in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from

6 a.m. June 16 to 6 p.m. June 19, from 6 a.m. June 22 to 6 p.m. June 25, and from

June 29 to July 2, 2015.

Add the platform h&l fishery below Bonneville Dam to commercial sale.

Mon, 06/22/2015

The Fish and Wildlife Comntittee authorize fish caught with subsistence gears

in the below Bonneville Area described in T-055-15 to be allowed for commercial sales

2015 Summer Chinook Fishery

Mon, 06/22/2015

The Fish arid Wildlife Committee authorize summer commercial gillnet

openings in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6 a.m June 16 to 6 p.m. June 19,

Extend commercial gillnet fishery in all of Zone 6 from 6 a.m. May 19 to 6 p.m. May 22,2015.

Wed, 05/20/2015

The Fish and Wildlife Committee authorize a commercial gillnet fishery in all

of Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6 a.m. May 19 to 6 p.m. May 22,2015.

Expand the weekly Spring Chinook fishing periods on the Icicle River.

Wed, 05/20/2015

Spring Chinook are entering the Icicle River in good numbers. Leavenworth NFH staff

has indicated they have met their broodstock need. Therefore, the Fish and Wildlife