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.

Harvest News

The Fish and Wildlife Committee authorize a commercial gillnet fishery in
all of Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6 a.m. May 12 to 6 p.m. May 15, 2015.
See attached regulations for further details.
The Fish and Wildlife Committee authorized fish caught with subsistence gears in Zone 6
and in selected YN Tributary fisheries to be allowed for commercial sales from
Spring Chinook returns in 2015 are expected to be good providing for fishing 
opportunity. Regulations for proposed Columbia River and tributary seasons are
contained in the attached resolution. 
The Fish and Wildlife Committee directed Fisheries Staff to
schedule a fishers meeting for Monday, March 23, 2015,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hood River Inn, Hood River,
Smelt retums to the Columbia Basin have been very low for several years;
however an improved Smelt return is expected in the Cowlitz River in 2015.
The Yakama Nation Fish and Wildlife Committee hereby authorize a commercial gillnet season
on the Columbia River.  The Dalles and John Day Pools
The tribal sturgeon setline fishery normally begins January 1st of each year. At
the present time harvestable numbers of sturgeon are available in Zone 6 of the Columbia River.
The Fish and Wildlife Committee directed Fisheries Staff to
schedule a fishers meeting for Friday, January 16, 2015,
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the CHC Heritage Theatre,
FORMAL ACTION TAKEN: The Fish and Wildlife Committee authorize the first five (5) fall commercial
gillnet fishing periods in all of Zone 6 of the Columbia River during the dates listed above. Salmon,

2014 Yakama Nation Subsistence Regulations.

See attached file for further details.