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2026 Summer Commercial Gillnet Openings
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize the first three (3) summer commercial gillnet openings in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6am Tuesday June 16 to 6pm Friday June 19, 6am Monday June 22 to 6pm Wednesday June 24, and 6am Monday June 29
Weekly Openings on the Icicle River
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes weekly openings on the Icicle River from 5am Thursdays to 9pm Saturdays effective June 11 through July 25, 2026. Downloadable regs attached.
Open Icicle for one day
The Fish & Wildlife Committee has authorized one day of fishing on the Icicle River: 5am to 9pm on Saturday June 6, 2026.
2026 Willamette Falls Lamprey Permit
Flashboard installation has concluded at Willamette Falls. Lamprey Fishing permits can be requested from the Fish & WIldlife Committee. A request form is attached here.
Commercial Sales Open for Platform/Hook & Line caught fish
The Yakama Nation Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes Commercial Sale for the Platform/Hook and Line Fishery. From 6am Thursday May 28 to 11:59pm Monday June 15, 2026. See downloadable regulations attached.
‘Going green now for who?’ Yakama protest clean energy project on sacred site to power data center
Pumped storage pushback
THE GORGE — From the high points of Pushpum, you can see all the way from the Gorge to the Blue Mountains.
Yakama Nation Continues to Fight Proposed Hydroelectric Project That Would Destroy Pushpum Cultural Site
As development deadlines hang overhead, the 14 Bands of the Yakama Nation continue to oppose a proposed hydropowered storage facility, questioning the true cost of green energy.
‘It’s not built yet’: Yakama Nation fights $3.3B energy project and data center development on sacred site
The Yakama Nation says it feels pushed aside for energy developments. They're working to protect sacred sites
Tribes renew opposition to Goldendale pumped storage project during ceremony near sacred site
In Loving Memory, Davis "Yellowash" Washines
Additional Revision to Updated SetBag Regulations
Revision – Effective April 13, 2026: Special Provisions for the Columbia River: T-56-026 Section 1.D: 9.
Revision of SetBag definition and size update
Title 32 FWLO 32.10.05 GG Original Definition: A “set net,” “hoopnet,” or “setbag net” means a bag-shaped net made of wire, monofilament, or twine webbing, attached to a metal or wooden hoop no larger than twenty-
YN Regulations on SeaLions
Attached are the YN regulations regarding the Incidental Take of Marine Mammals in Treaty Fisheries.
2026 Subsistence Platform/H&L Regulations
The 2026 Subsistence Platform/Hook & Line Regulations were approved during the March Tribal Council Session
Re-Open The Dalles Pool Sturgeon Setlines
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize an additional commercial sturgeon setline opening in The Dalles Pool from 6am Wednesday March 11 to 6pm Monday March 16, 2026. Regulations are attached.
Re-Open Commercial Sturgeon Setline Fishing in The Dalles and John Day Pools
The Fish & Wildlife Committee hereby authorizes re-opening a commercial sturgeon setline season in The Dalles and John Day Pools from 6 am Thursday February 26 to 6pm Wednesday March 4, 2026. Regulations attached.
Re-Open Sturgeon Setlines
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes additional setline fishing in Bonneville Pool from 6am Thursday February 12 to 6pm Monday February 16, 2026 and in The Dalles and John Day Pools from 6am Wednesday February 18 to 6pm Saturday February 2
Smelt Fishing in the Cowlitz River
The 2026 smelt return is expected to be slightly less than the 10-year average of 8.6 million pounds to the Columbia River. Some of these fish will enter the Cowlitz River and provide an opportunity for YN enrolled members to harvest smelt.