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Extend weekly fall commercial gillnet opening
The Fish & Wildlife Committee hereby extends the the ongoing weekly fall commercial gillnet season in Zone 6 of the Columbia River through 6pm Friday September 4, 2020. All other fall commercial gillnet season regulations remain unchanged. S
Boat Safety Regulations
Yakama Nation Fish & Wildlife/ Law and Order Committe authorized the Revised Boat Safety Regulations effective April 1, 2009.
These regulations can be downloaded and printed.
Open Fall Commercial Gillnet Season
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes the first two (2) gillnet openings in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6AM Monday Aug 24 to 6PM Thursday Aug 27 and 6AM Monday August 31 to 6PM Thursday September 3, 2020. See attached for downloadabl
2020 Extend Fall Commercial Sales
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes fish caught with subsistence gears in the Zone 6 fishery and YN tributaries to be allowed for commercial sale 12:01am Saturday August 1 to 6pm Saturday December 26, 2020. See regs attached.
Additional Summer commercial gillnet fishery
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes additional summer commercial gillnet opening in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6am Monday July 20 through 6pm Thursday July 23, 2020. See full regs attached.
Additional Commercial Summer Gillnet Opening
The Fish and Wildlife Committee authorizes additional summer commercial gillnet opening in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6 a.m. Monday, July 13 to 6 p.m. Thursday July 16, 2020. See full regulations attached
Open Wenatchee River Summer Chinook Fishery
The Fish & Wildlife Committee hereby authorizes the modification of the Wenatchee River subsistence fishing regulations to allow weekly openings on the Wenatchee River from 6am Tuesdays to 6pm Saturdays starting July 7, 2020 and extending unti
Additional Summer Commercial Gillnet Openings
The Fish & Willdife Committee authorizes two (2) additional summer commercial gillnet openings in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6am Wednesday July 01 to 6pm Friday July 03,2020 and 6am Monday July 06 to 6pm Thursday July 09, 2020.
Open weekly fishing period on the Klickitat River
The Fish & Wildlife Committee hereby modifies the opening of the Klickitat River Fishery to Noon Tuesdays, June 23 through 6pm Saturdays December 26, 2020.
See regs attached
Expand the weekly openings on the Icicle River
Leavenworth NFH has met their broodstock collection goal. Therefore the Fish & Wildlife Committee expands the weekly fishing periods on the Icicle River to 6am Mondays - 6pm Saturdays from Monday June 22 - July 25, 2020.
Open Summer Gillnet Fishery
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authroizes the first summer commercial gillnet opening in Zone 6 of the Columbia River from 6am Monday June 22 - 6pm Wednesday June 24, 2020. See regs attached
Open Platform/H&L to commercial Sale
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorize fish caught with subsistence gears in Zone 6 and in selected YN tributary fisheries to be allowed for commercial sales from 6am Monday June 22, 2020 through 11:59pm Friday July 31, 2020. See full regs a
2020 Willamette Falls Lamprey Permits
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes a subsistence fishery for lamprey will
be held during the months of June and July 2020 and fishing must be conducted
by permit shown on the attached permit.
Open Icicle River Fishery
The Fish & Wildlife Committee authorizes the modification of the Icicle River
subsistence fishing regulations to allow weekly openings on the Icicle River from
COVID19 Fisher Guidelines
2020 Subsistence Regulations
2020 Ceremonial Permit Request
The 2020 Ceremonial Permit Request Form is attached.
Print, fill out and submit to YN Fish & Wildlife Committee for approval.