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http://www.omniture.com --> Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Advertisement April 29, 2006 [an error occurred while processing this directive] Three fisheries will be allowed under new salmon rules By MARK FREEMAN Mail Tribune Oregon managers plan to create small sport and commercial fishing seasons this autumn that target fall chinook salmon entering rivers such as the Rogue as a way to offset losses from severely cut-back or scrapped ocean seasons this summer. These extra fisheries — called "bubble fisheries" because the legal fishing waters surround river mouths like bubbles — will be within the three near-shore miles of state-regulated ocean, said Charlie Corrarino, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's acting assistant fish division administrator. The fisheries would be in September and October and would target the "harvestable surplus" of chinook that otherwise would have been caught in spring and summer seasons in federal waters out to 200 miles, Corrarino said. "We're doing everything we can to create opportunities for sport and commercial fishing in September and October," Corrarino said. The Rogue, Umpqua, Siuslaw, Alsea, and Yaquina rivers appear to be "good candidates" for fall bubble fisheries, which will be set based upon whether the stocks are healthy enough to handle the fishing pressure and whether the catch can be monitored and enforced, Corrarino said. Commercial fisherman John Fisher of Brookings said any salmon seasons are welcomed but they likely are too little, too late to keep the "market presence" that Southern Oregon's troll-caught salmon have over farmed salmon in European and domestic markets. "September and October are too late to fill the markets we're used to filling in May," Fisher said. "I have grave doubts it will protect our markets." Brookings commercial fisherman Ralph Dairy said he remains skeptical that short bubble seasons could produce enough salmon to be economically viable and he fears they could be used as an excuse not to provide disaster relief pledged this week by Gov. Ted Kulongoski. "They pay the farmers not to plant," Dairy said. "They should pay every vessel that's not going to fish and leave those fish in the ocean, get the stocks rebuilt and let us go back to our traditional fishery of April through October." ODFW ocean managers plan to work with the Oregon State Police in May to craft recommended fisheries, he said. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission was expected to hold a public hearing and vote on the recommendations during its August meeting in Salem, Corrarino said. Fall bubble fisheries currently exist off the Chetco and Elk river mouths in Southern Oregon and those fisheries were not expected to change, Corrarino said. Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 776-4470, or e-mail [email protected] . Advertisement s Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2006 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback www.bingo.com Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker Custom Build Computers Discount Hotel Reservations online casinos news Ashley Furniture HomeStore Send Flowers Southern Oregon Loans California Casinos GMAT Prep Windermere Van Vleet Sports Equipment Online Casino Reviews Online Bingo Entertainment Guide Online Casino Fundraisers Sudoku Online Casinos Canada Online Pharmacy