The Pacific Fishery Management Council has finalized its 2024 ocean salmon season recommendations.

Recommended salmon seasons are not official until final approval by the National Marine Fisheries Service, expected by May 16, and after adoption in April by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission for waters within 3 nautical miles of shore.

This year’s Columbia River basin hatchery coho salmon abundance is forecast to be about 80% of last year’s actual return and well below the 2023 preseason forecast. Forecasts for both lower Columbia River and Oregon coastal natural coho stocks are strong.

Specific information about recreational salmon seasons and commercial troll salmon seasons can be found online.

Federal fishery managers voted to cancel commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California for the second year in a row because of dwindling stocks, the Associated Press reported.