5th Annual Sport Bottomfish Review (2022)

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Originator: Bukovec, M.

Publish Date: 2023

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Melanie Bukovec

Job Position: Groundfish and Halibut Asst. Project Leader

Telephone: 541-867-4741

E-Mail Address: melanie.a.bukovec@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: 2022 was another extremely popular year for bottomfish fishing off the Oregon Coast with more than 116,000 angler trips, the highest number of angler trips ever reported. This newsletter provides a summary of Oregon’s 2022 sport bottomfish fishery. 2022 was a very popular year for the bottomfish fishery. High effort and landings throughout the summer prompted ODFW to reduce the general marine fish daily bag limit from five to four fish in September. This was needed to keep catch within quotas and allow the fishery to remain open year-round. Another good coho salmon season off much of the Oregon coast drew a lot of anglers away from bottomfish, reducing bottomfish effort and catches starting in July and continuing through mid-September.

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Time Period of Content: 2022

Geographic Extent: Oregon Coast

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

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