People purchasing fish should bring coolers to ice down their fish and request a written receipt from the fishermen. Regulations require individuals purchasing fish to possess a written document listing fisherman's name, purchaser's name, number of fish, location, and date. Oregon and Washington biologists will be in the selling area and may request permission to sample purchased fish to collect biological data such as species, average weight and presence of tags. This data is needed by state and tribal staffs to effectively manage the fishery. Specifically, the amount that may be caught, dates and places of fishing, and estimates of various stocks of salmonids in the catch.
Biologists can also answer questions and direct the public to places to purchase fish.
During the fall fishery, fishers may be selling bright fall chinook, the less desirable tule fall chinook, steelhead, coho, walleye and shad. Will be held at Cascade Locks' Marine Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with Indian dances, demonstrations of traditional salmon preparation and other activities. The tribes and the Oregon-Washington Columbia River Compact will consider setting additional commercial fishing seasons on Sept. 8. Preseason forecasts pegged overall fall chinook salmon numbers to be up from last year's 313,100 total. The Technical Advisory Committee predicts 328,900 fall chinook adults will enter the mouth of the Columbia this year, according to a joint staff report prepared by Oregon and Washington fisheries officials in July.