Oregon’s North and Central Coast Seafood Consumer Guide

Chinook Salmon

Columbia River & Young's Bay Gillnet:
February - October (Exact dates vary within a season)

North Coast (U.S./Canada Border to Cape Falcon):

  • May 6 - June 28
  • July 1 - September 30

Mid Coast (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.)

  • Apr. 20 - May 5
  • May 26 - 31
  • June 4 - Aug 25
  • Sept.1 - Oct. 31

South Coast (Humbug Mt. to OR/CA Border)

  • Apr. 20 - May 5
  • May 26 - 31
  • June 4 - July 31

Coho Salmon

Columbia River & Young's Bay Gillnet:
February - October (Exact dates vary within a season)

North Coast (U.S./Canada Border to Cape Falcon):
July 1 - September 30

Mid Coast (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mt.)
No Season

South Coast (Humbug Mt. to OR/CA Border)
No Season

Pink Shrimp

April 1 to Oct. 31, 2020

Dungeness Crab

  • Dec. 1, 2019 to Aug. 14, 2020
  • Dec. 1, 2020 to Aug. 14, 2021

Albacore Tuna

June to October
(Depending on when species arrives off the Oregon Coast)

Pacific Halibut

  • June 22 - 24
  • July 6 - 8
  • July 20 - 22
  • Aug 3 - 5

(These dates are only open until the quota has been reached for the year.)

Lingcod, Rockfish, Sole, Flounder, and Black cod

Throughout the Year

Sturgeon

Young’s Bay, Tongue Point, Blind Slough, and Deep River

April - Aug. (Exact dates vary within a season)

Please Note: These are NOT RECREATIONAL harvest dates.
For more information contact: [email protected] or (503) 325-8573