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 1 - June 29
  • July 1 - Sept. 30

Mid Coast (Cape Falcon to Humbug Mnt.)

  • April 16 - May 29
  • June 1-5, 12-16, 26-30
  • July 26-July 30
  • Aug. 4 - Aug. 8
  • Sept. 1 - Sept. 30
  • Oct 1 - Oct 31

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

  • No season

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 Mnt.)
Sept. 1 - Sept. 30

South Coast (Humbug Mnt. to OR/CA border)
No Season

Pink Shrimp

April 1 to Oct. 31, 2024

Dungeness Crab

  • Dec. 16, 2023 - Aug. 14, 2024
  • Dec. 1, 2024 to Aug. 14, 2025

Albacore Tuna

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

Pacific Halibut

  • June 25 - 27
  • July 9-11

(Additional fishing periods may be added until the quota has been reached for the year.)

Lingcod, Rockfish, Sole, Flounder, and Blackcod

Throughout the year

Sturgeon

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

April - August (Exact dates vary within a season)

Download 2024 What's Fresh and When Seafood Consumer Guide (pdf). Excellent quality seafood may be available frozen year-round.

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

For more information about Central Coast fisheries, contact [email protected], (541) 648-6816.