2024 What's Fresh and When?

Oregon’s North and Central Coast Seafood Consumer Guide

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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 - September 30

Mid Coast (Cape Falcon to Florence South Jetty)

  • 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 Mt. to OR/CA Border)

  • No season
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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 Florence South Jetty)
Sept. 1 - Sept. 30

South Coast (Florence South Jetty to OR/CA border)
No Season

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Pink Shrimp

April 1 to Oct. 31, 2024

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Dungeness Crab

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

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

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Pacific Halibut

  • June 25 - 27
  • July 9-11

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

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Lingcod
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Widow Rockfish
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Petrale Sole
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Black Cod (Sablefish)

Lingcod, Rockfish, Sole, Flounder, and Blackcod (Sablefish)

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 email Amanda Gladics or call (503) 325-8573
For more information about Central Coast fisheries, contact Angee Doerr, (541) 648-6816.

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