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