Columbia River Steelhead Update: Lowest Return Since 1938 Prompts Oregon To Restrict Fishing In Key Tributaries, ‘Uncharted Territory’

In response to extremely low returns to date of Columbia Basin upriver summer steelhead, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is adopting additional emergency rules to increase protections for wild summer steelhead in central and eastern Oregon Columbia River tributaries.

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