2020 Cabezon closure

Beginning August 14, 2020 retention of cabezon will be prohibited for anglers fishing from boats.
https://myodfw.com/sport-bottomfish-seasons

Except for commercial fishing. It's open all year for cabezon. "Cabezon: 1,000 pounds per 2-month period" (ODFW Commercial nearshore fishery regulations https://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/regulations/commercial_fishing/gfregs/index.asp#Nearshore2).
Commercial take of Canary rockfish is also 1,000 lbs. every two months with a nearshore endorsement. 

Thanks for the heads-up. Glad I was able to keep one before the closure this year  .

From what I understand, the commercials get the bulk of the cabbie quota in exchange for the sporties getting the bulk of the lingcod quota. If that's really the case, I think we got the better end of the bargain.

Thanks for the heads-up. Glad I was able to keep one before the closure this year  .

From what I understand, the commercials get the bulk of the cabbie quota in exchange for the sporties getting the bulk of the lingcod quota. If that's really the case, I think we got the better end of the bargain.

I went to the public meeting in 2018. The ODFW spokesperson said the trade-off was between BRF/Deacon/Blue & Cabbie quotas. If that's the case, we're getting the short end of the stick, imo. Although, the charter folks at the meeting made it clear they were happy with that deal. Do you know where we can take a look at the quotas? I was able to get 2 nice ones this year, one at DB & the other at Simpson. They're my favorite for BBQ.

Do you know where we can take a look at the quotas?

https://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/finfish/groundfish_sport/estimates.asp

The last time sporties approached the black rockfish quota (2017 I think), they shut down all bottomfishing. Couldn't even fish for lingcod. At least they don't take that same approach when the cabezon quota is met.

Agreed. Also, it sound like the longleader sporties are knocking the hell out of the Canaries beyond the 40 fathom line.

40 jumbos almost all canaries. The boat next to us had 60. That’s almost half a commercial limit in 30 minutes of recreational fishing. Commercial fishing isnt the issue.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Cooskayakfishing/

this is all Jed's doing to try and prevent me from catching up to him in the AOTY...

I called ODFW about this & Christian Heath got back to me. He was a wealth of information & very easy to talk with. Here's his email:

Hello Paul,
Thanks for the call! As promised, here is the link to the PFMC website groundfish management plans: https://www.pcouncil.org/managed_fishery/groundfish/.  There is a lot of information in here...  Click on the stock assessment & fishery evaluation documents on the left or click on the biennial management and fishery management plan and amendments just above. The link to the cabezon assessment is here: https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2019/10/assessing-cabezon-scorpaenichthys-marmoratus-stocks-in-waters-off-of-california-and-oregon-with-catch-limit-estimation-for-washington-state-10-18-2019.pdf/

In short, for each species there is a stock assessment. From there, an ACL (annual Catch Limit) is established for the many different fisheries on the Federal level through the Council process. ODFW then goes through the state processes (Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission) for the different state allocations. Once the harvest guideline is assigned, the individual fishing sectors now manage to that specific allocation. Fish are not shared between commercial and recreational to prevent one fishery from negatively impacting the other fishery.

Here is a link to ODFW sport quota tracking page: https://www.dfw.state.or.us/MRP/finfish/groundfish_sport/estimates.asp. In here we show how we are tracking on a monthly basis. Information is updated through Aug 2nd. Click on the Quota used and/or Estimates by species.

Let me know if you have any further questions.
Cheers,
Christian

Christian Heath | Groundfish & Halibut Assistant Project Leader
Marine Resources Program | Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
2040 SE Marine Science Dr. Newport, OR 97365
(541) 867-0300 x266 | Christian.T.Heath@state.or.us
www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/ | www.myodfw.com/fishing/marine-zone