Oregon Field Guide. Eulachon Smelt. Clip | 9m 50s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Oregonians over 40 remember the fun of dipping nets into rivers alive with huge runs of eulachon smelt.

Roger Jensen, The Oregonian These smelt were caught in the Sandy River in 2003. ... For the tribe's annual eulachon ceremony on March 6, there were no smelt to catch.

Eulachon smelt return to the Columbia River each year but only periodically to the Sandy River. This is the first time since 2015 any numbers have been recorded in the lower Sandy.

“We know it’s short notice, but the eulachon smelt will not be present for long,” Columbia River program manager Tucker Jones said in Tuesday’s announcement from the Oregon Department of ...

Smelt dippers in Washington tributaries were allowed 20 pounds per person each day up through 2004. In Oregon tributaries, the eulachon recreational fisheries remained opened year-round, 7 days a ...

The federal Endangered Species Act listing determination for smelt identified “changes in ocean conditions due to climate change as the most significant threat to eulachon (smelt) and their ...

Also called eulachon, smelt were reported Monday in the main Columbia River as far upstream as Frenchman’s Bar west of Vancouver.

We want to make sure people remember that eulachon smelt are now protected and need to be left alone, said Todd Alsbury, district fish biologist for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

For those who missed the news earlier this week, put away your smelt nets and buckets. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced it has closed fishing for eulachon smelt statewide.

There’s been substantial competition for the Eulachon smelt, especially from sea lions that have been in the Cowlitz River since the smelt run began in February.

Eulachon are an important food source for species from Chinook salmon to humpback whales, and as they enter the Columbia to spawn in the winter and early spring, the arrival of smelt was once the ...