NEWPORT — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has scheduled four public meetings to get comments on the 2027 recreational bottomfish and Pacific halibut seasons.
ODFW staff will be hosting in person meetings Oct. 5-8 to discuss the seasons with anglers. The Oct. 8 meeting will be a hybrid meeting, available for people to participate in person or online.
The meetings will be:
- Tillamook: Monday, Oct. 5, 6-8 p.m. at the ODFW Office, 4907 Third St.;
- Brookings: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 6-8 p.m. in the meeting room at the Port of Brookings, 16330 Lower Harbor Road;
- North Bend: Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-8 p.m. at the North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave.; and
- Newport: Thursday, Oct. 8, 6-8 pm in the ODFW Marine Resources Program conference room, 2040 SE Marine Science Drive and also available online.
Discussion on the bottomfish fishery will be about how the fishery has progressed in 2026. ODFW staff will discuss bag limits and season structure for 2027, including the potential allowance of limited retention of yelloweye rockfish now that that species has been declared rebuilt by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
Discussion on the Pacific halibut fishery will focus on the proposals that will be adopted at the September meeting of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council.
ODFW staff will have the meeting materials posted on the recreational bottomfish and Pacific halibut webpages by Oct. 2.
