PORTLAND -- A new bistate fisheries advisory group will meet in Portland to develop recommendations on a catch-sharing plan for sport and commercial fisheries on the lower Columbia River.

Created by fish and wildlife commissions in Washington and Oregon, the group will meet Wednesday at the Oregon Institute of Technology, 7726 S.E. Harmony Road.

the group's first charge is to recommend a new plan for apportioning harvest opportunities for spring and summer chinook salmon between sport and commercial fisheries.

The group met in September, and will continue to consider options for allocating the salmon harvest. Its recommendations are due in mid-November, prior to a vote by the full commissions of both states in December.