Schedule North of Falcon Meeting Calendar Background North of Falcon Q&A How salmon fishing seasons are set How tribes and state co-manage salmon and steelhead Run-Size Forecasts Chinook Chum Coho Pink Sockeye News   WDFW News Public workshop scheduled to discuss how recreational salmon fishing seasons are established - Sep 23, 2008 Increased salmon fishing restrictions reflect conservation needs, low returns - Apr 10, 2008 Outlook for ocean salmon fisheries reflects poor coho forecasts - Mar 14, 2008 Low returns of coho, wild chinook may put damper on salmon fisheries - Mar 4, 2008 Public meeting scheduled March 4 on 2008 salmon forecast - Feb 1, 2008   Other News Cooperation at Salmon Harvest Talks - Kitsap Sun Fishing | Summer of salmon like last year in Puget Sound waters -Seattle Times Salmon cutbacks serve as warning - Tacoma News Tribune Links WDFW Commercial Fishing Selective Fishing Techniques Pacific Fishery Management Council Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife California Dept. of Fish and Game

2008 Pre-Season Salmon Forecast: Chum CHUM - SUMMER Region  HATCHERY WILD TOTAL FORECAST METHOD Puget Sound      Central Sound 2,739 2,739 R/S      South Sound 61,490 61,490 R/S      Hood Canal 20,159* 20,159 adjusted 4-year mean      Strait of Juan de Fuca 5,969** 5,969 adjusted 4-year mean Puget Sound Total 90,357 90,357   * Range of 17,740-20,159 ** Range of 5,251-6,613 CHUM - FALL       Region  Hatchery Wild TOTAL FORECAST METHOD Puget Sound      Nooksack/Samish 13,215 116,855 130,070 R/S      Skagit 1,045 130,991 132,036 Fry based      Stillaguamish 3,364 55,622 58,986 Fry based      Snohomish 70,500 99,765 170,265 Fry based      Central Sound 22,180 149,394 171,574 R/S      South Sound 27,947 486,990 514,937 R/S      Hood Canal 313,414 354,983 668,397 R/S      Strait of Juan de Fuca   2,745 2,745 Past average Puget Sound Total 451,665 1,397,345 1,849,010   Coastal      Grays Harbor   9,903 9,903        Willapa 367 39,655 40,022   Coastal Total 367 49,558 49,925   Columbia River      No forecasts are made for Columbia River chum. CHUM - WINTER       Region  Hatchery WILD TOTAL FORECAST METHOD Puget Sound South Sound 14,857 84,065 98,922 R/S Puget Sound Total 14,857 84,065 98,922