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Background
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How salmon fishing seasons are set
How tribes and state co-manage salmon and steelhead

Pre-Season Forecasts
Chinook
Coho
Chum
Pink
Sockeye

WDFW News
2009 salmon fisheries approved - Apr 8, 2009
Joint statement: Treaty tribes, state develop salmon seasons that protect weak wild stocks - Apr 8, 2009
Federal panel adopts options for ocean salmon sport fisheries - Mar 12, 2009
Strong return of Columbia River coho, Puget Sound pink salmon projected - Mar 3, 2009
Public meeting scheduled March 3 on 2009 salmon forecast - Feb 18, 2009
Second public workshop scheduled to discuss how sport salmon fishing seasons are set - Nov 17, 2008
Public workshop scheduled to discuss how recreational salmon fishing seasons are established - Sep 23, 2008

Other News

Season looks good for us (Aberdeen Daily World)

Salmon anglers catch a break with no quotas and longer season (Seattle Times)

Good news on salmon fishing in Puget Sound (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

2009 Pre-Season Salmon Forecast:
Coho

2009 WDFW Washington Coho Forecast Summary1

Production unit
Hatchery
Hatchery esc. goal
Wild
Wild esc. goal
Total H+W fcst
Dungeness R.2
5,765
900
-
Scndry, no goal
5,765
Elwha R.2
1,619
1,000
-
Scndry, no goal
1,619
Eastern Strait (excl. Dung, Elwha)
-
-
3,242
see below
3,242
Western Strait
-
-
17,223
see below
17,223
West/East sub-total excl. Dung, Elwha
-
-
20,465
60 % (Low)
20,465
West/East Strait sub-total
7,383
-
20,465
-
27,848
Nooksack River
13,054
5,250
9,000 (secndry)
18,304
Lummi Ponds
10,119
-
-
10,119
7B net pens
0
-
-
0
Indian Slough Hatchery
1,026
-
1,026
Samish River
-
1,050
8,900 (secndry)
1,050
Misc 7&7A (incl. San Juans coOps)
1,258
-
744
1,000 (secndry)
2,002
Nooksack/Samish River sub-total
25,457
-
7,044
-
32,501
Skagit River sub-total
11,730
-
33,374
65 % (Low)
45,104
Stillaguamish River sub-total
0
-
13,400
65 % (Low)
13,400
Snohomish River
11,778
67,000
60 % (Low)
78,778
Tulalip Bay
38,461
-
-
38,461
Area 8A Misc. Hatchery
3,350
-
-
3,350
Snohomish River sub-total
53,589
-
67,000
-
120,589
Lake Washington
42,316
3,500
15,000 (secndry)
45,816
Green River
32,196
5,200
8,000 (secndry)
37,396
Elliott Bay Net Pens
30,856
-
-
30,856
Misc. Area 10, 11, 10E
0
10,200
~3,100 (secndry)
10,200
Mid-Sound sub-total
105,368
-
18,900
-
124,268
Puyallup River
31,729
13,600
11,000 (secndry)
45,329
Area 13A-K wild, exc. Deschutes
-
15,200
13,500 (secndry)
15,200
Area 13A Hatchery (Minter Creek)
10,216
-
-
10,216
Nisqually River
6,145
1,900
4,000 (secndry)
8,045
Deschutes River
-
4,006
8,100 (secndry)
4,006
Area 13D net pens (Squaxin Island)
35,308
-
-
35,308
South Sound sub-total
83,398
-
34,706
-
118,104
Area 9A (Port Gamble)2
7,815
-
-
Scndry, no goal
7,815
Area 12A - Quilcene River2
20,679
2,000
-
Scndry, no goal
20,679
Area 12A - Quilcene Net Pens
6,172
-
-
-
6,172
Area 12/12B
-
-
20,345
-
20,345
Area 12C/12D (exc. Skokomish River)
-
-
22,411
-
22,411
Skokomish River
17,377
520
5,850
-
23,227
Area 12/12B-12D/Skokomish River sub-total
17,377
-
48,606
35 % (Norm)
65,983
Hood Canal sub-total
52,043
-
48,606
-
100,649
Puget Sound Total
338,968
-
243,495
-
582,462
Willapa Bay
59,420
33,544
13,100
92,964
Grays Harbor
63,485
59,226
35,400
122,711
Quinault River
26,210
16,313
-
42,523
Queets River
13,537
0
5,800-14,500
13,537
North Coast Indept. tributaries
14,101
11,130
-
25,231
Hoh River
0
9,496
2,000-5,000
9,496
Quillayute River summer
12,921
2,233
300
15,154
Quillayute River fall
39,471
19,259
6,300-15,800
58,730
Coast total
229,145
-
151,201
-
380,346
Columbia R. Early
657,293
See note 3
-
657,293
Columbia R. Late
352,405
See note 3
-
352,405
Columbia R. total3
1,009,698
-
-
-
1,009,698
GRAND TOTAL
1,577,811
-
394,696
-
1,972,506
Notes
  1. Ocean age 3 abundance
  2. Elwha, Dungeness, Area 9A, and Area 12A mgt. unit hatchery forecast values in this table INCLUDE natural production origin coho forecasts for these units, due to co-manager agreement on "secondary" mgt. status of natural coho production in these units. FRAM model uses discrete inputs for the individual hatchery and wild origin forecasts. The separate OA3 natural forecast values are: Elwha R.= 205, Dungeness R.= 571, mgt. unit 9A = 938, mgt. unit 12A = 1,312
  3. Columbia early and late forecast numbers include BOTH hatchery and wild origin components, because OPI historical runsize database used for forecasting has the wild fish embedded within the total runsize estimates. Columbia Wild forecast values are Washington Side Early = 9,312, Washington Side Late = 17,295, Oregon Side = 6,095


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