Puget Sound Commercial Fisheries Hotline Message # 19 - Novemer 7, 2003

Puget Sound Commercial Fisheries Hotline Message Number 19, recorded Friday, November 7, 2003 at 2:00 p.m..

For the week of November 9-November 15, all areas are currently closed except as follows:

Area 7/7A

Open for Reef Nets 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily through November 15. Chinook and sockeye must be released.

Open to gill nets using 61/4 inch minimum mesh size from 7 am to 7 pm daily, Monday, November 10th thru Friday, November 14th.

Open to purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm daily Monday, November 10th thru Friday, November 14th. Chinook and coho must be released and brailing is required.

Area 7B

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh size 7 a.m. November 10th thru 4 p.m. November 14th and to purse seines using the 5 inch strip 6 a.m. November 10th thru 4 p.m. November 14th. Sockeye salmon must be released from purse seines. The waters of Area 7B east of a line from Post Point to the west entrance to Squalicum Harbor are open continuously thru 4 pm December 5 to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch mesh and purse seines using 5 inch strip.

Open to holders of a beach seine permit 7 am to 7 pm daily, Mondays thru Fridays thru November 14. Chinook salmon must be released immediately.

Area 8

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh and purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm on Thursday November 13th. Chinook must be released from purse seines.

Area 8A

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh during the following periods:

7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Daily, Tuesday, November 11th, Thursday, November 13th and Friday, November 14th.

Open to purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm Monday, November 10th and Wednesday, November 12th. Chinook must be released.

Area 8D

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh during the following periods:

4:00 p.m. Monday November, 10th thru 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 11th.
4:00 p.m. Tuesday November, 11th thru 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 12th.
4:00 p.m. Wednesday November, 12th thru 8:00 a.m. Thursday, November 13th.
4:00 p.m. Thursday November, 13th thru 8:00 a.m. Friday, November 14th.

Open to purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm Monday, November 10th and Wednesday, November 12th. Chinook must be released.

Areas 10 and 11

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh during the following periods:

4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 9th thru 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 10th.
4:00 p.m. Tuesday. November 11th thru 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 12th.
4:00 p.m. Thursday, November 13th thru 8:00 a.m. Friday, November 14th.

Open to purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm Monday, November 10th and Wednesday, November 12th. Chinook and coho must be released.

Areas 12 and 12B

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh during the following periods:

7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m daily, Tuesday, November 11th, Wednesday, November 12th and Thursday November 13th.

Area 12 B South of a line from Quatsap Point to Hood Point closed to gill nets on November 12th and 13th.

Open to purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm Monday, November 10th, and Wednesday, November 12th. Chinook must be released.

Area 12C

Open to gill nets using 6 1/4 inch minimum mesh 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m, Tuesday, November 11th.

Open to purse seines using the 5 inch strip from 7 am to 5 pm Wednesday, November 12th. Chinook must be released.

All other Puget Sound marine and freshwater areas are closed to all-citizen commercial salmon fishing until further notice.

The Fifth day of the Apple Cove chum test fishery was conducted on Tuesday. November 4th. A total of 4876 chum were taken in 5 sets. This information along with other commercial catch data has been used to update the run size to 638,000 chum returning to south sound.

Thank you for calling the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Hotline
for Puget Sound commercial fishing information.

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