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2011 PFMC Ocean Sport Quota Report
Through October 9, 2011
Reports updated Wednesday or Thursday as data becomes available

Columbia Ocean Area Totals

Westport Totals

La Push Totals

Neah Bay Totals

Coastwide Ocean Totals

Coastwide Chinook mark-selective fishery
The Chinook mark-selective recreational fishery in the area between Cape Falcon, OR and the US-Canada border opened on June 18 operating under a quota of 4,800 marked Chinook. Through its automatic closure date on June 25, a total of 2,396 Chinook were landed (50% of the quota). The preliminary estimates of mark rates on legal-sized Chinook were 73% in the Columbia River area, 72% in the Westport area, 53% in the La Push area, and 67% in the Neah Bay area.

June Mark-Selective Chinook Fishery Data

June Chinook Quota: 4,800

COASTWIDE OCEAN TOTALS (including Oregon)
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Cumulative Chinook	Percent of Chinook Quota
25	Jun 18-19	1,768	857	857	17.9%
26	Jun 20-25	3,265	1,539	2,396	50%

COLUMBIA RIVER AREA
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Cumulative Chinook
25	Jun 18-19	135	136	136
26	Jun 20-25	406	191	328

WESTPORT AREA
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Cumulative Chinook
25	Jun 18-19	1,375	630	630
26	Jun 20-25	2,487	1,226	1,856

LAPUSH AREA
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Cumulative Chinook
25	Jun 18-19	42	10	10
26	Jun 20-25	86	11	20

NEAH BAY AREA
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Cumulative Chinook
25	Jun 18-19	216	81	81
26	Jun 20-25	287	111	192

Ocean Recreational All-Species Fishery - Week 40-41 (Sept 26 – Oct 9)
The all-species recreational salmon fishery in the area between Cape Falcon, OR and the US-Canada border opened on June 26. The details for each catch are described below.

In-season Management Actions:
28-July	Effective Monday, August 1, the Westport area was opened to recreational salmon fishing 7 days per week. Effective Monday, August 1, the daily bag limit in the La Push and Neah Bay areas was modified to 2 salmon per day plus one additional pink salmon.
03-Aug	Effective Sunday, August 7, the bag limit in the Columbia River and Westport ocean areas was modified to 2 salmon per day.
12-Aug	Effective Sunday, August 14, the bag limit in the Columbia River and Westport ocean areas was modified to 2 salmon per day, only one of which can be a Chinook.
16-Aug	Effective Friday, August 19, the Westport area was closed to salmon fishing on Fridays and Saturdays. A rollover of 1,200 non-mark selective Chinook (equivalent to 2,500 mark-selective Chinook) from the remaining June mark-selective Chinook quota was approved. This was distributed proportionally between the foursubareas as reflected above.
23-Aug	Effective Monday, August 29, retention of Chinook was prohibited in the ocean recreational fishery from the US-Canada border to Cape Falcon, OR.
31-Aug	An impact-neutral transfer of 1,000 coho from the Neah Bay sub-area quota to the La Push sub-area quota was approved.This resulted in an increase of 850 coho to the La Push sub-area quota. Effective Monday, September 5, retention of Chinook was allowed in the ocean recreational fishery from theUS-Canada border to Cape Falcon, OR (1 Chinook per angler allowed in daily bag limit) .

COASTWIDE OCEAN TOTALS						Coho Quota: 67,200 Chinook Quota: 30,100
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of Coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of Coho	Percent of Chinook	Number of Pink
26	Jun 26	1,447	561	690	561	690	1%	2%	38
27	Jun 27-Jul 3	3,455	668	1,691	1,229	2,381	4%	4%	302
28	Jul 4-10	4,082	1,348	2,519	2,577	4,900	7%	9%	767
29	Jul 11-17	4,972	2,046	3,189	4,622	8,089	12.0%	16.0%	741
30	Jul 18-24	5,817	1,878	3,325	6,501	11,413	17.0%	22.5%	1,094
31	Jul 25-31	5,855	2,492	2,433	8,992	13,846	20.6%	31.1%	1,636
32	Aug 1-7	9,024	4,520	4,598	13,513	18,444	27.4%	46.8%	2,347
33	Aug 8-14	13,719	7,926	10,643	21,439	29,086	43.3%	71.2%	1,598
34	Aug 15-21	10,881	3,808	6,304	25,289	35,516	52.9%	84.0%	1,393
35	Aug 22-28	7,094	2,090	3,836	27,379	39,352	58.6%	91.0%	1,072
36	Aug 29-Sep 4	3,944	78	3,058	27,449	42,355	63.0%	91.2%	142
37	Sep 5-11	3,602	643	2,054	28,091	44,409	66.1%	93.3%	74
38	Sep 12-18	1,653	189	1,145	28,280	45,554	67.8%	94.0%	8
39	Sep 19-25	14	4	3	28,284	45,552	67.8%	94.0%	0
40	Sep 26-Oct 2	252	57	33	28,342	45,585	67.8%	94.2%	0
41	Oct 3-9	16	5	2	28,347	45,587	67.8%	94.2%	0

Columbia Ocean Area (including Oregon)
The all-species recreational salmon fishery in the area between Cape Falcon, OR and Leadbetter Point, WA opened on June 26 operating under a sub-area quota of 33,600 coho and a sub-area guideline of 7,400 Chinook (revised in-season to 7,710 after a roll-over from the June Chinook fishery). The area closed on its automatic closure date of September 30. During the week of September 26, a total of 4 coho and no Chinook were landed. Through September 30, 26,688coho (79% of the sub-area quota) and 6,904 Chinook (90% of the revised sub-area guideline) were landed. Three total pink were landed in this area during the season.

COLUMBIA RIVER AREA (including Oregon)						Coho Quota: 33,600 Chinook Quota: 7,710
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of Coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of Coho	Percent of Chinook	Number of Pink
26	Jun 26	424	126	357	126	357	1%	2%	0
27	Jun 27-Jul 3	993	164	739	290	1,096	3%	4%	0
28	Jul 4-10	1,331	341	1,358	631	2,454	7%	9%	0
29	Jul 11-17	1,422	176	1,324	807	3,778	11.2%	10.9%	0
30	Jul 18-24	1,812	174	1,397	981	5,175	15.4%	13.3%	2
31	Jul 25-31	1,351	127	1,375	1,108	6,550	19.5%	15.0%	0
32	Aug 1-7	3,016	713	2,983	1,821	9,533	28.4%	24.6%	0
33	Aug 8-14	6,839	1,908	7,232	3,729	16,765	49.9%	48.4%	0
34	Aug 15-21	6,340	1,779	4,154	5,551	21,045	62.6%	72.0%	0
35	Aug 22-28	3,395	951	2,363	6,501	23,408	69.7%	84.3%	1
36	Aug 29-Sep 4	2,291	55	2,140	6,548	25,493	75.9%	84.9%	0
37	Sep 5-11	1,723	291	909	6,839	26,402	78.6%	88.7%	0
38	Sep 12-18	629	62	283	6,900	26,685	79.4%	89.5%	0
39	Sep 19-25	14	4	3	6,904	26,683	79.4%	89.5%	0
40	Sep 26-30	12	0	4	6,904	26,688	79.4%	89.5%	0

Westport
The all-species recreational salmon fishery in the area between Leadbetter Point and the Queets River opened on June 26 operating under a sub-area quota of 24,860 coho and a sub-area guideline of 16,900 Chinook (revised in-season to 17,600). The area closed on its automatic closure date of September 18. Through Sunday, September 18, 13,786 coho (56% of the sub-area quota) and 17,172 Chinook (98% of the revised sub-area guideline) were landed.

WESTPORT AREA Coho Quota: 24,860
Chinook Quota: 17,600

Stat
Week Dates Number
of Anglers Number
of Chinook Number
of Coho Cumulative
Chinook Cumulative
Coho Percent of Coho Percent of Chinook Number
of Pink

26 Jun 26 836 362 223 362 223 1% 2% 10

27 Jun 27-Jul 3 1,351 354 486 716 709 3% 4% 61

28 Jul 4-10 1,592 654 721 1,370 1,430 6% 8% 135

29 Jul 11-17 2,367 1,409 1,370 2,779 2,800 11.3% 16.4% 61

30 Jul 18-24 2,432 1,228 1,247 4,006 4,047 16.3% 23.7% 88

31 Jul 25-31 2,685 1,938 667 5,944 4,714 19.0% 35.2% 196

32 Aug 1-7 4,274 3,156 1,218 9,100 5,932 23.9% 53.8% 297

33 Aug 8-14 5,121 5,296 2,880 14,396 8,812 35.4% 81.8% 324

34 Aug 15-21 2,994 1,403 1,459 15,799 10,271 41.3% 89.8% 245

35 Aug 22-28 2,524 917 1,122 16,716 11,393 45.8% 95.0% 405

36 Aug 29-Sep 4 1,100 20 681 16,736 12,073 48.6% 95.1% 12

37 Sep 5-11 1,526 317 941 17,053 13,014 52.4% 96.9% 2

38 Sep 12-18 820 119 772 17,172 13,786 55.5% 97.6% 0

La Push
The all-species recreational salmon fishery in the area between the Queets River and Cape Alava opened on June 26 operating under a sub-area quota of 1,700 coho (revised in-season to 2,550 following an impact-neutral transfer from the Neah Bay sub-area quota) and a sub-area guideline of 1,350 Chinook (revised in-season to 1,410 ) . The area closed on its automatic closure date of September 18 and reopened September 24 through October 9 for the “late season” fishery. Through Sunday, September 18, 2,041 coho (80% of the revised sub-area quota) and 1,443 Chinook (102% of the revised sub-area guideline) were landed. During the week of September 26, a total of 33 coho and 57 Chinook were landed, while 2 coho and 5 Chinook were landed during the week of October 3. The fishery closed on its automatic closure date of October 9 with a total catch of 35 coho (70% of the sub-area quota) and 62 Chinook (12 fish over the sub-area guideline).

LA PUSH AREA						Coho Quota: 2,500 a/ Chinook Quota: 1,410 a/
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of Coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of Coho	Percent of Chinook	Number of Pink
26	Jun 26	69	13	49	13	49	3%	1%	5
27	Jun 27-Jul 3	230	25	101	38	150	9%	3%	23
28	Jul 4-10	228	138	161	176	311	18%	13%	63
29	Jul 11-17	202	78	56	254	367	21.6%	18.8%	98
30	Jul 18-24	443	149	176	402	543	31.9%	29.8%	217
31	Jul 25-31	374	107	78	509	621	36.5%	37.7%	119
32	Aug 1-7	470	326	140	836	761	44.8%	61.9%	287
33	Aug 8-14	524	233	236	1,068	997	58.7%	75.8%	260
34	Aug 15-21	570	247	409	1,315	1,406	82.7%	93.3%	196
35	Aug 22-28	381	95	243	1,410	1,650	97.0%	100.0%	187
36	Aug 29-Sep 4	212	0	176	1,410	1,826	71.6%	100.0%	30
37	Sep 5-11	165	31	144	1,441	1,970	77.2%	102.2%	36
38	Sep 12-18	81	2	71	1,443	2,041	80.0%	102.3%	4
39	Sep 19-25	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.0%	0
40	Sep 26-Oct 2	252	57	33	57	33	66.0%	114.7%	0
41	Oct 3-9	16	5	2	62	35	70.0%	124.7%	0
a/ Sub-quotas of 1,700 coho and 1,350 chinook are in effect in Area 3 for the time period June 26 - September 18. Effective September 24, the fishery reopens through October 9, or until attainment of the total area quota of 1,750 coho or 1,400 chinook. Area restrictions in effect.

Neah Bay
The all-species recreational salmon fishery in the area between Cape Alava and the US-Canada border opened on June 26 operating under a sub-area quota of 6,990 coho (revised in-season to 5,990 following an impact-neutral transfer to the La Push sub-area quota) and a sub-area guideline of 3,200 Chinook (revised in-season to 3,330). The area closed on its automatic closure date of September 18. Through Sunday, September 18, 3,042 coho (51% of the revised sub-area quota) and 2,766 Chinook (83% of the revised sub-area guideline) were landed.

NEAH BAY AREA						Coho Quota: 5,990 Chinook Quota: 3,300
Stat Week	Dates	Number of Anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of Coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of Coho	Percent of Chinook	Number of Pink
26	Jun 26	118	61	61	61	61	1%	2%	23
27	Jun 27-Jul 3	881	125	365	185	426	6%	6%	218
28	Jul 4-10	931	215	279	400	705	10%	13%	569
29	Jul 11-17	981	382	439	783	1,144	16.4%	24.5%	582
30	Jul 18-24	1,130	328	505	1,110	1,649	23.6%	34.7%	787
31	Jul 25-31	1,446	320	312	1,431	1,961	28.1%	44.7%	1321
32	Aug 1-7	1,263	325	257	1,756	2,218	31.7%	54.9%	1763
33	Aug 8-14	1,236	490	295	2,245	2,512	35.9%	67.4%	1014
34	Aug 15-21	977	378	282	2,624	2,794	40.0%	78.8%	952
35	Aug 22-28	795	128	108	2,752	2,902	41.5%	82.6%	479
36	Aug 29-Sep 4	341	3	61	2,755	2,962	49.5%	82.7%	100
37	Sep 5-11	188	4	60	2,759	3,022	50.5%	82.9%	36
38	Sep 12-18	122	7	19	2,766	3,042	50.8%	83.1%	4