Check the most recent Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet and the latest emergency rules for up-to-date regulations.
Learn more about the Puget Sound Chinook mark-selective fishery sampling methods and the Volunteer Trip Report program.
Summer Chinook fishery guidelines
|
Area |
Criteria |
Encounters guideline/Quota |
Encounters/Harvest |
Date |
Percentage of Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Legal size encounters | 8294 | 8134 |
Closed to Chinook retention |
98% |
| 9 | Quota | 3491 | 3452 |
Closed to Chinook retention |
99% |
| 10 | Quota | 3057 | 3217 |
Closed to Chinook retention |
105% |
| 11 | Quota | 2805 | 2608 | Closed to Chinook retention | 93% |
Winter Chinook fishery guidelines
|
Marine Area |
Management criteria |
Encounters guideline |
Encounters |
Date |
Percentage of Criteria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Total encounters | 3,860 | . |
Jan. 12, 2020 |
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| 7 | Total encounters | 9,752 | . |
Jan. 12, 2020 |
. |
| 7 | Unmarked encounters | 3,380 | . |
Jan. 12, 2020 |
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| 8.1 & 8.2 | Total encounters | 4,330 | . | Jan. 12, 2020 | . |
| 9 | Total encounters | 4,677 | . | Jan. 12, 2020 | . |
| 10 | Total encounters | 2,933 | 16 | Jan. 12, 2020 | 1% |
Puget Sound salmon fishing regulations hotline
The following information can also be found by calling 360-902-2500, ext. 5. See our fishing hotlines webpage for additional information and regulations.
- Marine Area 10 is open to salmon fishing as scheduled under the permanent rules listed in the 2019-20 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet.
- Marine Area 13 is open to salmon fishing under the permanent rule listed in the 2019-20 Washington Sport Fishing Rules pamphlet.
- The daily limit of salmon in Marine Area 8.2 will be 1 when the season opens on February 1, 2020.