PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES RREGULATION HOTLINE
                  2022-11
                  Week 38
                  09/09/2022 – 6:00PM

For the week beginning Sunday September 11 all areas are closed except as follows:

Area 7 (San Juan Islands) will be open to:
Reef Nets: 5 AM to 9 PM Daily Sunday, September 11 to Saturday, September 17. Must release all chum, sockeye, and unmarked Chinook. Immediate possession of a WDFW Logbook is required to retain Chinook.

Areas 7-B (Bellingham Bay):
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: Open 24 hours per day from 7 AM Sunday September 11 to 7AM Friday September 16. Retention of Sockeye is prohibited.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: 7 AM to 7 PM Monday September 12, Wednesday September 14, and Friday September 16. Brailing is required, and purse seines must release all coho. Retention of Sockeye is prohibited.

Area 9-A (Port Gamble Bay) will be open to:
Skiff gillnets with nets not to exceed 600 feet in length and 60 meshes in depth using 5-inch minimum mesh, is open continuously through 7 PM Saturday, October 29.  All Chinook and chum must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh.

Area 12-A (Quilcene Bay) will be open to:
Beach seines: 7 AM to 7 PM daily Monday September 12 to Friday September 16. 
Beach seines may only retain coho and nets may not to exceed 990 feet in length and 200 meshes in depth using minimum 3-inch and maximum 4-inch mesh.

Area 12-C will be open to:
Beach seines: 7 AM to 7 PM, Monday September 12.
Beach seines must release all chum and nets may not to exceed 990 feet in length and 200 meshes in depth using minimum 3-inch and maximum 4-inch mesh.
Participation is restricted The Hoodsport Hatchery Zone 2,000 feet of the western shore between the dock at Glen Ayr Recreational Vehicle Park and the Hoodsport Marina dock and limited to those with a department issued beach seine permit and all rules and regulations associated with that permit remain in effect.	
				 
If you suspect an error in this message or if you have questions, please call 360-701-2215.   
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/commercial/salmon/