PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2022-19
                  Week 42
                  10/12/2022 – 12:00PM

For the week beginning Sunday October 9 all areas are closed except as follows:

Area 6-D (Dungeness Bay) will be open to:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: 7 AM to 7 PM daily Monday October 10 through Friday October 14. All Chinook and chum must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh.

Area 7 (San Juan Islands) and 7-A (Point Roberts) will be open to:
Reef Nets: 5 AM to 9 PM Daily Sunday, October 9 to Saturday, October 15. Must release all sockeye, unmarked Chinook, and unmarked Coho. Immediate possession of a WDFW Logbook is required to retain Chinook.
Gillnets using 6 1/4-inch minimum mesh size: 7 AM to Midnight daily: Tuesday October 11, Wednesday October 12, Friday October 14 and Saturday October 15.
Recovery boxes are required and soak times are limited to 45 minutes from first mesh in to last mesh out. Gillnets must release all Chinook, Sockeye and coho.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: 7 AM to 6 PM daily: Tuesday October 11, Wednesday October 12, Friday October 14 and Saturday October 15.
Brailing of catch and recovery boxes are required. Purse seines must release all Chinook, Sockeye, and coho.

Areas 7-B (Bellingham Bay):
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: Open continuously through midnight Sunday, October 23. Retention of Sockeye is prohibited.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open continuously through 6 pm Sunday, October 23. Brailing is required. 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.

Areas 12 and 12-B (Hood Canal):
Gillnets using 6 1/4-inch minimum mesh size: Open 7 AM to 7 PM Thursday, October 13.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open 7 AM to 6 PM Tuesday, October 11. Must release all Chinook and Coho.

Area 10/11 Limited Participation - Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size, Wednesday, October 12 from 5 PM to 9 AM Thursday, October 13 will only be open to the following vessels:
FV Loki, FV Nettie B, FV Toni M, FV Home Plate, FV C Rae, FV Sanjo, FV Blue Boat, FV Scavenger, Vessel WN0241NC.
It is unlawful to land more than 300 chum per license during open the period listed. It is unlawful to posses salmon caught in other Marine Areas while participating in this fishery. Agreement to participate in this fishery will require that
a department observer be allowed on board the vessel while fishing if requested by department staff.

Area 10/11 Limited Participation - Purse Seines with a 5-inch strip, Thursday, October 13 from 7 AM to 6 PM will only be open to the following vessels:
FV Secret Island, FV Wisconsin, FV DC Cole, FV Sofia Lynn, FV Reality.
It is unlawful to land more than 2,000 chum per license during the open period listed. It is unlawful to posses salmon caught in other Marine Areas while participating in this fishery. Agreement to participate in this fishery will require that
a department observer be allowed on board the vessel while fishing if requested by department staff.
Purse Seines must release all Chinook and Coho.

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/