PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2022-20
                  Week 43
                  10/14/2022 – 2:00PM

For the week beginning Sunday October 16 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 17 through Friday October 21. 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 16 to Saturday, October 22. Must release all sockeye, unmarked Chinook, and unmarked Coho. Immediate possession of a WDFW Logbook is required to retain Chinook.

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 8 PM Monday, October 17 and Wednesday, October 19.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open 7 AM to 6 PM Tuesday, October 18. 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/