PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2022-22
                  Week 43 UPDATEv2
                  10/19/2022 – 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.

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. 

Area 10/11 Limited Participation - Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size, Wednesday, October 19 from 5 PM to 9 AM Thursday, October 20 will only be open to the following vessels:
FV YaYa, FV Loki, FV Russeller, FV JanM, FV Toni M, FV Bristol Sound, FV Sanjo, FV C. Rae, FV Jospen, 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 20 from 7 AM to 6 PM will only be open to the following vessels:
FV Anita, FV New Oregon, FV Christina S, FV Sofia Lynn, FV Cape Flattery.
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/