PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2022-26
                  Week 45
                  10/28/2022 – 3:00PM

For the week beginning Sunday October 30 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 31 through Friday November 4. 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 7 AM Monday October 31 – 4 PM Friday November 4.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: 7 AM to 6 PM Daily Monday October 31 - Friday November 4. Brailing of catch and recovery boxes are required. Must release all Chinook and Coho. 

Area 10/11 (South Sound): 
Gillnets using 6 1/4 in minumum mesh size: Open 5 PM to 9AM Monday October 31 to Tuesday November 1 and Wednesday, November 2 to Thursday November 3.
Purse Seine with a 5 inch strip: Open 7 AM to 6 PM Tuesday November 1. Must release all Chinook and Coho.

Areas 12 and 12-B (Hood Canal):
Gillnets using 6 1/4-inch minimum mesh size: Open 7 AM to 7 PM Monday October 31 and Wednesday November 2.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open 7 AM to 6 PM Tuesday November 1. Must release all Chinook and Coho.
Hazel Point Closure is in Effect - Those waters of Area 12 south and west of a line projected 94 degrees true from south Hazel Point
to the Hood Canal Light 11 on the opposite shore, bounded on the west by the Area 12/12B boundary line are CLOSED to purse seines and gillnets.

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/