PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2023-04
                  Weeks 33
                  08/11/2023 – 12:30pm

For the week beginning Sunday August 13 all areas are closed except as follows:

Areas 7B (Bellingham Bay) and 7C (Samish Bay) will be open to:

Gillnets using 7-inch minimum mesh size: Nightly 7PM to 8AM the following day: Sunday, August 13. Monday, August 14. Tuesday, August 15
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: 6 AM to 8 PM Wednesday, August 16. Brailing is required, and purse seines must release all coho and sockeye.

Area 9A (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, November 4.
All Chinook and chum must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh.

The Hoodsport Hatchery Zone, that portion of Area 12C within 2,000 feet of the western shore between the dock at Glen Ayr Recreational Vehicle Park and the Hoodsport Marina dock will be open to:
Beach seines with nets not to exceed 990 feet in length and 200 meshes in depth using minimum 3-inch and maximum 4-inch mesh: 7 AM to 7 PM, Thursday August 17.
Beach seines must release all chum and sockeye. Participation is limited to those with a department issued beach seine permit and all rules and regulations associated with that permit remain in effect.
		
		 
Area 7 and 7A pink and sockeye fisheries are controlled by the Fraser River Panel and are not posted on this hotline.
Fishers should call the National Marine Fisheries Service Hotline at 1-800-662-9825 to get opening information on Fraser Panel fisheries.
Fishers are reminded that a department issued Fish Friendly certification card is required to participate in any Area 7 or 7A commercial salmon fisheries.  


If you suspect an error in this message or if you have questions, please 360-701-2215.   
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/commercial/salmon/