PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2024-19,
                  Week 42,
                  10/17/2024 4:20 PM

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

Area 6D:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size : Open 7 AM to 7PM Daily: Tuesday, October 15, through Friday, October 18. All Chinook must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh. 
Chum may be retained beginning Tuesday, October 15.

Area 7 and 7 A:
Will close at 9PM October 17.

Areas 7 B:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: Open continuously through midnight Sunday, November 2. Retention of sockeye is prohibited.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open continuously through 6 PM Sunday, November 2. Brailing is required, and purse seines must release all sockeye.

Area 8D:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: Open 6 PM Sunday, October 13 to 8 AM Monday, October 14. 6 PM Monday, October 14 to 8 AM Thursday, October 17. 6 PM Thursday, October 17 to 8 AM Friday, October 18. 
All sockeye must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh

Area 9 A:
Skiff gill nets 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 2.
All Chinook and chum must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh.

Area 10 and Area 11:
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open 7 AM to 6PM, Thursday October 17. Purse Seines Must release all Chinook and Coho. 

Areas 12 and 12 B:
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: Open 7 AM to 6 PM Thursday, October 17. Purse Seines Must release all Chinook and Coho.