PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2024-25,
                  Week 44,
                  10/28/2024 4:35 PM

For the week beginning Sunday, October 27, all areas are closed except as follows:

Area 6 D:
Gillnets using 5-inch min. mesh size : 7AM to 7PM Daily Monday, October 28 through Friday, November 1. All Chinook must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh. 

Areas 7 B:
Gillnets using 6 and one quarter inch min. mesh size: Open continuously 7 AM Monday October, 28 to 4 PM Friday November 1.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: 7 AM to 6 PM Daily Monday, October 28 through Friday November 1. Brailing of catch and recovery boxes are required. Must release all and Chinook and sockeye. 

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 must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh.

Area 10 and Area 11:
Gillnets using 6 and one quarter inch min. mesh size: 5 PM to 9 AM Open Tuesday October, 29. 
Purse Seines with a 5 inch strip: Opening will be confirmed and updated Tuesday October 29, with date of fishery and link to fishery specific regulations.

Areas 12 and 12 B:
Gillnets using 6 and one quarter inch min. mesh size: 7 AM to 8 PM Daily on Tuesday October, 29. Further Gillnet openings will be confirmed Tuesday October 29, please await an update to this hotline.
Purse Seines with a 5 inch strip: Opening will be confirmed and updated Tuesday October 29, with date of fishery.

Area 9 (Apple Cove Point):
WDFW/NWIFC ACP Test Fishery and the WDFW Area 11 Research Fisheries will take place Wednesday, October 30.