PUGET SOUND COMMERCIAL 
SALMON FISHERIES REGULATION HOTLINE
                  2024-11,
                  Week 38,
                  09/19/2024 3:15 PM

For the remainder of the week beginning Sunday September 15 all areas are closed except as follows:

Area 6D (Dungeness Bay) will be open to:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size : Open 7 AM to 7PM Saturday, September 21. All Chinook and chum must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh. 

Area 7 (San Juan Islands) will be open to:
Reef Nets: 5 AM to 9 PM Daily Sunday, September 15 to Saturday, September 21. 
Reef Nets must release all chum, sockeye, unmarked Chinook, and unmarked coho. Immediate possession of a WDFW Logbook is required to retain marked Chinook.
Reef Nets are asked to contact the Commercial Salmon Monitoring Program prior to fishing at 360-701-2215 for coverage information.

Areas 7 B (Bellingham Bay) will be open to:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: Open 24 hours per day from 7 AM Sunday September 15 to 7 AM Friday September 20.
Purse seines with a 5 inch strip: 7 AM to 7 PM the following days: Friday, September 20. Brailing is required, and purse seines must release all sockeye.
Purse seines are asked to contact the Commercial Salmon Monitoring Program prior to fishing at 360-701-2215 for coverage information.

Area 8D (Tulalip Bay) will be open west of a line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point to:
Gillnets using 5-inch minimum mesh size: 6 PM Thursday, September 19 to 8 AM Friday, September 20. 
All sockeye must be released by cutting the ensnaring mesh.

Area 9 A (Port Gamble Bay) will be open to:
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 12 A (Quilcene Bay) will be open to:
Beach seines: 7 AM to 7 PM daily Monday, September 16 through Friday, September 20. 
Beach seines may only retain coho and nets may not exceed 990 feet in length and 200 meshes in depth using minimum 3-inch and maximum 4-inch mesh.


If you suspect an error in this message or if you have questions, please contact 360-701-2215.