The 2007 Puget Sound
Commercial Salmon Regulation pamphlet was mailed the week of May 13th.
If you have not received a copy please contact (360) 902-2700 and ask
for a copy or check our web site where one may be downloaded at:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/regs/commregs/salregs.htm
Fishers are reminded
that a Fish Friendly certification card will be required to participate
in any Area 7 or 7A commercial salmon fisheries. Contact Jeromy
Jording at (360) 902-2717 if you need to attend a workshop to get
a card. Area 7 and 7A sockeye and pink fisheries are not posted on this
hotline check the National Marine Fisheries Hotline at (888) 858-9319.
The season description
published in the 2007 Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Regulation pamphlet
remains in effect.
For the period of September 9th – September 15th all areas are currently closed except as follows:
Area 7B Bellingham Bay will
be open to gill nets using 5-inch minimum mesh size during the following
dates and times:
- 7 PM Sunday,
September 9th to 8 AM Monday, September 10th.
- 7 PM Tuesday,
September 11th to 8 AM Wednesday, September 12th.
- 7 PM Thursday,
September 13th to 8 AM Friday, September 14th.
- Sockeye must
be released immediately.
Area 7B Bellingham
Bay will be open to purse seines using the 5-inch strip
from 7 AM to 8 PM on Wednesday, September 12th. Brailing is required
and all sockeye, chum, and pink salmon must be released immediately.
Area 9A Port Gamble
Bay will be open to gill nets and skiff gill nets limited
to 600 feet in length and 60 meshes in depth using 5-inch minimum
mesh size continuously until 8:00 PM Saturday, November 3rd. All
chinook and chum salmon must be released by cutting the meshes
ensnaring the fish.
Area 12A Quilcene
Bay will be open to skiff gill nets using 5 – inch minimum mesh size from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Tuesday, September 11th.
Thank you for calling
the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife hotline for Puget Sound
commercial fishing information.
