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WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife http://wdfw.wa.gov/
Salmon fishing in all ocean areas
open 7 days a week starting July 23
OLYMPIA - Anglers will be able to fish for salmon seven days a week
along the entire Washington coast beginning Friday (July 23) the
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today.
The new rules will increase recreational fishing opportunities in
marine areas 2 (Westport-Ocean Shores), 3 (LaPush) and 4 (Neah Bay),
where salmon fishing is currently restricted to five days a week.
Salmon fishing is already open seven days a week in Marine Area
1(Ilwaco).
"Overall, salmon fishing has been good on the coast this summer, but
the number of anglers participating in the fishery has been lower
than expected," said Doug Milward, ocean salmon fisheries manager
for WDFW. "With effort down - partly due to rough weather - we can
provide anglers additional fishing opportunities without exceeding
recreational harvest quotas for this year."
Through July 18, anglers fishing along the coast had caught 8.3
percent of the 49,000 chinook quota for the ocean and 9.5 percent of
the 67,200 coho quota.
Anglers fishing in those areas can keep up to two chinook as part of
their two-salmon daily limit, but must release any chinook measuring
less than 24 inches and hatchery coho less than 16 inches. Wild coho
must be released unharmed.
Salmon fishing is scheduled to continue through Sept. 18 in marine
areas 3 and 4, through Sept. 19 in Marine Area 2 and through Sept.
30 in Marine Area 1.