RnG, I know in Area 11 there is one WDFW test boat and one Puyallup tribal fishing each day it is open. The WDFW test boat fishes even on days the area is closed to rec fishing. I ma not sure about the tribal boat. I think Areas 7,8, 9 and 10 also. have test boats fishing.I think the catch data is coming from these test boats. i know when I returned to the dock the fish checkers only asked me what time I started , some asked if I fished Area 11 and then took a scale sample, length measurement and checked for a coded wire tag off any harvested fish I had. They never asked me if I released any sublegals or wild fish. The other guys I know who fish Area 11 regularly said the same thing.