In Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sekiu and Port Angeles will have a pilot study selective hatchery-marked chinook fishery that begins July 5, and will last for 41 days or until 3,500 chinook are caught.

The most important part of the pilot study is collecting vital information to find out what impacts the selective fishery will have on endangered wild chinook stocks of Puget Sound.

"We are expanding our monitoring of the chinook fishery at Sekiu and Port Angeles by nearly doubling the sample checkers," said Doug Milward, a state Fish and Wildlife resource manager.

If it's anything like last years "checks" it will be a joke. Nearly doubling means two checkers on two days instead of one checker on one day. (He did check a second day but the decision had already been made to close it). It's very tempting to say "No I didn't release any". Otherwise the season could be over in a week if it pans out that 75% or 80% hooked are unmarked. I believe I read that 1 in 5 are projected to be marked. I bet there's going to be a lot of dead kings floating around.