Originally Posted By: Carcassman
7B is Bellingham Bay is a a fishery directed at Nooksack/Samish Chinook. Interceptions of NS fish would be of concern. 7" minimum mesh would pass any encountered immatures.

“They start at 7” then switch to 5” after two weeks to make sure they get them all. If I would of said 5” first I’m sure you would of said it’s to let the adults pass by. That’s how the gillnet mesh game is played around here. There listed at 100% mortality and rightfully so but I always here about what they don’t hypothetically kill.

So the 8% rate, accounted for to the 0.1 %, is split 50.0-50.0% sport tribal. Since a 0.1 is likely 1 fish, that would mean that commercial fisheries statewide do not even catch 1 Stillaguamish Chinook.

What a nice clean fishery! Way to go commies!