Chinook, major fishery change

Posted by: DrifterWA

Chinook, major fishery change - 07/13/19 06:31 AM

NOAA Fisheries Announces Inseason Actions
in the
2019 Ocean Salmon Fishery


NOAA Fisheries has taken the following inseason actions in the 2019 ocean salmon fisheries:

• Decision date: July 12, 2019. Effective date: July 12, 2019. Remaining Chinook quota from the May-June commercial fishery North of Cape Falcon is rolled over to the July-September fishery on an impact-neutral basis. The new July-September quota is increased from 13,050 to 19,257 Chinook salmon.

• Decision date: July 12, 2019. Effective date: July 14, 2019. Effective 12:01 a.m., July 14, 2019, the daily bag limit in the recreational ocean salmon fishery from the U.S./Canada border to Cape Alava (Washington state marine area 4 - Neah Bay), is changed to two salmon per day, release all Chinook salmon.

• Decision date: July 12, 2019. Effective date: July 15, 2019. Effective 12:01 a.m., July 15, 2019, the daily bag limit in the recreational ocean salmon fishery from Cape Alava to Queets River (Washington state marine area 3 - La Push), is changed to two salmon per day, only one of which can be a Chinook salmon.