DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-24-040, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for salmon with troll gear or to land salmon taken with troll gear into a Washington port except during the seasons provided for in this section:

(1) Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1, 2, 3, and that portion of Area 4 west of 125°05'00" W longitude and south of 48°23'00" N latitude, open:

July 1 through July 7, 2015;

July 10 through July 14, 2015;

July 17 through July 21, 2015;

July 24 through July 28, 2015;

July 31 through August 4, 2015;

August 7 through August 11, 2015;

August 14 through August 18, 2015;

August 21 through August 25, 2015;

August 28 through September 1, 2015;

September 4 through September 8, 2015;

September 11 through September 15, 2015;

September 18 through September 22, 2015.

(2) Landing and possession limit of 50 Chinook and 50 coho per boat per each entire open period for the entire Catch Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4. The Cape Flattery and Columbia River Control Zones are closed. Mandatory Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area is closed.

(3) Minimum size for Chinook salmon is 28 inches in length. Minimum size for Coho salmon is 16 inches in length. No minimum size for pink, sockeye, or chum salmon, except no chum retention north of Cape Alava, Washington, in August and September. It is unlawful to possess wild coho salmon.

(4) Lawful troll gear is restricted to all legal troll gear with single-point, single-shank barbless hooks.

(5) Fishers must land and deliver their catch within 24 hours of any closure of a fishery provided for in this section, and vessels fishing or in possession of salmon while fishing north of Leadbetter Point must land and deliver their fish within the area and north of Leadbetter Point. Vessels fishing or in possession of salmon while fishing south of Leadbetter Point must land and deliver their fish within the area and south of Leadbetter Point. Vessels in possession of salmon north of the Queets River may not cross the Queets River line without first notifying WDFW by phone at (360) 902-2739 or by email at Douglas.Milward@dfw.wa.gov with area fished, total Chinook and halibut catch on board, and destination. Vessels in possession of salmon south of the Queets River may not cross the Queets River line without first notifying WDFW by phone at (360) 902-2739 or by email at Douglas.Milward@dfw.wa.gov with Area fished, total Chinook and halibut catch on board, and destination. Any vessel with fish on board from either Area 3 or 4 may not possess more than 60 Chinook or 60 coho on board.

(6) The Cape Flattery Control Zone is defined as the area from Cape Flattery (48°23'00" N latitude) to the northern boundary of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, and the area from Cape Flattery south to Cape Alava, 48°10'00" N latitude, and east of 125°05'00" W longitude.

(7) Columbia Control Zone – This is defined as an area at the Columbia River mouth, bounded on the west by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 (46°13'35" N. Lat., 124°06'50" W. long.) and the green lighted Buoy #7 (46°15'09' N. lat., 124°06'16" W. long.); on the east, by the Buoy #10 line, which bears north/south at 357° true from the south jetty at 46°14'00" N. lat., 124°03'07" W. long, to its intersection with the north jetty; on the north, by a line running northeast/southwest between the green lighted Buoy #7 to the tip of the north jetty (46°14'48" N. lat., 124°05'20" W. long.), and then along the north jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line; and, on the south, by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 and tip of the south jetty (46°14'03" N. lat., 124°04'05" W. long.), and then along the south jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line.

(8) Mandatory Yelloweye Rockfish Conservation Area – This is defined as the area in Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 3 from 48°00.00'N latitude; 125°14.00'W longitude to 48°02.00'N latitude; 125°14.00'W longitude to 48°02.00'N latitude; 125°16.50'W longitude to 48°00.00'N latitude; 125°16.50'W longitude and connecting back to 48°00.00'N latitude; 125°14.00'W longitude.

(9) It is unlawful to fish in Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1, 2, 3 or 4 with fish on board taken south of Cape Falcon, Oregon; and all fish taken from Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1, 2, 3, and 4 must be landed before fishing south of Cape Falcon, Oregon.

(10) It is unlawful for wholesale dealers and trollers retailing their fish to fail to report their landing by 10:00 a.m. the day following landing. Ticket information can be telephoned in by calling 1-866-791-1279, or faxing the information to (360) 902-2949, or e-mailing to trollfishtickets@dfw.wa.gov. Report the dealer name, the dealer license number, the purchasing location, the date of purchase, the fish ticket numbers, the gear used, the catch area, the species, the total number for each species, and the total weight for each species, including halibut.

Reviser's note: The unnecessary underscoring in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.