Action:  Opens Puget Sound summer crab seasons. Species affected:  Dungeness, Red Rock, and Tanner crab. Effective Dates and Locations:   Marine Areas 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, 5, 6, 8-1, 8-2, and 9: Open Thursday through Monday each week, from 12:01 a.m. July 1, through 11:59 p.m. Sept. 4, 2023. Sub-area 7 South (Those … Read more

Action: Closes to all salmon fishing. Effective date: June 15 through June 30, 2023. Species affected: All salmon. Location: Marine Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island). Reason for action: Salmon fishing is being suspended for the rest of June because unmarked encounter limit has been reached. The current estimate of Chinook harvest through June 11 is 988 of the total … Read more

Action: Opens retention of hatchery spring Chinook salmon. Effective date: One hour before official sunrise on Friday, June 9 to one hour after official sunset on Thursday, June 30, 2023. Species affected: Chinook salmon. Location: Wenatchee River (Chelan Co.) from the Hwy. 2 Bridge crossing the Wenatchee River in Leavenworth to the upstream point of the confluence with the … Read more

Action:  Opens coastal salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 17 through Sept. 30, 2023 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 4 Rules west of Bonilla-Tatoosh line: June 17 through July 31:  Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 24″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild … Read more

Action:  Opens coastal salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 17 through Oct. 7, 2023 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 3 Rules: June 17 through July 31: Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 24″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho. Aug. 1 through … Read more

Action:  Opens coastal salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 24 through Sept. 30, 2023 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 2 Rules: Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 22″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho.  Additional information:  Willapa Bay (Area 2-1) and the … Read more

Action:  Opens coastal salmon fisheries Effective date:  June 24 through Sept. 30, 2023 Species affected:  Salmon Location:  Marine Area 1 Rules: Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Chinook min. size 22″. Coho min. size 16″. Other salmon species no min. size. Release wild coho. Additional information:  The catch quotas for recreational fisheries … Read more

Action:  Sets summer season regulations downstream of Hwy. 395 Bridge at Pasco. Species affected:  Salmon and steelhead. Effective Date:  June 16 through July 31, 2023 Locations, dates, and rules:   From the Megler-Astoria Bridge upstream to The Dalles Dam: June 16 through July 31:  Salmon and steelhead:  Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adults may … Read more

Action:  Sets summer season regulations in the Hanford Reach. Species affected: Salmon.  Locations, dates, and rules:  From Columbia Point (1/3 mile downstream of I-182 Bridge at Richland) to I-182 Bridge at Richland: June 16 through June 30, 2023:  Salmon:  Min. size 12″. Daily limit 6. Up to 2 adult salmon may be retained. Release wild adult … Read more

Action:  Adds dates for recreational halibut seasons in Marine areas 1, 3, and 4.  Allows halibut legally retained in Area 5 to be landed in Marine Area 4 on days Area 4 is closed to halibut fishing. Effective dates:  Adds the following days to Marine Area 1:  June 13 and 20, 2023. Adds the following … Read more