fishingIt has been an awesomeyear for chasing salmonout on the salt, but if youare a Marine Area 7 (SanJuan Islands) fishermanyou may be thinking nowwhat? MA 7 chinook isclosed for the year. At thispoint, there are limited fallchinook opportunities forour Western Washingtonsalmon slayers. Thenhalibut, although thefishery is open throughSeptember 29th most ofthem are out in the openocean doing halibut things.Lingcod are closed for theseason and our rockfishfishery continues on a longterm conservation closure…What do we fish for?Why not chase San JuanIsland coho, the other redmeat?As always review theregulations and EmergencyRegulation notices beforeheading out but the currentseason is modeled as beingopen as follows: 9/1-9/29 1coho. When heading out tohunt San Juan Island Coho,make sure you are aware ofthe southeast MA 7 closure,and if you plan to fish thebanks be cognizant ofyour actual location. Knowwhere the Canadian borderis and where both the MA 7and MA 6 boundaries are.Regarding regulations;this year there has beenan increase in the numberof WDFW staff Safety andSecurity Incident Reportsfiled for harassment ofWDFW personnel. TheSafety and Security IncidentReports relate to negativeinteractions with anglersand were submitted byPuget Sound Samplingstaff over a two-monthperiod this summer.The negative interactionmakes WDFW recruitmentand retention difficult andstaff have quit their jobover the treatment they'vereceived this summer.As a participant in ourrecreational salmon fishery,please remember that thedepartment is required tomonitor the fishery.
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