WAC 220-24-040
All-citizen troll seasons. 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) SMCRAs 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 May
1, 2001, and remain open through June 30, 2001, or until the
chinook quota is taken. Unlawful to retain coho. No more than 4
spreads per line beginning June 1. Cape Flattery and Columbia
River Control Zones closed.
(2) SMCRAs 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, 2001, and remains open through July 27, 2001, or until
the chinook or coho quotas have been taken. Unlawful to retain
wild coho. Gear is restricted to plugs with a plug body length
of six inches or greater, and no more than 4 spreads per line.
Cape Flattery Control Zone closed.
(3) SMCRA 1 opens July 20, 2001, and remains open through
September 30, 2001, or until the chinook or coho quotas have been
taken. Unlawful to retain wild coho. Columbia River Commercial
Control Zone closed.
(4) SMCRA 2 south of the Queets River opens July 28, 2001 or
upon closure of the fishery provided for in subsection (2) of
this section, and remains open concurrent with the fishery
provided for in subsection (3) of this section.
(5) In all fisheries provided for in this section, chinook
minimum size 28 inches and coho minimum size 16 inches. No
minimum size for pink, sockeye or chum salmon.
(6) Lawful troll gear is restricted to single point, single
shank barbless hooks.
(7) It is unlawful for any fisher taking salmon north of the
Queets River to fail to land the salmon north of the Queets River
and west of Sekiu, or to fail to notify the department before
leaving the area. Notification must be made by calling the
department at 360-902-2739, and reporting the name of fisher and
boat, the area fished, the day leaving the area, and the port of
destination.
(8) Fishers must land and deliver their catch within 24
hours of any closure of a fishery provided for in this section,
and must land within the SMCRA fished, or within an adjacent
SMCRA closed to all-citizen troll fishing.
(9) The Cape Flattery Commercial Control Zone is defined as
the area from Cape Flattery (48°23'00" N latitude) to the
northern boundary of the U.S. EEZ; and the area from Cape
Flattery south to Cape Alava, 48°10'00" N latitude and west of
125°05'00" W longitude.
(10) The Columbia River Commercial Control Zone 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. latitude, 124°06'50" W. longitude) and the green
lighted Buoy #7 (46°15'09" N. latitude, 124°06'16" W. longitude);
on the east, by the Buoy #10 line which bears north/south at 357°
true from the south jetty at 46°14'00" N. latitude, 124°03'07" W.
longitude 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. latitude,
124°05'20" W. longitude) 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. latitude,
124°04'05" W. longitude), and then along the south jetty to the
point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line.
(11) Vessels intending to land their catch taken south of
Cape Falcon into a Washington port must notify WDFW before
traveling north of Cape Falcon by calling 360-902-2181 and report
the name of the vessel, the intended port of landing, the
estimated time and date of arrival and the catch aboard.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 01-13-006 (Order 01-105),
§ 220-24-040, filed 6/7/01, effective 7/8/01.]