WAC 220-47-307
Closed areas -- Puget Sound salmon. It is
unlawful at any time, unless otherwise provided, to take, fish
for, or possess salmon taken for commercial purposes with any
type of gear from the following portions of Puget Sound Salmon
Management and Catch Reporting Areas, except that closures
listed in this section do not apply to reef net
fishing areas listed in RCW 77.50.050:
Areas 4B, 5, 6, 6B, and 6C - The Strait of Juan de Fuca
Preserve as defined in WAC 220-47-266.
Area 6D - That portion within 1/4-mile of each mouth of
the Dungeness River.
Area 7 - (1) The San Juan Island Preserve as defined in
WAC 220-47-262.
(2) Those waters within 1,500 feet of shore on Orcas
Island from Deer Point northeasterly to Lawrence Point, thence
west to a point intercepting a line projected from the
northernmost point of Jones Island, thence 90° true to Orcas
Island.
(3) Those waters within 1,500 feet of the shore of
Cypress Island from Cypress Head to the northernmost point of
Cypress Island.
(4) Those waters easterly of a line projected from
Iceberg Point to Iceberg Island, to the easternmost point of
Charles Island, then true north from the northernmost point of
Charles Island to the shore of Lopez Island.
(5) Those waters northerly of a line projected from the
southernmost point of land at Aleck Bay to the westernmost
point of Colville Island, thence from the easternmost point of
Colville Island to Point Colville.
(6) Those waters easterly of a line projected from Biz
Point on Fidalgo Island to the Williamson Rocks Light, thence
to the Dennis Shoal Light, thence to the light on the
westernmost point of Burrows Island, thence to the
southwestern-most point of Fidalgo Head, and including those
waters within 1,500 feet of the western shore of Allan Island,
those waters within 1,500 feet of the western shore of Burrows
Island, and those waters within 1,500 feet of the shore of
Fidalgo Island from the southwestern-most point of Fidalgo
Head northerly to Shannon Point.
(7) Additional Fraser sockeye and pink seasonal closure:
Those waters within 1,500 feet of the shore of Fidalgo Island
from the Initiative 77 marker northerly to Biz Point.
(8) Those waters within 1,500 feet of the eastern shore
of Lopez Island from Point Colville northerly to Lopez Pass,
and those waters within 1,500 feet of the eastern shore of
Decatur Island from the southernmost point of land northerly
to Fauntleroy Point, and including those waters within 1,500
feet of the shore of James Island.
Area 7A - The Drayton Harbor Preserve as defined in WAC 220-47-252.
Area 7B - That portion south and east of a line from
William Point on Samish Island to Saddlebag Island to the
southeastern tip of Guemes Island, and that portion northerly
of the railroad trestle in Chuckanut Bay.
Area 7C - That portion southeasterly of a line projected
from the mouth of Oyster Creek 237° true to a fishing boundary
marker on Samish Island.
Area 8 - (1) That portion of Skagit Bay easterly of a
line projected from Brown Point on Camano Island to a white
monument on the easterly point of Ika Island, thence across
the Skagit River to the terminus of the jetty with McGlinn
Island.
(2) Those waters within 1,500 feet of the western shore
of Camano Island south of a line projected true west from
Rocky Point.
Area 8A - (1) Those waters easterly of a line projected
from Mission Point to Buoy C1, excluding the waters of Area
8D, thence through the green light at the entrance jetty of
the Snohomish River and across the mouth of the Snohomish
River to landfall on the eastern shore, and those waters
northerly of a line from Camano Head to the northern boundary
of Area 8D.
(2) Additional pink and coho seasonal closure prior to
October 3: Those waters southerly of a line projected from
the Clinton ferry dock to the Mukilteo ferry dock.
Area 8D - Those waters easterly of a line projected from
Mission Point to Hermosa Point.
Area 9 - Those waters lying inside and westerly of a line
projected from the Point No Point light to Sierra Echo buoy,
thence to Forbes Landing wharf east of Hansville.
Area 10 - (1) Those waters easterly of a line projected
from Meadow Point to West Point.
(2) Those waters of Port Madison westerly
of a line projected from Point Jefferson
to the northernmost portion of Point Monroe.
(3) Additional coho seasonal closure: Those waters of
Elliott Bay east of a line from Alki Point to the light at
Fourmile Rock, and those waters northerly of a line projected
from Point Wells to "SF" Buoy, then west to President's Point.
Area 10E - Those waters of Liberty Bay north of a line
projected due east from the southernmost Keyport dock, those
waters of Dyes Inlet north of the Manette Bridge, and those
waters of Sinclair Inlet southwest of a line projected true
east from the Bremerton ferry terminal.
Area 11 - (1) Those waters northerly of a line projected
true west from the light at the mouth of Gig Harbor, and those
waters south of a line from Browns Point to the northernmost
point of land on Point Defiance.
(2) Additional coho seasonal closure: Those waters south
of a line projected from the light at the mouth of Gig Harbor
to the Tahlequah ferry dock, then south to the Point Defiance
ferry dock, and those waters south of a line projected from
the Point Defiance ferry dock to Dash Point.
Area 12 - Those waters inside and easterly of a line
projected from Lone Rock to the navigation light off Big Beef
Creek, thence southerly to the tip of the outermost northern
headland of Little Beef Creek.
Area 12A - Those waters north of a line projected due
east from Broad Spit.
Area 12B - Those waters within 1/4-mile of the mouths of
the Dosewallips, Duckabush, and Hamma Hamma rivers and
Anderson Creek.
Areas 12, 12A, and 12B - Additional Chinook seasonal
closure: Those waters north and east of a line projected from
Tekiu Point to Triton Head.
Areas 12, 12B and 12C - Those waters within 1,000 feet of
the eastern shore.
Area 12C - (1) Those waters within 2,000 feet of the
western shore between the dock at Glen Ayr R.V. Park and the
Hoodsport marina dock.
(2) Those waters south of a line projected from the
Cushman Powerhouse to the public boat ramp at Union.
(3) Those waters within 1/4-mile of the mouth of the
Dewatto River.
Areas 12 and 12D - Additional coho and chum seasonal
closure: Those waters of Area 12 south and west of a line
projected 94 degrees true from Hazel Point to the light on the
opposite shore, bounded on the west by the Area 12/12B
boundary line, and those waters of Area 12D.
Area 13A - Those waters of Burley Lagoon north of State
Route 302; those waters within 1,000 feet of the outer
oyster stakes off Minter Creek Bay, including all waters of
Minter Creek Bay; those waters westerly of a line drawn
due north from Thompson Spit at the mouth of Glen Cove;
and those waters within 1/4-mile of Green Point.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-031
(Order 08-167), § 220-47-307, filed 7/8/08, effective 8/8/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-16-125 (Order
04-202), § 220-47-307, filed 8/4/04, effective 9/4/04;
03-18-005 (Order 03-210), § 220-47-307, filed 8/20/03,
effective 9/20/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 99-24-011 (Order 99-202), § 220-47-307, filed 11/19/99,
effective 12/20/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-47-307, filed
7/15/98, effective 8/15/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-16-030 (Order 97-124), § 220-47-307, filed
7/29/97, effective 8/29/97; 96-15-101 (Order 96-81), §
220-47-307, filed 7/22/96, effective 8/22/96; 95-13-056 (Order
95-75), § 220-47-307, filed 6/16/95, effective 7/17/95;
94-15-001 (Order 94-62), § 220-47-307, filed 7/6/94, effective
8/6/94; 92-15-105 (Order 92-47), § 220-47-307, filed 7/20/92,
effective 8/20/92; 91-18-024 (Order 91-72), § 220-47-307,
filed 8/27/91, effective 9/27/91; 90-13-025 (Order 90-49), §
220-47-307, filed 6/11/90, effective 7/12/90; 88-14-133 (Order
88-48), § 220-47-307, filed 7/6/88; 85-13-032 (Order 85-60), §
220-47-307, filed 6/12/85; 84-13-078 (Order 84-53), §
220-47-307, filed 6/21/84; 83-14-020 (Order 83-57), §
220-47-307, filed 6/28/83; 82-15-040 (Order 82-83), §
220-47-307, filed 7/15/82; 81-18-017 (Order 81-101), §
220-47-307, filed 8/25/81; 80-10-058 (Order 80-83), §
220-47-307, filed 8/6/80.]