WAC 232-28-620   Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons and daily limits.  It shall be unlawful to take, fish for or possess salmon taken by angling for personal use except from the following coastal areas, during the seasons, in the quantities, for the sizes provided in WAC 220-56-180, and for the species designated in this section. Open when a daily limit is provided:

     (1) Catch Record Card Area 1:

     (a) May 1 through May 31 - Closed.

     (b) June 1 through June 28 - Daily limit of 1 Chinook.

     (c) June 29 through September 30 - Open Sundays through Thursdays only - Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.

     (d) October 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (e) Closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 during all open periods, see WAC 220-56-195.

     (2) Catch Record Card Area 2:

     (a) May 1 through May 31 - Closed.

     (b) June 1 through June 28 - Open Sundays through Thursdays only. Daily limit 1 Chinook.

     (c) June 29 through September 13 - Open Sundays through Thursdays only. Daily limit 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.

     (d) September (14) through April 30 - Closed.

     (e) Closed to salmon fishing August 1 through September 13 in the Grays Harbor Control Zone described in WAC 220-56-195(11).

     (3) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1):

     (a) May 1 through June 30 - Closed.

     (b) July 1 through July 31 - Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling. Area 2 rules apply.

     (c) August 1 through August 15 - Daily limit of six salmon, not more than two of which may be adult salmon.

     (d) August 16 through January 31 - Daily limit 6 salmon, not more than 3 of which may be adult salmon, and of the adult salmon, not more than 2 may be Chinook.

     (e) February 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (4) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 east of the Buoy 13 line):

     (a) May 1 through September 15 - Closed.

     (b) September 16 through November 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which only 1 may be a wild adult coho. Release chum and Chinook. Open only east of a line drawn from the mouth of O'Leary Creek to Buoy 35, then to the westernmost tip of Moon Island.

     (c) December 1 through April 30 - Closed.

     (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, Westport Boat Basin and Ocean Shores Boat Basin: Open only August 16 through January 31 - Daily limit of six salmon not more than four of which may be adult salmon.

     (5) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line) - Closed.

     (6) Catch Record Card Area 3:

     (a) May 1 through May 31 - Closed.

     (b) June 1 through June 28 - Open Tuesdays through Saturdays only. Daily limit 1 Chinook.

     (c) June 29 through September 13 - Open Tuesday through Saturday only. Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.

     (d) September 14 through April 30 - Closed.

     (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, waters north of 47°50'00"N latitude and south of 48°00'00"N latitude open September 20 through October 5 - Daily limit two salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.

     (7) Catch Record Card Area 4:

     (a) May 1 through May 31 - Closed.

     (b) June 1 through June 28 - Open Tuesdays through Saturdays only. Daily limit 1 Chinook. Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock closed.

     (c) June 29 through September 13 - Open Tuesdays through Saturdays only. Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho salmon. Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock closed July 1 through July 31. Release Chinook salmon caught east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line beginning August 1. Release chum salmon beginning August 1.

     (d) September 14 through April 30 - Closed.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020. 08-15-002 (Order 08-165), § 232-28-620, filed 7/3/08, effective 8/3/08; 07-16-056, § 232-28-620, filed 7/26/07, effective 8/26/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 06-16-096 (Order 06-174), § 232-28-620, filed 7/31/06, effective 8/31/06; 05-17-007 (Order 05-168), § 232-28-620, filed 8/3/05, effective 9/3/05; 04-16-006 (Order 04-182), § 232-28-620, filed 7/22/04, effective 8/22/04; 03-16-109 (Order 03-182), § 232-28-620, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 02-15-097 (Order 02-158), § 232-28-620, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02; 01-14-001 (Order 01-107), § 232-28-620, filed 6/21/01, effective 7/22/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), amended and recodified as § 232-28-620, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 77.12.040. 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-190, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99; 98-15-081 (Order 98-122), § 220-56-190, filed 7/15/98, effective 8/15/98; 97-18-035, § 220-56-190, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-190, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-190, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-190, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-14-043 (Order 93-36), § 220-56-190, filed 6/29/93, effective 7/30/93; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-190, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-190, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-190, filed 3/16/89; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-190, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-190, filed 4/9/86; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-190, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-190, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-190, filed 3/17/83; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-190, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-190, filed 3/18/82; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-190, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-064.]