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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT P ! 

 average and are, therefore, proposing that the Skagit chlnook 

 season not open until May 21 and that it be held to 3 days 

 per week until July 29. From July 30 to August 19, it is 

 proposed to fish 5 days per week (3 weeks) to increase the 

 harvest on what is expected to be the major segment of the 

 run in 196?. After August 19, it is proposed to reduce 

 fishing time to 3 days per week and permit the pink salmon 

 fishery to begin. It is expected that these changes, 

 although resulting in a net loss of 7 days from the usual 

 season, will result in a higher catch in 19^7 than in I966. 



(See figures 3, ^ and 5:> which follow:) 



