1 STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT F 



2 the next three years, at least, 



3 Recommendations are similar to last year 



4 on chum salmon with 4 days per week in Area 6 and a small 



5 portion of Area 4A, and no fishing elsewhere . 



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It is proposed that all areas except the 

 portions of Areas kk and 6, lying southerly of a line 

 from the southwest end of the Indian Island bridge to 

 Liplip Point on Marrowstone Island to Double Bluff on 

 Whidbey Island to the Point Wells Range Light, be closed 

 to all fishing after October 20 (Figure 9). Secondly, 

 that the remaining open area be closed on November 17. 

 The October 20th closure is to protect chum runs to all 

 eastern Puget Sound streams and the Fraser River, while 

 the November 17th closure will minimize the steelhead 

 catch and provide additional protection to southern Puget 

 Sound chum runs. The I966 catches in Areas 4, 4a and 6 

 are shown in Figure 10. As can be seen, the major portion 

 of the chum catch in I966 occurred prior to the proposed 

 closure on November 17 . Further information on numbers 

 of fish landed and percentage of the total harvest normally 

 taken after November 17, is presented in Table 1. 



A summary of the proposed fishing time is 



given in Table 2 and is compared by area and gear for all 



years since 1958. 

 (See figures 9 and 10 and tables 1 and 2. 



which follow: ) 



