1 STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT F 



2 salmon season be set at 3 days per week from August 19 



3 through September l6. Should this prove to be too much 



4 fishing time when the run develops, it may be reduced 



5 by emergency orders at the time. Fishing on West Beach 

 g is set at 4 days per week during the pink salmon run, and 

 7 if the Sakgit run develops as expected, the IPSFC should 

 g be requested to reduce fishing time in this area to match 

 9 Skagit Bay. The delay of one week in opening of pink 



10 salmon fishing is to increase the chinook harvest while 



11 giving additional protection to the pink salmon. 



12 Preseason predictions based upon escape- 



13 ments and estuarial estimates of survival indicate runs 



14 to the Stillaguamish and Snohomish systems about equal 



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to those of 1965, which were only of moderate size. 

 With this in mind, it is proposed that the season in 



17 Area 5 be set at three days per week from August 13 



18 through September I6. 



19 Indications are that the pink runs to 



20 the Puyallup River and the rivers of Hood Canal will be 



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quite strong in 1967, and it is recommended that Areas 



22 4a and 6 be opened 4 days per week from August I3 through 



23 September 2, and 3 days per week from September 3 through 



24 16. Tagging at Bush Point in Admiralty Inlet has revealed 



25 that after September 1, the Stillaguamish and Snohomish 



