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STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES - EXHIBIT F 



River pink salmon runs arc dominant in Admiralty Inlet and 

 four days fishing per week is not justified here if the 

 Area 5 fishery remains at 3 days per week. Purse seines 

 would be allowed in Areas 4 and 4a from August 1 through 

 31. Should a large gill net fishery develop at the entrance 

 to Hood Canal, it would be advisable to open the Hood Canal 

 salmon preserve to the same line used during the chum salmon 

 season. 



During the past 2 cycles, the Dungeness 

 River pink run has been quite large, especially in 19^3 . 

 Preseason predictions indicate a possible large run again 

 In 1967, and it is proposed that a 2 days per week season 

 be set from August 3 through 31 for purse seines only in 

 the area shown in Figure 2. During the pink salmon runs, 

 the Department will maintain a counting station at the 

 first riffle above tidal Influence. The count at this 

 station will be used to help determine the actual amount 

 of fishing to be allowed. It is proposed that the open 

 periods be on Thursday and Friday to encourage fishermen 

 to leave a very lucrative sockeye and pink salmon fishery 

 in other areas, and try out the Dungeness River run. The 

 proposal is to open this area (Figure 2) for purse seines 

 only as the area is very small, and it will be necessary 

 to monitor the fishery very closely and ask for cessation 



