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January
6, 2012 Contact:
Bob Leland, (360) 902-2817
Fishing
in rivers around Puget Sound to close due to
low wild steelhead returns
OLYMPIA - Fishing for steelhead and other game
fish will close early in several river systems in Puget Sound
and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca to protect wild steelhead,
the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced
today.
The early closures will affect the Nooksack,
Skagit, Stillaguamish, Snohomish and Puyallup river systems,
along with several streams along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Most river systems will close Feb. 1. However,
the Puyallup River system will close Jan. 16, and some waters
near WDFW fish hatcheries are scheduled to close Feb. 16.
Pre-season estimates developed by WDFW last fall
indicate that wild steelhead will return to those watersheds in
numbers far short of target levels, said Bob Leland, WDFW's
steelhead program manager.
"By taking this action, we can protect wild
steelhead that do make it back to these river systems," he said.
The early closures are timed in each watershed to
coincide with the traditional dates wild steelhead return to
those Washington rivers, Leland said.
Wild steelhead returning to most of the rivers
scheduled to close are listed as "threatened" under the federal
Endangered Species Act (ESA). Although anglers are required to
release any wild steelhead they catch in these rivers, some of
those fish inevitably die from the experience, Leland said.
The closures are necessary to meet the
conservation objectives of WDFW's statewide steelhead management
plan and comply with provisions of the ESA, he said.
Meanwhile, WDFW is proposing to make these early
closure dates permanent to help protect future runs of wild
steelhead, Leland said. The deadline for submitting written
comments to the department on that and other proposed
sportfishing rules was Dec. 30, but the Washington Fish and
Wildlife Commission will accept both written and verbal comments
at its Jan. 6-7 meeting in Olympia. For contact information, see
http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/ .
The commission, which sets policy for WDFW, is
scheduled to vote on the final sportfishing rules package during
a meeting Feb. 3-4. For more information on the proposed rules,
visit the department's website at
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/rule_proposals/ .
Waters closing to fishing Jan. 16, 2012, by
emergency rule include:
Puyallup
River System
White
River
from the mouth to the R Street Bridge in Auburn.
Carbon River
from the mouth to the Highway 162 Bridge.
Upper
Puyallup River
from the mouth of the Carbon River upstream.
Waters closing to fishing Feb. 1, 2012, by
emergency rule include:
Nooksack
River System
Nooksack River
mainstem from the Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to the
confluence of North and South forks.
North
Fork Nooksack River
from Maple Creek to Nooksack Falls.
Middle Fork Nooksack River
from the mouth to the City of Bellingham diversion Dam.
South
Fork Nooksack River
from the mouth to Skookum Creek.
Skagit
River System
Skagit River
mainstem from the mouth to the Highway 530 Bridge at
Rockport.
Skagit River
from the mouth of the Cascade River to the Gorge powerhouse
at Newhalem.
Sauk
River
from the mouth to the Whitechuck River.
Cascade River
from the Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge upstream to
headwaters.
Snohomish
River System
Snohomish River
from the mouth (Burlington Northern railroad bridge)
upstream to the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie
rivers.
Skykomish River
from the mouth to the Highway 2 Bridge at the Big Eddy
Access.
Pilchuck River
from the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Snohomish city
diversion dam.
Sultan River
from the mouth to 400 feet downstream of diversion dam
(river mile 9.7).
Wallace River
from 200 feet upstream of water intake of salmon hatchery to
Wallace Falls.
North
Fork Skykomish River
from the mouth to 1,000 feet downstream of Bear Creek Falls.
South
Fork Skykomish River
from the mouth to 600 feet downstream of Sunset Falls
fishway.
Snoqualmie River
from the mouth to the boat ramp at Plum access.
Tolt
River
from the mouth to the USGS trolley cable near confluence of
North and South forks.
Raging River
from the mouth to Highway 18 Bridge.
Stillaguamish River System
Stillaguamish River
from Marine Drive upstream to forks.
Pilchuck Creek
from the mouth to Highway 9 Bridge.
North
Fork Stillaguamish River
from the mouth to the mouth of French Creek.
South
Fork Stillaguamish River
from the mouth to 400 feet below the Granite Falls fishway
outlet.
Canyon Creek
from the mouth upstream.
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Dungeness River
from the mouth upstream to the forks at Dungeness Forks
Campground.
Morse
Creek
from the mouth to the Port Angeles Dam.
Salt
Creek
from the mouth to the bridge on Highway 112.
Deep
Creek
from the mouth upstream.
Pysht
River
from the mouth upstream.
Clallam River
from the mouth upstream.
Sekiu
River
from the mouth to forks.
Waters closing to fishing Feb. 16, 2012, by
emergency rule include:
North
Fork Nooksack River
from the mouth to Maple Creek.
Skykomish River
from the Highway 2 Bridge at the Big Eddy Access to the
confluence of North and South forks.
Wallace River
from the mouth (farthest downstream railroad bridge) to 200
feet upstream of the water intake of salmon hatchery.
Snoqualmie River
from the boat ramp at Plum access to Snoqualmie Falls.
Tokul
Creek
from the mouth to the posted cable boundary marker.
North
Fork Stillaguamish River
from the mouth of French Creek to the Swede Heaven Bridge.
Skagit River
from the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to the mouth of the
Cascade River.
Cascade River
from the mouth to Rockport-Cascade Road Bridge.
Leland reminds anglers that the Samish River,
from the I-5 Bridge to the Hickson Bridge, closed to fishing
Dec. 1. The stretch of the Samish River, from the mouth to the
I-5 Bridge closed Jan.1.
ALL INFO HERE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE SO BE SURE
TO VISIT THE WDFW WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
on the closures, check the emergency rule changes on WDFW's
website at
http://1.usa.gov/hfDjYl .
Puget Sound
Puget Sound is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in the
Pacific Northwest of the United States. It was named by George
Vancouver for Lieutenant Peter Puget, who explored its southern
end in May 1792. Vancouver claimed it for Great Britain on June 4,
1792. It became part of the Oregon Country, and became U.S.
territory when the 1846 Oregon Treaty was signed.
Puget Sound is a bay
with numerous channels and branches. It extends south from the Strait of Juan de Fuca to Olympia, Washington; the
northern boundary is formed, at its main entrance, by a line
between Point Wilson on the Olympic Peninsula and Point Partridge
on Whidbey Island; at a second entrance, between West Point on
Whidbey Island, Deception Island, and Rosario Head on Fidalgo
Island; at a third entrance, the south end of Swinomish Channel
between Fidalgo Island and McGlinn Island.
The urban region of the same name is centered around Seattle,
Washington and consists of nine counties, two urban center
cities and four satellite cities. Both urban core cities have
large industrial areas and seaports plus a high-rise central
business district. The satellite cities are primarily suburban,
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