Commercial Chinook Salmon (2024)

ALL COMERCIAL SALMON CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO LACK OF BUYER

Bellingham Bay (7B) and Lummi Bay (7D)

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OPEN: 12:01am Thursday, August 1, 2024

Bellingham Bay (7B) and Lummi Bay (7D)

OPEN: 12:01am Thursday, August 1, 2024

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 6, 2024

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Friday

 

77H Outside (Whatcom Waterway to Roeder Ave. bridge; CLICK TO SEE MAP)

OPEN: 12:01am Thursday, August 1, 2024

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 20, 2024

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Friday

 

77H Inside (Roeder Ave. bridge to footbridge crossing downstream of Dupont St.; CLICK TO SEE MAP)

OPEN: 12:01am Thursday, August 1, 2024

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 20, 2024

Open weekly from 12:01am Monday to 4:00pm Friday

 

7C

OPEN: 12:01am Thursday, August 1, 2024

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 20, 2024

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Friday

(see restrictions below)

 

Nooksack River(77B)

OPEN: 12:01am Thursday, August 1, 2024

CLOSE: 4:00pm Saturday, September 7, 2024

Open weekly from 4:00pm Sunday to 4:00pm Saturday

 

Restrictions

1. Nooksack River is closed above the Slater Road Bridge.
2. Minimum mesh size 5-inch. 
3. Samish Bay and River are closed south and east of a line from Oyster Creek to the fish management marker on Samish Island, except that hand pull gill nets may fish north of a line from Oyster Creek to Scott's Point on Samish Island. (See map below)
4. If a marine mammal is harmed in order to protect gear or catch, activity must be reported to LNR enforcement at 815-4175
5. All take home fish must be reported on a fish ticket. 
6. Fishers must cooperate with Lummi catch samplers to provide access to fish for CWT, tissue, adipose fin and otolith sampling as requested. Fisher must contract LNR at312-2321 to have their fish sampled. 
7. All provisions of Title 10 apply.

For more information click the regulation below.

2024 Samish Bay Hand-pull Fishing Area Map

Inside boundary of the hand-pull area extends from Scott's Point to Oyster Creek.

Revised Samish Bay Fishing Area