Natural Resources

Commercial Chinook and Pink Salmon (2023)

7B (Bellingham Bay)

7D (Lummi Bay)

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

OPEN: 12:01am Tuesday, August 1, 2023

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 8, 2023

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

 

7C

OPEN: 12:01am Tuesday August 1, 2023

CLOSE: 4:00pm Friday, September 15, 2023

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

(see restrictions below)

 

Nooksack River(77B)

OPEN: 12:01am Tuesday, August 1, 2023

CLOSE: 4:00pmSaturday, September 9, 2023

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.


Revised (2023) Samish Bay Hand-pull Fishing Area Map

New this year: the inside boundary of the hand-pull area extends from Scott's Point to Oyster Creek.

Revised Samish Bay Fishing AreaRevised Samish Bay Fishing Area
Forecast
On-Reservation
Marine
(Rosario Strait)

  Gooseberry Tides

Data sourced from USDOC/NOAA/NOS/COOPS (Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services Disclaimer: The official Tide and Tidal Current prediction tables are published annually on October 1, for the following calendar year. Tide and Tidal Current predictions generated prior to the publishing date of the official tables are subject to change. The enclosed data are based upon the latest information available as of the date of your request. Tide and Tidal Current predictions generated may differ from the official predictions if information for the station requested has been updated since the publishing date of the official tables. For more information visit NOAA/COOPS website

Available Documents

There is one document currently available in the Commercial Chinook and Pink Salmon (2023) portion of the website.