9/4/14 ACTION NOTICE - Commercial Troll Salmon (Corrected for starting date error; and clarification on landings into Garibaldi): NOAA Fisheries in consultation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, representatives from the commercial troll fishery, and the Pacific Fishery Management Council, has taken in-season actions with respect to the commercial troll salmon fishery in the area from the US/Canada Border to Cape Falcon.


ACTIONS TAKEN:

- The commercial salmon fishery from the US/Canada Border to Cape Falcon will reopen at 12:01 AM, Friday, September 5 through 11:59 PM Tuesday, September 9 (and each subsequent Friday through Tuesday through September 16 unless modified by inseason action).

- Open period landing and possession limits of 15 Chinook Salmon and 100 Coho Salmon (no fin clip requirement) for all areas south of the Queets River to Cape Falcon; and 15 Chinook Salmon and 20 adipose fin-clipped Coho Salmon for all areas north of the Queets River.

RATIONALE AND NOTES: There are only 1,075 Chinook remaining on the quota for all areas North of Cape Falcon, but there are 19,489 Coho remaining on the mark selective quota. By converting the remaining Coho from the mark selective fishery South of the Queets River into non mark selective catch on an impact neutral basis, it allows for subarea allocations of 3,500 Coho to the Westport Ocean Salmon Managment Area (Queets River to Leadbetter Pt.) and 6,400 Coho to the Columbia River Ocean Salmon Management Area (Leadbetter Pt. to Cape Falcon). The open period limits are expected to keep the fishery within management guidelines for this open period, and will be adjusted as needed prior to the final open period scheduled for September 12 through 16.


Vessels in possession of salmon north of Leadbetter Pt., WA must land their catch north of Leadbetter Pt.; vessels in possession of salmon between Leadbetter Pt., WA and Cape Falcon, OR must land their catch within the area from Leadbetter Pt, WA to Cape Falcon, OR or into Garibaldi, OR.


Note: Any landings into Garibaldi must be in compliance with landing and possession limits for South of Cape Falcon which are currently 65 Chinook and 20 Coho per landing week (Wednesday through Tuesday). Coho landed into Garibaldi from North of Cape Falcon would also need to be matched with at least one Chinook for each Coho that is landed. Any landings from North of Cape Falcon into Garibaldi also apply towards the landing week limits for South of Cape Falcon.

Mandatory reporting of delivery for all landings into Oregon at 541/867-0300 x271 within one hour of delivery or prior to transport away from the port of landing.