Marine Areas 5 & 6 Closing For Chinook - Midnight August 6 th

Marine Areas 5 & 6 will close for Chinook retention at the end of the day Thursday August 6 th. This closure is nine days earlier than scheduled. The reason behind the early closure is that WDFW has concerns that sport anglers have exceeded the wild mortality factor due to the fishing being better than what was expected. They do have concerns that with additional fishing that conservation goals might not be meet and have adverse impacts upon wild fish.

This closure does not affect the fishery on pinks or coho.