FILING ORGANIZATION:	SKOKOMISH TRIBE 
 
REGULATION NUMBER:	F#26-49 
REGULATION MODIFIED:	F#26-10;SECTION V		
REGULATION SUPERSEDED: 	F#26-48

DATE ADOPTED:		OCTOBER 29, 2026
 
SPECIES:		CHUM
FISHERY TYPE:		COMMERCIAL
ON/OFF RESERVATION:	OFF
                          
CATCH AREA(S):          AREA 9A (WEST OF A LINE DRAWN FROM PT. JULIA TO
                        THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PORT GAMBLE INDIAN
                        RESERVATION).

                        EXCLUSION ZONE 9A: FROM THE HEAD/MOUTH OF PORT
                        GAMBLE BAY ALONG BOTH THE EASTERN AND WESTERN
                        SHORES, ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF POINT
                        JULIA AND THEN NORTH OF A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN
                        WEST TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE OLD MILL SITE
                        DESIGNATED BY ORANGE MARKERS. MAP AVAILABLE AT
                        SKOKOMISH DNR FISHERIES BUILDING.
                                                                                    
EFFECTIVE DATES:        OCTOBER 30, 2026 THROUGH NOVEMBER 29, 2026.
                         
DAYS/HOURS:             CLOSED
                        	     			                                                  
JUSTIFICATIONS:         EMERGENCY CLOSURE OF 9A CHUM FISHERY. NO COMMERCIAL
                        HARVEST OF 9A CHUM FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2026 SEASON
                        UNLESS SUFFICIENT FISH RETURN TO LITTLE BOSTON HATCHERY.

                        LOW NUMBERS OF CHUM RETURNING TO LITTLE BOSTON HATCHERY
                        REQUIRING FULL FISHERY CLOSURE UNTIL THE HATCHERY MEETS
                        ESCAPEMENT.

SKOKOMISH FISHERIES
N.541 TRIBAL CENTER ROAD
SKOKOMISH NATION, WA 98584