Marine Area 7

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San Juan Islands

(All marine waters north of the Trial Island line described under Area 6 to the United States-Canada boundary)

Species	Season	Additional Rules
Trout	Year-round	Catch-and-release.
Steelhead	Year-round	Daily limit 2 hatchery steelhead.
Sturgeon	Year-round	Catch-and-release.
Mackerel	Year-round	No min. size. No daily limit.
Herring, Anchovy, Sardine, Sand Lance, and Smelt	Year-round	No min. size. Daily limit 10 lbs., all species combined. All smelt caught must be kept and count toward the daily limit except Closed to eulachon (Columbia River smelt). Herring - Closed year-round north of a line from Sandy Point to Patos Island to the Canadian boundary. For smelt: Jig gear may be used 7 days a week. Dipnets may be used from 6:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. Fridays through Tuesdays.
Pacific Halibut	Check the WDFW website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/halibut or call (360) 902-2700 in April for information on Pacific halibut seasons and regulations. No min. size. Daily limit 1. Annual limit 6. Descending device required onboard vessels.
Other Food Fish	Year-round	No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species. See Definitions.
All Other Fish	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.

Salmon
Entire Area (see exceptions for Lummi Indian Reservation and Lummi Bay, Samish Bay, Yellow and Low Islands Preserve, Southern Rosario Strait/Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Bellingham Bay below)	July 18-July 20	Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 Chinook. Release chum, sockeye, wild coho, and wild Chinook. Additional Chinook openings may occur based on available quota. Check the WDFW website at wdfw.wa.gov.
	July 21-July 31	CLOSED.
	Aug. 1-Aug. 31	No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, sockeye, and wild coho.
	Sept. 1-Sept. 29	No min. size. Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, sockeye, and chum.
Lummi Indian Reservation and Lummi Bay Area (see 2 for boundaries)	Year-round	CLOSED.
Samish Bay (see 3 for boundaries)	Year-round	CLOSED.
Yellow and Low Islands Preserve (see 4-4 on previous page for boundaries)	Year-round	CLOSED.
Southern Rosario Strait/Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca (see 5 for boundaries)	Year-round	CLOSED.
Bellingham Bay (see 1 for boundaries)	July 1-Aug. 15	CLOSED.
	Aug. 16-Sept. 30	Chinook - min. size 22”. Other salmon species - no min. size. Daily limit 4.
	Oct. 1-June 30	CLOSED.
Bottomfish
	Year-round season. Daily limit is a total of 15 bottomfish (see Definitions) subject to individual limits and seasons shown below. See closures on previous page. Fishing for bottomfish prohibited in waters deeper than 120’. Descending device required onboard vessels.
Lingcod	May 1-June 15	Hook and line season. Min. size 26”. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1.
Lingcod	May 21-June 15	Spearfishing season. Max. size 36”. Daily limit 1.
Surfperch	Year-round	No min. size. Daily limit 10. Except shiner perch daily limit 15: not included in bottomfish limit.
Rockfish	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing.
Pacific Cod, Pollock, Hake	Year-round	No min. size. Daily limit 2 of each species.
Cabezon	May 1-Nov. 30	Min. size 18”. Daily limit 1.
Wolf-Eel	Year-round	CLOSED to retention.
Sixgill, Sevengill, and Thresher Sharks	CLOSED	CLOSED to fishing for, retaining, or possessing. Sixgill shark may not be removed from the water.