Annual Postseason Report 2004-05 Fishing Season
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WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE PUGET SOUND TREATY INDIAN TRIBES June 2005 Comprehensive Management Plan for Puget Sound Chinook ~ Harvest Management Component AnnualAnnual PostseasonPostseason ReportReport 20042004--0505 FishingFishing SeasonSeason June 28, 2005 Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Annual Postseason Report Puget Sound Chinook Comprehensive Harvest Management Plan 2004-05 Fishing Season Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and 1 Puget Sound Treaty Indian Tribes June 28, 2005 1 Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha S’Klallam Tribe, Lummi Nation, Makah Tribe, Muckleshoot Tribe, Nisqually Tribe, Nooksack Tribe, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, PuyallupTribe, Sauk-Suiattle Tribe, Skokomish Tribe, Squaxin Island Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe, Suquamish Tribe, Swinomish Tribal Community, Tulalip Tribes, and Upper Skagit Tribe; Point No Point Treaty Council, Skagit River System Cooperative, and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. Acknowledgements Chief Editors Teresa Scott Will Beattie Washington Department of Fish and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Wildlife This report could never be completed without the contributions of a great number of managers and scientists throughout the Puget Sound region. The following is by no means an exhaustive list of all the people whose participation was critical to completion of the report. Tribes Rebecca Bernard (Skagit River System Cooperative), Alan Chapman (Lummi Nation), Scott Chitwood (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe), Ned Currence (Nooksack Tribe), John Drotts (Stillaguamish Tribe), Cindy Gray (Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe), Paul Hage (Muckleshoot Tribe), Laura Hanlon (Skokomish Tribe), Hayman (Skagit River System Cooperative), Dave Herrera (Skokomish Tribe), Bob Richard Johnson (Muckleshoot Tribe), Nick Lampsakis (Point No Point Treaty Council), Marla Maxwell (Tulalip Tribes), Dee McClanahan (Makah Tribe), Doug Morrill (Lower Elwha S’Klallam Tribe), Michelle Myers (Upper Skagit Tribe), Chris Phinney (Puyallup Tribe), Kit Rawson (Tulalip Tribes), Craig Smith (Nisqually Tribe), Jay Zischke (Suquamish Tribe) Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Craig Bowhay, Bill Patton, Amy Seiders Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Mark Baltzell, Captain Michael Cenci, Lee Ayn Dyer, Steve Foley, Tasha Geiger, Angelika Hagen-Breaux, Lee Hoines, Kirt Hughs, Chad Jackson, Karen Kloempken, Curtis Kraemer, Larrie LaVoy, John Long, Don Noviello, Terrie Manning, Susan Markey, Doug Milward, Deb Naylor, Laurie Peterson, Bruce Sanford, Jim Scott, Sheila Smith, Steven Thiesfeld. Cover Photo: Steven Foley, WDFW. 2004 Lake Washington Sockeye Fishery. Table of Contents Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... v 1. Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1 2. 2004-09 HMP Management Objectives ...............................................................................................3 3. Predicted and actual spawning escapement estimates .......................................................................5 3.1 2004 Spawning Escapements ....................................................................................................5 3.1.1 Nooksack.................................................................................................................................7 3.1.2 Skagit and Snohomish.............................................................................................................8 3.1.3 Stillaguamish ...........................................................................................................................8 3.1.4 Green.......................................................................................................................................9 3.1.5 Puyallup...................................................................................................................................9 3.1.6 White River Spring Chinook ....................................................................................................9 3.1.7 Nisqually ................................................................................................................................10 3.1.8 Mid-Hood Canal.....................................................................................................................10 3.1.9 Dungeness and Skokomish...................................................................................................10 3.1.10 Elwha River ...........................................................................................................................11 3.2 Spawning Escapement Trends.................................................................................................12 4. Exploitation Rates...............................................................................................................................15 4.1 Exploitation Rate Performance Review; Trends.......................................................................17 4.2 Exploitation Rate Assessment ..................................................................................................17 4.2.1 Did the management of fisheries achieve exploitation rates that were less than or equal to exploitation rate objectives in the Plan?................................................................................18 4.2.2 How well does our primary fishery management decisionmaking tool predict exploitation rates?.....................................................................................................................................19 5. 2004-05 Commercial Fisheries & Catch Summary............................................................................21 5.1 Introduction to Commercial Seasons........................................................................................21 5.2 Introduction to Commercial Catch ............................................................................................24 5.2.1 Overview of Major Fisheries Affecting Puget Sound Chinook...............................................25 5.3 Strait of Juan de Fuca and San Juan Islands Preterminal Areas.............................................27 5.3.1 Pre-terminal Agreed-to Fishing Schedules............................................................................27 5.3.2 Preterminal Catch Summary Table .......................................................................................28 5.3.3 Preterminal Fishery Discussion.............................................................................................29 5.4 Nooksack - Samish Terminal Area ...........................................................................................32 5.4.1 Nooksack-Samish Agreed-to Fishing Schedules ..................................................................33 5.4.2 Nooksack-Samish Terminal Catch Summary Table .............................................................34 5.4.3 Nooksack-Samish Terminal Fisheries Discussion ................................................................34 5.5 Skagit Bay and Skagit River Terminal Area .............................................................................34 5.5.1 Skagit Agreed-to Fishing Schedule.......................................................................................35 5.5.2 Skagit Terminal Catch Summary Table.................................................................................36 5.5.3 Skagit Terminal Fishery Discussion ......................................................................................37 5.6 Stillaguamish and Snohomish Terminal Area...........................................................................39 5.6.1 Stillaguamish-Snohomish Agreed-to Fishing Schedules ......................................................39 5.6.2 Stillaguamish-Snohomish Terminal Fishery Summary Table ...............................................40 5.6.3 Stillaguamish-Snohomish Terminal Fishery Discussion .......................................................41 5.7 South Puget Sound Terminal Area...........................................................................................42 5.7.1 South Sound Agreed-to Fishing Schedules ..........................................................................42 5.7.2 South Puget Sound Terminal Catch Summary Table ...........................................................45 5.7.3 South Sound Extreme Terminal Area Fishery Discussions ..................................................48 5.8 Hood Canal Terminal Area .......................................................................................................51 5.8.1 Hood Canal Fishing Schedules .............................................................................................51 5.8.2 Hood Canal Terminal Fishery Summary Table .....................................................................53 5.8.3 Hood Canal Fisheries Discussion .........................................................................................54 5.9 Strait of Juan de Fuca Tributaries (including Dungeness Bay) ................................................55 2004 Puget Sound Chinook HMP Postseason Report - June 28, 2005 Page i 5.9.1 Strait of Juan de Fuca Tributaries Fishing Schedules...........................................................55 5.9.2 Strait of Juan de Fuca Tributaries Fisheries Summary Table...............................................56