The Sol Duc River has closed to all fishing from the hatchery outfall creek upstream to the concrete pump station. Low water conditions are causing a delay in migration past the hatchery, resulting in greater vulnerability of the wild spring/summer chinook to fishing pressure. This is likely to remain a problem until stream flows increase with the fall rains.
The Quileute Tribe is implementing a similar closure to subsistence fishing near the hatchery, according to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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