OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Rangers have cited a Port Angeles man for illegally keeping a bull trout he caught in Lake Mills.
Fishing for bull trout, as well as Dolly Varden char, is prohibited in all Olympic National Park waters. Olympic shelters the largest unaltered tract of bull trout habitat in the contiguous U.S., according to the National Park Service.
The park’s fishing regulations require that if a bull trout or other protected fish is accidentally caught, anglers must safely release the fish. Knowingly taking the fish, one of five Olympic Peninsula fish species listed under the Endangered Species Act, carries a fine of up to $1,300.
The cited angler wasn’t identified by Olympic National Park officials.
