Preserve, protect, and perpetuate Puget Sound shrimp resources and associated habitat.
Provide for shrimp trawl and shrimp pot fisheries in a manner that is consistent with
resource conservation goals.
Allocate the harvest opportunity between state and treaty Indian fisheries consistent with
applicable federal court orders.
Monitor all non-Indian recreational and commercial shrimp harvests for accurate catch
accounting.
Obtain biological and stock assessment information to improve the Department's
understanding of the effectiveness of the current harvest management strategy.
Manage Puget Sound shrimp fisheries conservatively until fishery impacts to stock
abundance are better understood.
Adopt provisions of this policy for a minimum of five years, unless a buy-back program
of commercial licenses succeeds. Region specific allocations will be reassessed if the
number of commercial shrimp permits is reduced by at least four.
Regional Management Policies
Region 1 - The recreational spot shrimp fishery will be designed for an annual harvest allocation up to 15% of the state spot shrimp share, and the state commercial fishery will be allocated up to 85% of the state spot shrimp share. The non-spot pot recreational fisheries will be managed for up to 10% of the non-Indian share, and the non-spot pot commercial fishery will be managed for the remaining non-Indian share. The state shrimp trawl fishery in Region 1 will be managed for the exclusive benefit of the commercial fishery.
Regions 2 and 4 - Design the recreational spot shrimp fishery to take up to 60% of the non-
Indian spot shrimp share, and the non-Indian commercial spot shrimp fishery to catch
approximately 40% of the annual non-Indian share. The state non-spot pot recreational fisheries
will be managed for up to 10% of the non-Indian share, and the state non-spot pot commercial
fisheries will be managed for the remaining non-Indian share.
Region 3 - The state shrimp fishery in Port Angeles Harbor and Discovery Bay Districts will be
managed for the exclusive benefit of the recreational fishery. The state spot shrimp recreational
fishery outside the Districts will be managed for up to 15% of the state share, and the state
commercial fishery outside the Districts will be managed for the remaining non-Indian share.
The non-spot pot recreational fishery in Region 3 outside the Port Angeles Harbor and Discovery Bay Districts will be managed for up to 10% of the non-Indian share, and the non-spot pot commercial fishery outside these Districts will be managed for the remaining non-Indian share. The state shrimp trawl fishery in Region 3 will be managed for the exclusive benefit of the
commercial fishery.
Region 5 - The state fishery in Hood Canal will be managed for the exclusive benefit of the
recreational fishery.
Region 6 - The recreational spot and non-spot shrimp fishery in Region 6 will be managed for
up to 40% of the non-Indian share, and the commercial spot and non-spot shrimp fishery will be
managed for the remaining non-Indian share.
