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Licensing and reporting requirements To fish for crab in Washington state: All sport crabbers 15 years or older must carry a current Washington fishing license. Options range from an annual shellfish/seaweed license to combination fishing licenses, valid for a single day or up to a year.   All sport crabbers, regardless of age, must obtain and carry a crab licensing endorsement to fish for crab in Puget Sound. The endorsement costs $3 for crabbers 15 years and older, but is free for those 14 years and younger.   All sport crabbers, regardless of age, who fish for crab in Puget Sound must carry and complete catch record cards to account for all Dungeness crab they catch. They also must complete their catch record cards even if they did not go crabbing or catch any crab.   Information from catch record cards must be returned to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife at the end of both the summer and fall/winter seasons. Crabbers have several options for reporting their catch information. They can report online, drop the cards off at a WDFW regional office, or mail them to: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Fish Program Catch Record Card Office 600 Capitol Way N Olympia, WA 98501-1091