Licensing

• Commercial Fishing License Applications and Information

Selective Fisheries

• Request for Qualifications and Quotation (RFQQ #11-0005) - Alternative Commercial Salmon Fishing Gears & Methods: Lower Columbia River & Estuary - Purse Sein, Beach Seine and Additional Methods
• Commercial Selective Fishing in Washington State
• Current Selective Gear Projects: Lower and Upper Columbia River
• Video: Colville Confederated Tribes’ Selective Fishery Project

Regulations

Fishing

• Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Regulations and Information
• Columbia River Compact Reports, Action Notices and Fact Sheets
• Statewide Quick Report Form: MS Excel | PDF
• Commercial gillnet schedules for Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Bay
• Willapa Bay Special Permit Gillnet Fishery
• Albacore Tuna (Commercial and Recreational Fishery in Washington)
• Purse Seine Fishery for Pacific Sardines (Sardinops Sagax)

Shellfishing

• Commercial Crab Regulations and Information
  • Coastal
  • Puget Sound
• Commercial Razor Clam Fishery
• Commercial Urchin Regulations
• Commercial Cucumber Regulations
• Wild Stock Commercial Geoduck Clam Fishery
• Commercial Coastal Pink Shrimp Fishery

Commercial Fishery Landings

• Columbia River Commercial Landings (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife)
• Willapa Bay Special Permit Gillnet Fishery
• Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Fall Commercial Non-Indian and Tribal Salmon Landings

Ballast Water

• Ballast Water Rules

Derelict (Abandoned) Fishing Gear

• Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project

Tribal Fishing

• NW Indian Fisheries Commission
• Tribal Net Schedules for Coastal Rivers
• 2011-2012 State/Tribal Agreed-to Fisheries Document [PDF]
• Point No Point Treaty Council tribal fishing regulations
• Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Fall Commercial Non-Indian and Tribal Salmon Landings

Other Information

• Economic Analysis of the Non-Treaty Commercial and Recreational Fisheries in Washington State
• WDFW asks fishers to report tagged crabs