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Recreational Shrimp Fishing

	Click Description for complete Rules & Seasons
Marine Area	Description	Status
1	Pacific Ocean - Ilwaco	OPEN ALL YEAR
2	Pacific Ocean - Westport/Ocean Shores	OPEN ALL YEAR
3	Pacific Ocean - LaPush	OPEN ALL YEAR
4	West of Tatoosh-Bonilla Line (Pacific Ocean)	OPEN ALL YEAR
4	Neah Bay east of Tatoosh - Bonilla line	CLOSED
5	Western Strait of Juan De Fuca	CLOSED
6	Port Angeles Harbor, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca	CLOSED
6	Discovery Bay Shrimp District	CLOSED
7	South - Iceberg Point	CLOSED
7	North & Central - San Juan Islands, Bellingham Bay, Gulf of Georgia	CLOSED
8-1	8-1 Deception Pass	CLOSED
8-2	8-2 Port Susan, Port Gardner, Everett	CLOSED
9	Port Townsend Bay, Admiralty Inlet	CLOSED
10	Elliott Bay, Seattle/Bremerton	CLOSED
11	Tacoma-Vashon Island	CLOSED
12	Hood Canal	CLOSED
13	South Puget Sound, Carr Inlet	CLOSED

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Notice to 2011 Hood Canal shrimp fishers from the Washington State Parks Department:
Due to construction, Twanoh State Park will have limited parking facilities for boaters this year. Fishers are encouraged to find alternate launch sites. Construction will begin on April 18 and is scheduled for completion by June 30.

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