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For more information on
fishing, please contact the
WDFW Fish Program.
360-902-2700
For fishing regulation
questions, e-mail us at:
fishregs@dfw.wa.gov
For all other questions and comments, e-mail us at:
fishpgm@dfw.wa.gov
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Allows you to fish in freshwater and saltwater, and harvest shellfish (including razor clams) and seaweed (optional catch record card included; see Fishing in Washington regulation pamphlet for catch record card requirements).
Allows you to harvest razor clams, red rock, coastal Dungeness crab, goose barnacles, mussels, octopus, oysters, scallops, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, shrimp, softshell and hardshell clams, squid, and seaweed. No catch record card is required.
These short-term licenses work just like a combination license. This license is NOT valid for game fish for the 8-day period beginning the last Saturday in April, unless you are active duty resident military personnel.
Spot
(Pandalus platyceros) |
Coonstripe
(P. danae and P. hypsinotus) |
Pink
(P. eous and P. jordani) |
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(Marine Areas 5-13 and Marine Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line).
1st
Saturday in May through May 31:
DAILY
LIMIT OF 80 SHRIMP.
Shrimp heads may be removed while in the field, prior to coming ashore.
The minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is 1" mesh (click here for current gear rules).
June
1 through October 15:
DAILY
LIMIT OF 10 POUNDS, heads and tails, of all shrimp species combined
(maximum of 80 spot shrimp - if open for spot shrimp).
Shrimp heads may be removed, but must be retained while in the field,
until ashore and finished fishing for the day.
The minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is 1" mesh unless the area is closed
for spot shrimp, but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp, then the
minimum size for shrimp pots is 1/2" mesh (click here for current gear rules).
(Marine Areas 1-3 and Marine Area 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line)
Pacific Ocean shrimp grounds are located a considerable distance from shore (30 miles or more) and as a result are generally inaccessible by the casual sport fisher.
DAILY
LIMIT OF 10 POUNDS, heads and tails, of all shrimp species combined
(maximum of 80 spot shrimp).
Shrimp heads may be removed, but must be retained while in the field,
until ashore and finished fishing for the day.
The minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is 1" mesh (click here for current gear rules).
Each
harvester must have a separate container for their catch, either in
their possession or identified with their name.
No minimum carapace size.
Maximum of two shrimp pots per person and no more than four shrimp pots
per boat.
Prior
to harvesting, check the Shellfish Rule Change free Hotline (866) 880-5431
or http://wdfw.wa.gov for season closures
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