WA State Commercial Sea Cucumber Fishery

This primary sea cucumber harvest season will be closed as of November 18th. Updated regulations below.

The mop-up season will open on Monday December 2nd with a weekly limit of 1500 pounds/license. There will be approximately 24,000 pounds remaining in District 1, and 5,000 pounds remaining in District 2-1. Harvesters, please contact me directly by November 29th to participate in the mop-up season to indicate which area you plan to harvest. 

Harvest quotas and landings

Sea Cucumber Harvest Area2023-24 State Quota Share2023-24 State  Fishery Landings
San Juan Island - District 1113,459 lbs88,500
Strait of Juan de Fuca - District 2-163,956 lbs58,898 (CLOSED)
Admiralty Inlet - District 2-242,593 lbs44,571 (CLOSED)
Central Puget Sound - District 3CLOSEDCLOSED
Hood Canal - District 4CLOSEDCLOSED
South Puget Sound - District 5 areas 28A-D8,775 lbs8,633 (CLOSED)
South Puget Sound - District 5 area 26D5,432 lbs5,318 (CLOSED)

Regulations

R E P E A L E R 

 

   The following section of Washington Administrative Code is repealed, effective November 18, 2024:

 

   WAC 220-340-73000T   Sea Cucumbers  (24-186)

 

Sea cucumber harvest districts and reporting areas

Closed areas pertain to the commercial sea cucumber fishery. In addition, see permanent WACs 220-302 and 220-303 for more information on Marine Preserves and Conservation Area closures. Legal descriptions of commercial sea cucumber harvest districts are found in WAC 220-340-730 Sea Cucumbers. Legal descriptions of commercial sea cucumber catch reporting areas can be found in WAC 220-301-040 Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas within Puget Sound.

Permanent WACs