WA State Commercial Sea Cucumber Fishery

The 2024-25 WDFW state commercial fishery season will begin on Monday August 5th, 2024 and end on November 17th, 2024. During this 15-week catch accounting period, each sea cucumber license will have a total limit of 9,300 pounds. The weekly trip limit will be 1,500 pounds/license/week. Any remaining quota will be reopened in early December 2024. Standby for updated regulations. The quotas below are preliminary until the co-manager harvest plan has been officially signed.

For harvesters planning to work in District 5 (South Sound), please contact me directly by Monday July 29th to be included in the partial limits.

Harvest quotas and landings

Sea Cucumber Harvest Area2023-24 State Quota Share2023-24 State  Fishery Landings
San Juan Island - District 1113,459 lbsOpens Aug 5
Strait of Juan de Fuca - District 2-163,956 lbsOpens Aug 5
Admiralty Inlet - District 2-242,593 lbsOpens Aug 5
Central Puget Sound - District 3CLOSEDCLOSED
Hood Canal - District 4CLOSEDCLOSED
South Puget Sound - District 5 areas 28A-D8,775 lbsOpens Aug 5
South Puget Sound - District 5 area 26D5,432 lbsOpens Aug 5

Regulations

Sea cucumber harvest is currently closed.

Sea cucumber harvest districts and reporting areas
Photo by WDFW

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