WA State Commercial Sea Cucumber Fishery

This primary sea cucumber harvest season lasts until November 17. The mop-up season can begin within 2 weeks thereafter.  Harvesters, please contact me directly to participate in the mop-up season. 

Updated landings below. 

Harvest quotas and landings

Sea Cucumber Harvest Area2023-24 State Quota Share2023-24 State  Fishery Landings
San Juan Island - District 1113,459 lbs80,000
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

WAC 220-340-73000T   Sea Cucumbers

   Effective September 16, 2024, until further notice, the following provisions of WAC 220‑340‑730 regarding Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber harvest seasons and landing limits shall be as described herein. All other provisions of WAC 220-340-730 not addressed herein, and unless otherwise amended, remain in effect:

  1. Sea cucumber harvest using shellfish diver gear is allowed in Sea Cucumber District 1 Monday through Sunday of each week. 
  2. It is unlawful for any harvester to fish for, take, or possess for commercial purposes more than 1,500 pounds of sea cucumber per license for each weekly fishery opening period.
  3. The maximum cumulative landing of sea cucumbers from August 5 through November 17, 2024, is 9,300 pounds per valid designated sea cucumber harvest license. 
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