Commercial sea urchin fishery

For red urchin in District 4, the remaining quota has been reached and it is now closed.

This concludes the 2022-23 state sea urchin fishery season. Harvesters, please remember to mail in your logbook pages.

Harvest quotas and landings

WDFW-managed state sea urchin quota shares and preliminary landings for the 2022-2023 season:

Green urchins

Sea Urchin Harvest Area 2022-23 State Share (pounds) Preliminary Landings (pounds)
District 1 (San Juan Island Area) 150,000 95,345 (CLOSED)
District 2 (Admiralty Area) 40,000 38,566 (CLOSED)
District 3 & 4 (Strait Area, excluding Neah Bay) 50,000 49,477 (CLOSED)
District 5 (Neah Bay Area) CLOSED CLOSED
Districts 6 & 7 (South/Central Puget Sound Area) 25,000 27,090 (CLOSED)

Red urchins

Sea Urchin Harvest Area 2022-23 State Share (pounds) Preliminary Landings (pounds)
District 1 (San Juan Island Area) 83,862 83,759 (CLOSED)
District 2 (Admiralty Area) 13,000 12,947 (CLOSED)
District 3 (Port Angeles Area) 63,204 63,395 (CLOSED)
District 4 (Sekiu Area) 42,608 42,413 (CLOSED)
District 5 (Neah Bay Area) CLOSED CLOSED

 

Regulations

  

R E P E A L E R

 

   The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective immediately:

 

   WAC 220-340-75000W   Commercial sea urchin fisheries. (23-44)

 

Sea urchin harvest districts

Closed areas pertain to the commercial sea urchin 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 urchin harvest districts are found in WAC 220-340-750: Sea Urchins. Legal descriptions of commercial sea urchin catch reporting areas can be found in WAC 220-301-040: Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas within Puget Sound.

Permanent WACs

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