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Section 220-320-120 - Puget Sound Crustacean (crab and shrimp) Special Management Areas

Wash. Admin. Code § 220-320-120

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Current through Register Vol. 24-20, October 15, 2024
Section 220-320-120 - Puget Sound Crustacean (crab and shrimp) Special Management Areas

The following areas shall be defined as Puget Sound Crustacean (crab and shrimp) Special Management Areas (CSMA):

(1) Discovery Bay:
(a) Crustacean Special Management Area: All waters of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 25E - Discovery Bay south of a line from Diamond Point (48.0945°, -122.9152°) to Cape George (48.1034°, -122.8847°).
(b) Shrimp District: All waters of Catch Area 25E and those waters of Catch Area 25A south of a line from McCurdy Point (48.1358°, -122.8374°) on the Quimper Peninsula to the northern tip of Protection Island (48.1327°, -122.9285°), then to Rocky Point (48.0964°, -122.9754°) on the Miller Peninsula.
(2) Dungeness Bay CSMA: All waters of Dungeness Bay west of the -123.1103° (123°06.6') longitude line originating from the New Dungeness Light (48.1818°, -123.1103°).
(3) Everett Flats CSMA: That portion of Catch Area 26A-E (see WAC 220-320-110) east of a line from western edge of Howarth Park (47.9619°, -122.2441°) true north to the southern tip of Gedney (Hat) Island (48.0048°, -122.3060°) and that portion of 24B east of a line from the northern tip of Gedney (Hat) Island (48.0215°, -122.3274°) to Camano Head (48.0570°, -122.3580°) and south of a line drawn from Ca-mano Head to Hermosa Point (48.0620°, -122.2935°) on the Tulalip reservation.
(4) Port Angeles Harbor CSMA: That portion of Marine Fish-Shellfish Catch Area 23D west of a line from the Ediz Hook Light (48.1400°, -123.4025°) to the site of the ITT Rayonier Dock (48.1169°, -123.4083°).
(5) Port Townsend Bay CSMA: Those waters of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 25D within a line projected from the Point Hudson Marina entrance to the northern tip of Indian Island (48.0853°, -122.7303°), thence to Kala Point (48.0575°, -122.7674°) and thence following the shoreline to the point of origin.
(6) Sequim Bay CSMA: All waters of Sequim Bay south of Travis Spit and a line west from the western tip of Travis Spit (Klapot Point) to the dock at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (48.0793°, -123.0452°).

Wash. Admin. Code § 220-320-120

Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 220-16-270.
Amended by WSR 22-08-048, Filed 3/31/2022, effective 5/1/2022
Amended by WSR 23-22-110, Filed 10/31/2023, effective 12/1/2023, to 1/1/2024

Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-16-270, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-16-270, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-16-097 (Order 03-180), § 220-16-270, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 01-03-016 (Order 00-271), § 220-16-270, filed 1/5/01, effective 2/5/01; Order 817, § 220-16-270, filed 5/29/69. Formerly WAC 220-16-020 (part).