Section 220-340-170 - European green crab (Carcinus maenas) restricted shellfish area All waters, embayments, sloughs, tidelands, shellfish handling facilities and equipment within the following are designated as European Green Crab Restricted Shellfish Areas:
(1) Coastal waters: From west of a line projected true north-south through Buoy 10 located between the north and south jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River, northward to the Bonilla-Tatoosh line as defined in WAC 220-300-360;(2) Lower Columbia River: That area within the state of Washington from the Astoria-Megler Bridge west to a line projected true north-south through Buoy 10 located between the north and south jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River.(3) Willapa Bay: Easterly of a line projected from the most northern tip of Leadbetter Point true north to Cape Shoalwater.(4) Grays Harbor: Easterly of a line projected from the outermost end of the north jetty of Grays Harbor to the outermost end of the south jetty of Grays Harbor.(5) Puget Sound: All Washington waters eastward from the Bonilla-Tatoosh line as defined in WAC 220-300-360 and southward from the International Boundary at 49° north latitude to a line drawn between Ta-la Point, Foulweather Bluff, and Double Bluff on Whidbey Island, excluding the waters to the east of Whidbey Island (defined as all waters east of the Deception Pass Bridge and north of a line from the southern tip of Possession Point (47.9061°, -122.3846°) to the shipwreck located 0.8 nautical miles north of Picnic Point (47.8931°, -122.3286°) on the opposite shore).(6) Hood Canal: South of a line drawn between Foulweather Bluff and Tala Point.Wash. Admin. Code § 220-340-170
Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 220-72-086.Amended by WSR 23-06-065, Filed 2/28/2023, effective 3/31/2023Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 03-10-041 (Order 03-86), § 220-72-086, filed 4/30/03, effective 5/31/03.