See closures on Marine Preserves, Conservation Areas and Shellfish Protection Zones. For Octopus Protection Areas see Īll Waters except Marine Area 12, Marine Preserves, Conservation Areas, and Octopus Protection Areas Chemical irritants cannot be used to take octopus. May be caught incidentally using shellfish pot gear during a lawful shellfish pot fishery or hook and line gear during a lawful hook and line fishery. Must be caught with hands or instrument which does not penetrate the octopus. See year-round harvest closures and advisories and area closures on Marine Preserves, Conservation Areas and Shellfish Protection Zones. See Marine Area 12 for season information Caution: for Shellfish Safety and Department of Health contact information see Shellfish Safety Information. Seasons in Puget Sound are the same as clam seasons on each beach. Pacific Ocean Beaches (Outside Olympic National Park) The first is to chill them in ice or ice slurry for 20-30 minutes, and the second is to pierce their head with a knife.Ĭaution: for Shellfish Safety and Department of Health contact information see Shellfish Safety Information.
#WASHINGTON SQUEED HOW TO#
How to humanely kill and preserve crayfish: There are two important steps to killing a crayfish quickly and humanely. If you cannot positively identify your catch as a nonnative species, the daily limit and other restrictions listed above for native crayfish apply. Native crayfish are the only crayfish that may be removed from the vicinity of the waterbody alive. This species can be identified by its uniform brownish coloration, white or light coloration of the claw joint ,and the smooth surface of its carapace and claws compared to that of nonnative species. There is only one native crayfish species in Washington - the signal crayfish ( Pacifastacus leniusculus).
#WASHINGTON SQUEED LICENSE#
No Shellfish/Seaweed license is required. No daily limit, size, or sex restrictions. Must be dead before being removed from riparian area (immediate vicinity of water body).
All females with eggs or young attached must be immediately returned to the water unharmed. size 3¼" from tip of rostrum (nose) to tip of tail. See Crab Rules for crab harvest information and Statewide Gear Rules for crab gear rules.
For species with a minimum size, measure across longest distance of shell. in the shell, all species combined (excluding horse clams and geoducks). Daily limit first 7 dug regardless of size or condition (broken clams count towards limit).ĭaily limit no more than 40 clams, not to exceed 10 lbs. Geoduck cylinder max diameter is 24" and must be non-mechanized and hand-operated. It is unlawful to possess only the neck of a geoduck. It is unlawful to thrust any instrument through the neck of a geoduck. See Shellfish/Seaweed Regulations for season information See year-round harvest closures and advisories on Shellfish Safety Information and area closures on Marine Preserves, Conservation Areas and Shellfish Protection Zones. To reduce clam mortality, please push any undersized or discarded clams into the refilled holes. Clam harvesters must refill holes created while digging. Unfilled harvesting holes and sediment piles can damage clam habitat and kill clams. The tide and waves do not quickly refill holes created by harvesters. Each digger must use a separate container. Clams can be dug by hand or hand-operated fork, pick, rake, or shovel. Biotoxins can present hazards in any clam species, and butter and varnish clams can retain elevated levels of biotoxins for extended periods. Abalone have been listed as an endangered species.Īlways check the local biotoxin status before harvesting via the biotoxin hotline (1-80) or.
The closure is necessary to allow recovery of stocks. Surveys show a continued decline in numbers of all size abalone. Marine areas subject to seasonal/conservation closures, check the latest emergency rules at For more detailed information about shellfish, please visit and search by species name.
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