Section 220-340-470 - Commercial crab fishery-Gear limits-Puget Sound and Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas(1)Puget Sound licensing district commercial shellfish gear limit. It is unlawful for any person to take or fish for crab for commercial purposes in the Puget Sound licensing district if he or she is using, operating, or controlling any more than an aggregate total of 100 shellfish pots. This limit applies to each license. This subsection does not preclude a person who holds two or three Puget Sound crab licenses from designating and using the licenses from one vessel as authorized by RCW 77.65.130. Violation of this subsection is a gross misdemeanor, punishable under RCW 77.15.520 Commercial fishing -Unlawful gear or methods-Penalty.(2)Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas gear limits. It is unlawful for any person to use, maintain, operate, or control crab pots in excess of the per-license limits prescribed in each of the following shellfish management units.(a) Twenty pots in Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 25E.(b) Twenty pots in all waters of the Sequim Bay Crustacean Special Management Area (WAC 220-320-120) .(c) Twenty pots in all waters of the Port Townsend Bay Crustacean Special Management Area (WAC 220-320-120) . (d) Twenty pots in the Port Angeles Harbor Crustacean Special Management Area (WAC 220-320-120) .(3) Violation of subsection (2) of this section is a gross misdemeanor, punishable under RCW 77.15.520 Commercial fishing-Unlawful gear or methods-Penalty.Wash. Admin. Code § 220-340-470
Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 220-52-048.Amended by WSR 22-08-048, Filed 3/31/2022, effective 5/1/2022Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.055, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. 12-23-016 (Order 12-267), § 220-52-048, filed 11/9/12, effective 12/10/12.