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POLICY DECISION

General Policies

• Preserve, protect, and perpetuate Puget Sound shrimp resources and associated habitat.
• Allocate the harvest opportunity between state and treaty Indian fisheries consistent with applicable federal court orders.
• Accurately monitor all recreational and commercial shrimp harvests.
• Strive to obtain biological and stock assessment information to improved harvest models.
• Manage Puget Sound shrimp fisheries conservatively until stock assessments and yield models are available.

Regional Management Policies

• Region 1 - Provide for stable and economically viable commercial shrimp trawl and shrimp pot fisheries consistent with resource conservation goals. Maintain a quality recreational fishery through the use of recreational exclusive use areas where needed.
• Regions 2 and 4 - Provide for growth of the recreational and commercial coon stripe and pink shrimp pot fisheries consistent with conservation goals. Maintain a quality recreational fishery through the use of recreational exclusive use areas where needed. For spot shrimp, the Department's management intent will be to approximate a 60/40 recreational/commercial split on an annual/long term basis.
• Region 3 - Provide for stable and economically viable commercial shrimp trawl and shrimp pot fisheries consistent with resource conservation goals. Maintain a quality recreational fishery through the use of recreational exclusive use areas where needed. The state fishery in Port Angeles Harbor and Discovery Bay will be managed for the exclusive benefit of the recreational fishery.
• Region 5 - The state fishery in Hood Canal will be managed for the exclusive benefit of the recreational fishery.
• Region 6 - Provide for growth of the recreational and commercial coon stripe and pink shrimp pot fisheries consistent with conservation goals. Maintain a quality recreational fishery through the use of recreational exclusive use areas where needed. The spot shrimp resource in these regions will be managed for the benefit of both the commercial and recreational shrimp pot fisheries.