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Puget
Sound Dungeness Crab Catch 1996-2007
The catch by recreational
crabbers in Puget Sound more than doubled from 1996 to 2003 according
to estimates by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Prior to 1996 recreational harvest estimates were not made.
Since 2005 harvest shortfalls ave occurred in both the state and tribal Dungeness crab fisheries in Puget Sound.
| Season |
State
Commercial |
State
Recreational |
State
Total |
Tribal
Total |
Total
Puget Sound |
| 1996-97 |
2,273,923 |
806,034 |
3,079,957 |
2,962,207 |
6,042,164 |
| 1997-98 |
2,721,598 |
1,059,008 |
3,780,606 |
3,468,128 |
7,248,734 |
| 1998-99 |
1,991,975 |
1,114,128 |
3,106,103 |
3,292,531 |
6,398,634 |
| 1999-00 |
2,222,726 |
1,099,365 |
3,322,091 |
3,304,369 |
6,626,460 |
| 2000-01 |
2,546,692 |
1,453,823 |
4,000,515 |
4,132,222 |
8,132,737 |
| 2001-02 |
3,105,872 |
1,264,575 |
4,370,447 |
4,400,115 |
8,770,562 |
| 2002-03 |
2,857,854 |
1,339,073 |
4,196,927 |
4,172,496 |
8,369,423 |
| 2003-04 |
2,877,619 |
1,706,906 |
4,584,525 |
4,008,988 |
8,593,513 |
| 2004-05 |
2,406,932 |
1,620,847 |
4,027,779 |
3,997,755 |
8,025,534 |
| 2005-06 |
2,536,271 |
1,213,654 |
3,749,925 |
3,968,048 |
7,717,973 |
| 2006-07 |
2,643,160 |
1,219,551 |
3,862,711 |
3,956,735 |
7,819,446
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