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Puget Sound Dungeness Crab
CATCH RECORD CARDS

[ INTRODUCTION ]      [ INSTRUCTIONS AND EXAMPLES ]

REMEMBER...
All people fishing for Dungeness crab in Puget Sound must carry and maintain a catch record card. Information from these cards must be reported to WDFW even if the cardholder did not go fishing or catch any crab during each season.
(WAC 220-56-175)

INTRODUCTION

Washington state law requires all recreational Dungeness crab fishers, regardless of age, to have a current catch record card and Puget Sound crab endorsement. Fishers age 15 years and older also must have a fishing license. Crab fishers 14 years and younger are not required to have a fishing license. All people who fail to carry and maintain a catch record card are subject to a citation, which carries a fine of $80.

In addition to knowing and following the fishing rules, one of the most important responsibilities crabbers have as stewards of the resource is complying with catch record card requirements.

All crab fishers will receive two crab catch record cards when they receive a Puget Sound crab endorsement. Information from catch record cards must be reported by September 15th, following the summer fishery, and January 15th, following the winter fishery. Information must be reported even if the cardholder did not go fishing or catch any crab during each season. Catch record card information can be reported online; or completed cards can be dropped off at a WDFW regional office, or mailed to:

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Fish Program Catch Record Card Office
600 Capitol Way N
Olympia, WA 98501-1091

Dungeness crab catch record cards are not required for ocean fishing (marine areas 1-4, west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line).

Fishery managers rely on catch information provided by crab fishers to manage the Puget Sound Dungeness crab fishery and plan future seasons. When properly maintained, these cards provide an up-to-date and ongoing account of each crabber's catch throughout each crabbing season.

 

Please check Fishing Regulation page for regulation changes
or
Shellfish Hotline 1-866-880-5431 (360-796-3215 locally)



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