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Recreational Shrimp Seasons and Harvest Rules

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Marine Area(s) Description
1 Pacific Ocean - Ilwaco
2 Pacific Ocean - Westport/Ocean Shores
Willapa Bay - Area 2-1
Grays Harbor - Area 2-2
3 Pacific Ocean - LaPush
4 West of Tatoosh-Bonilla Line (Pacific Ocean)
4-5 Neah Bay east of Tatoosh - Bonilla line
Western Strait of Juan De Fuca
6 Port Angeles Harbor, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca
6 Discovery Bay Shrimp District
7 South - Iceberg Point and Biz Point
North & Central - San Juan Islands, Bellingham Bay, Gulf of Georgia
8-1 Deception Pass
8-2 Port Susan, Port Gardner, Everett
9 Port Townsend Bay, Admiralty Inlet
10 Elliott Bay, Seattle/Bremerton
11 Tacoma-Vashon Island
12 Hood Canal
13 South Puget Sound, Carr Inlet

 

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