Regulations & Seasons

Sport Fishing Seasons and Regulations

GENERAL REGULATIONS AND SEASONS

• 2016-2017 Sportfishing Regulation Pamphlet
• Emergency Rule Changes
• Fishing Regulation Hotline Numbers
• Coastal Salmon Hotline
• Southwest Washington (Region 5) Fishing Hotline

COLUMBIA RIVER

• Columbia River Compact Reports, Action Notices and Fact Sheets

COASTAL HALIBUT and BOTTOMFISH

• Coastal recreational halibut and bottomfish seasons and regulations

PUGET SOUND HALIBUT

• Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons and regulations

OTHER INFORMATION

• Marine Protected Areas in Puget Sound
• Commission restricts the use of lead fishing tackle on lakes with loons
• Orca Whales and Boating Regulations

Season Setting

• Lake Roosevelt redband rainbow trout harvest proposals
• 2017-2018 Sportfishing Rule Development Process
• North of Falcon: Setting Salmon Fishing Seasons
• How salmon fishing seasons are set
• WDFW Rules Information Center

Catch Reporting

• Catch Record Card Questions & Answers
• Voluntary Salmon Angler Trip Reports
• Online Puget Sound Dungeness Crab Catch Reporting

Sport Shellfishing Seasons and Regulations

GENERAL REGULATIONS AND SEASONS

• 2016-2017 Sportfishing Regulation Pamphlet
• Emergency Rule Changes

CLAMS & OYSTERS

• Shellfishing Beach Maps and Regulations

CRAB

• Recreational Crab Fishing
• Catch Record Card Rule for Dungeness Crab
• Report your Puget Sound Dungeness Crab catch online

RAZOR CLAMS

• Razor Clam Season Updates
• Recreational Razor Clamming

SHRIMP

• Recreational Shrimp Fishing

SQUID

• Recreational Squid Fishing

Tribal Fishing Regulations and Seasons

• Tribal Net Schedules for Coastal Rivers
• 2016-2017 State/Tribal Agreed-to Fisheries Document [PDF]
• Point No Point Treaty Council tribal fishing regulations
• Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Fall Commercial Non-Indian and Tribal Salmon Landings
• NW Indian Fisheries Commission

Commercial Regulations

FISHING

• Coastal Commercial Fisheries Hotline
• Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Regulations and Information
• Columbia River Compact Reports, Action Notices and Fact Sheets
• Commercial gillnet schedules for Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Bay
• Albacore Tuna [Commercial and Recreational Fishery in Washington]

SHELLFISHING

• Commercial Crab Regulations and Information
  • Coastal
  • Puget Sound
• Commercial Razor Clam Fishery
• Commercial Urchin Regulations
• Commercial Cucumber Regulations
• Commercial Puget Sound Geoduck Regulations and Atlas
• Commercial Coastal Pink Shrimp Fishery

MARINE PROTECTED AREAS

• Marine Protected Areas in Puget Sound

BALLAST WATER

• Ballast Water Rules