Licensing

• Commercial Fishing License Applications and Information

Selective Fisheries

• Commercial Selective Fishing in Washington State
• Current Selective Gear Projects: Lower and Upper Columbia River
• 2013 Fall Season Columbia R. Commercial Obsevation Data
• Video: Colville Confederated Tribes’ Selective Fishery Project

Regulations

Fishing

• Coastal Commercial Fisheries Hotline
• Letter to All Licensed Washington Troll Fishers
• Puget Sound Commercial Salmon Regulations and Information
• Columbia River Compact Reports, Action Notices and Fact Sheets
• Statewide Quick Report Form: MS Excel | PDF
• Commercial gillnet schedules for Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Bay
• Puget Sound Commercial Surf Smelt Fishery
• Albacore Tuna (Commercial and Recreational Fishery in Washington)
• Purse Seine Fishery for Pacific Sardines (Sardinops Sagax)

Shellfishing

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

Marine Protected Areas

• Marine Protected Areas in Puget Sound

Commercial Fishery Landings

• Columbia River Commercial Landings (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife)
• Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Fall Commercial Non-Indian and Tribal Salmon Landings

Ballast Water

• Ballast Water Rules

Derelict (Abandoned) Fishing Gear

• Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project

Tribal Fishing

• NW Indian Fisheries Commission
• Tribal Net Schedules for Coastal Rivers
• Tribal Net Catch for Coastal Rivers
• 2012-2013 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
• Columbia River Inter-tribal Fish Commission

Other Information

• Economic Analysis of the Non-Treaty Commercial and Recreational Fisheries in Washington State
• WDFW asks fishers to report tagged crabs
• NOAA 2011 Fisheries Economics of the U.S.
• Agencies
  • Pacific Salmon Commission
  • International Pacific Halibut Commission
  • Pacific Fishery Management Council
  • Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • NOAA Northwest Region Fisheries Management