Coastal and Puget Sound Commercial Dungeness Crab Rules
Coastal and Puget Sound Commercial Dungeness Crab Rules
New rules, rule amendments, and clarification on existing rules for coastal and Puget Sound commercial Dungeness crab fisheries. These additions and changes are needed to enhance fishery monitoring and risk reduction for marine life entanglements. These new measures accomplish conservation objectives and improve enforceability of current rules
View the CR-101 Rule Preproposal
Note that a rule proposal is still in development and this preproposal notice may only contain broad generalizations of possible changes to the subject rule. More specifics will become available when a CR-102 rule proposal is made available for comment.
Please note: All comments received by WDFW are part of the public record and will be available for public viewing - so please do not include private information in the text of your comments. Comments are subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56.