Washington State Dungeness Crab Season 2024 Results

Washington State Dungeness Crab Season 2024 Results. The law requires that a catch record card must be in your possession when you are fishing for these species. The catch record card is an important management tool for estimating the recreational catch of salmon, steelhead, sturgeon, halibut and puget sound dungeness crab.

 — some 60 vessels in washington’s oceangoing crab fleet worked through a stormy december to bring in more than 4.69 million pounds of dungeness in a strong start to the annual harvest. The pacific northwest crab research group connects fisheries management scientists and resource managers, facilitating collaboration and information sharing.