Nine of Washington’s inland waters crab management zones including Marine Area 7 (the greater San Juan Islands) will reopen for fall/winter personal use gathering of Dungeness and red rock crab, Saturday, Oct. 13 at 8 a. m.
The other marine areas reopening then are 4 (east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line), 5, 6, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 12 and 13.
All areas will be open to crabbing seven days a week until to Monday, Dec. 31 with five 6 1/4-inch wide male Dungeness and six 5-inch wide either sex red rock daily limits.
Only Puget Sound management zones in the vicinity of Seattle/Bremerton and Tacoma/Vashon will stay closed because their non-treaty sport catch quota was full harvested during the summer season.
Legal Dungeness crab kept between Oct. 13 and Dec. 31 must be recorded on the winter catch record card.
The mandatory report period will open for 31 days in January.
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