Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-330 - Personal-use shellfish › Section 220-330-140 - Oysters-Areas and seasons

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
It is lawful to take and possess oysters for personal use
				  from public tidelands year-round except the following restrictions apply to the
				  public tidelands at the beaches listed below:
(1) Ala Spit: All public tidelands of Ala
				Spit open May 1 through May 31 only.
(2) Alki Park: Closed year-round.
(3) Alki Point: Closed year-round.
(4) Bay Center Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor
				reserves): Palix River channel, extending from the Palix River bridge to beyond
				Bay Center to the north of Goose Point, is closed year-round.
(5) Bay View State Park: Closed
				year-round.
(6) Belfair State Park:
				Open July 1 through September 30 only.
(7) Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National
				Wildlife Refuge: All state-owned tidelands of the Nisqually River delta south
				of a line drawn from Luhr Beach boat ramp to Sequalitchew Creek are closed
				year-round.
(8) Blaine Marine Park:
				Closed year-round.
(9) Blake Island
				State Park Marina: Closed year-round.
(10) Blowers Bluff North: Closed
				year-round.
(11) Brown's Point
				Lighthouse: Closed year-round.
(12)
				Budd Inlet: All state-owned tidelands of Budd Inlet south of a line drawn from
				the southern boundary of Burfoot Park west to the opposite shore near 68th
				Avenue N.W. are closed year-round.
(13) Cama Beach State Park: Closed
				year-round.
(14) Camano Island
				State Park: Closed year-round.
(15)
				Chuckanut Bay: All tidelands of Chuckanut Bay north of the railroad trestle are
				closed year-round.
(16) Coupeville:
				Closed year-round.
(17) Cultus Bay:
				Closed year-round.
(18) Dash Point
				County Park: Closed year-round.
(19) Dash Point State Park: Open September 1
				through May 31 only.
(20) Dave
				Mackie County Park: Closed year-round.
(21) Deception Pass State Park: Open
				year-round, except the tide-lands of Rosario Bay from the northern park
				boundary to Rosario Head (48.4172°, -122.6663°) are closed
				year-round.
(22) Des Moines City
				Park: Closed year-round.
(23)
				Discovery Park: Closed year-round.
(24) DNR-142: Closed year-round.
(25) DNR-144 (Sleeper): Closed
				year-round.
(26) Dockton County
				Park: Closed year-round.
(27)
				Dosewallips State Park: Open year-round only in the area defined by boundary
				markers and signs posted on the beach.
(28) Dosewallips State Park South: Closed
				year-round south of the line defined by boundary markers and signs posted on
				the beach.
(29) Drayton Harbor: All
				public tidelands of Drayton Harbor are open year-round, except the tidelands
				identified as prohibited by the department of health and defined by boundary
				markers and signs posted on the beach are closed year-round.
(30) Duckabush: Open November 1 through April
				30 only.
(31) Dungeness
				Spit/National Wildlife Refuge: Open May 15 through September 30 only.
(32) East San de Fuca: Tidelands east of the
				Rolling Hills Glen-cairn Community dock are closed year-round.
(33) Eld Inlet Oyster Reserves (Mud Bay
				reserves): Closed year-round.
(34)
				English Camp: Tidelands between the National Park Service dinghy dock to the
				southern park boundary are closed year-round.
(35) Evergreen Rotary Park (Port Washington
				Narrows): Closed year-round.
(36)
				Fay Bainbridge Park: Closed year-round.
(37) Fort Flagler State Park: Open January 1
				through April 15 and July 1 through December 31 only, except that portion of
				Rat Island and the spit west and south of the park boundary is closed
				year-round from two white posts on the north end of the island at the
				vegetation line south to the end of the island.
(38) Freeland County Park: Open October 1
				through May 31 only.
(39) Frye Cove
				County Park: Open May 1 through May 31 only.
(40) Fudge Point State Park: Closed
				year-round.
(41) Gertrude Island:
				All tidelands of Gertrude Island are closed year-round.
(42) Golden Gardens: Closed
				year-round.
(43) Graveyard Spit:
				Closed year-round.
(44) Guillemot
				Cove Nature Reserve: Closed year-round.
(45) Guss Island: All tidelands of Guss
				Island are closed year-round.
(46)
				Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound): Open May 1 through May 31
				only.
(47) Howarth Park/Darlington
				Beach: Closed year-round.
(48)
				Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31 only.
(49) Indian Island County Park/Lagoon Beach:
				From the jetty boundary with Port Townsend Ship Canal east to the beach access
				stairs on Flagler Road near milepost 4 open April 1 through June 30
				only.
(50) Ingvald J. Gronvold
				Park: Open April 1 through May 31 only.
(51) Jacoby (Shorecrest) County Park: Closed
				year-round.
(52) Joemma Beach State
				Park: Closed year-round.
(53) Kayak
				Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(54) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Closed
				year-round.
(55) Kopachuck State
				Park: Open April 1 through May 31 only.
(56) Lent Landing (Port Washington Narrows):
				Closed year-round.
(57) Liberty
				Bay: All state-owned tidelands in Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport
				Naval Supply Center are closed year-round, except the western shoreline of
				Liberty Bay from the unincorporated Kitsap County line south to Virginia Point
				is open October 1 through April 30 only.
(58) Lincoln Park: Closed
				year-round.
(59) Lions Park
				(Bremerton): Closed year-round.
(60) Lofall: Closed year-round.
(61) Long Island Oyster Reserve, Diamond
				Point and Pinnacle Rock (Willapa Harbor reserves): Diamond Point on the
				northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and Pinnacle
				Rock on the southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59
				is open year-round.
(62) Long
				Island Slough Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Closed
				year-round.
(63) Long Point West:
				Closed year-round.
(64) Lower Roto
				Vista Park: Closed year-round.
(65)
				Maple Grove County Park: Closed year-round.
(66) March Point Recreation Area: Closed
				year-round.
(67) McNeil Island: All
				tidelands of McNeil Island are closed year-round.
(68) Meadowdale County Park: Closed
				year-round.
(69) Mee-Kwa-Mooks
				Park: Closed year-round.
(70)
				Monroe Landing: Closed year-round.
(71) Mukilteo: Closed year-round.
(72) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1
				through April 30 only.
(73)
				Nahcotta Tidelands: State-owned tidelands east of the Willapa Bay Field Station
				and Nahcotta Tidelands interpretive site are open year-round.
(74) Nemah Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor
				reserves): Oyster reserves between reserve monuments 10 and 11 are closed
				year-round.
(75) North Bay (Case
				Inlet): All state-owned tidelands north of the power transmission lines and
				those extending 1,900 feet south of the power transmission lines along the
				eastern shore are open March 1 through April 30 and September 1 through October
				15, from one hour before official sunrise until one hour after official sunset
				only.
(76) North Beach County Park:
				Closed year-round.
(77) Oak Bay
				County Park: Closed year-round.
(78) Oak Harbor: Closed year-round.
(79) Oak Harbor Beach Park: Closed
				year-round.
(80) Oak Harbor City
				Park: Closed year-round.
(81)
				Oakland Bay: State-owned oyster reserves are open year-round except in areas
				defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.
(82) Old Mill County Park (Silverdale):
				Closed year-round.
(83) Olympia
				Shoal: Closed year-round.
(84) Pat
				Carey Vista Park: Closed year-round.
(85) Penrose Point State Park: Open March 1
				through April 30 only, except that part of Mayo Cove within the commercially
				prohibited growing area is closed year-round.
(86) Picnic Point County Park: Closed
				year-round.
(87) Pitship Point:
				Closed year-round.
(88) Pitt
				Island: Closed year-round.
(89)
				Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed year-round.
(90) Pleasant Harbor WDFW Boat Launch: Closed
				year-round.
(91) Point Defiance:
				Closed year-round.
(92) Point
				Whitney Tidelands and Point Whitney Lagoon: Open January 1 through June 30
				only.
(93) Port Angeles Harbor: All
				public tidelands of Port Angeles Harbor and interior tidelands of Ediz Hook are
				closed year-round.
(94) Port Gamble
				Heritage Park Tidelands: Open August 1 through September 30 only.
(95) Port Gardner: Closed
				year-round.
(96) Port Townsend Ship
				Canal/Portage Beach: Open April 1 through June 30 only.
(97) Post Point: Closed year-round.
(98) Potlatch State Park and Potlatch DNR
				tidelands: Open April 1 through May 31 only.
(99) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern
				shore of the spit from the boat ramp east to the southern utility tower near
				Purdy Bridge is open April 1 through April 30 only.
(100) Quilcene Bay Tidelands: All state-owned
				tidelands in Quilcene Bay north of a line drawn from the Quilcene Boat Haven to
				Fisherman's Point are closed year-round except those state-owned tide-lands on
				the west side of the bay north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open
				year-round.
(101) Quilcene Boat
				Ramp: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(102) Retsil: Closed year-round.
(103) Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: Closed
				year-round.
(104) Salt Creek
				Recreation Area (DNR-419): Closed year-round.
(105) Saltair Beach (Kingston Ferry
				Terminal): Closed year-round.
(106)
				Saltwater State Park: Closed year-round.
(107) Samish Bay: Public tidelands of Samish
				Bay between Scotts Point and a point on the shore (48.5745°,
				-122.4440°) are closed year-round.
(108) Scenic Beach State Park: Closed
				year-round.
(109) Seahurst County
				Park: Closed year-round.
(110)
				Semiahmoo County Park: Closed year-round.
(111) Semiahmoo Marina: Closed
				year-round.
(112) Sequim Bay State
				Park: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(113) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open
				January 1 through May 15 only.
(114) Silverdale Waterfront Park: Closed
				year-round.
(115) Sinclair Inlet:
				All public tidelands of Sinclair Inlet west of a line drawn from the
				intersection of Bancroft Road and Beach Drive East northerly to Point Herron
				are closed year-round.
(116) Skagit
				Bay Estuary Wildlife Areas: All public tidelands of the Skagit Bay Estuary
				Wildlife Area, Fir Island Farms Reserve Wildlife Area, Island Wildlife Area,
				Camano Island Wildlife Area and Leque Island Wildlife Area are closed
				year-round.
(117) South Carkeek
				Park: Closed year-round.
(118)
				South Lilliwaup: Open November 1 through April 30 only.
(119) Southworth: Closed
				year-round.
(120) Spencer Spit
				State Park: Open March 1 through July 31 only.
(121) Squaxin Park (Priest Point County
				Park): Closed year-round.
(122)
				Stuart Island State Park - Reid Harbor (South Beach): Closed
				year-round.
(123) Taylor Bay:
				Closed year-round.
(124) Totten
				Inlet Oyster Reserve (Oyster Bay reserves): Closed year-round.
(125) Walker County Park: Closed
				year-round.
(126) WDFW Hoodsport
				Hatchery: Open April 1 through June 30, from one hour before official sunrise
				until one hour after official sunset only.
(127) West Pass Access: Closed
				year-round.
(128) West Penn Cove:
				From the property boundary at the Grasser's Lagoon access on Highway 20 to the
				dock extending across the tidelands from Captain Whidbey Inn on Madrona Road is
				open June 15 through September 30 only.
(129) Willapa River Oyster Reserve (Willapa
				Harbor reserves): Reserves located in the Willapa River channel extending west
				and upriver from a point approximately one-quarter mile from the blinker light
				marking the division of Willapa River channel and the North River channel are
				closed year-round.
(130) Wolfe
				Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(131) Woodard Bay Natural Resource
				Conservation Area: Closed year-round.
(132) It is lawful to take and possess
				oysters for personal use from the Pacific Ocean beaches from November 1 through
				March 31 only.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.04.020 and
					 77.12.047. 13-06-034 (Order
					 13-44), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/1/13,
					 effective 4/1/13. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.04.020,
					 77.12.045, and
					 77.12.047. 12-07-011 (Order
					 12-31), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/12/12,
					 effective 4/12/12; 11-09-073 (Order 11-66), §
											220-56-380, filed 4/19/11,
					 effective 5/20/11. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 10-07-105 (Order 10-64), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/19/10,
					 effective 5/1/10; 09-06-042 (Order 09-27), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/25/09,
					 effective 5/1/09; 08-07-003, §
											220-56-380, filed 3/5/08,
					 effective 4/5/08; 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/16/07,
					 effective 3/19/07; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/14/06,
					 effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/10/05,
					 effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/4/04,
					 effective 5/1/04; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/14/03,
					 effective 5/1/03; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/29/02,
					 effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/5/01,
					 effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order
					 00-134), §
											220-56-380, filed 7/31/00,
					 effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038
					 (Order 00-29), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/29/00,
					 effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/30/99,
					 effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, §
											220-56-380, filed 2/26/98,
					 effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53),
					 §
											220-56-380, filed 3/19/97,
					 effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), §
											220-56-380, filed 5/13/96,
					 effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), §
											220-56-380, filed 5/31/95,
					 effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, §
											220-56-380, filed 7/1/94,
					 effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/31/93,
					 effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), §
											220-56-380, filed 5/12/92,
					 effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), §
											220-56-380, filed 4/2/91,
					 effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, §
											220-56-380, filed 2/28/90,
					 effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/16/89;
					 88-10-012 and 88-10-013 (Orders 88-14 and 88-15), §
											220-56-380, filed 4/26/88;
					 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), §
											220-56-380, filed 4/21/87;
					 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), §
											220-56-380, filed 4/9/86;
					 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), §
											220-56-380, filed 4/11/84;
					 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), §
											220-56-380, filed 6/9/82;
					 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), §
											220-56-380, filed 3/18/82;
					 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/17/81,
					 effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), §
											220-56-380, filed 2/27/80,
					 effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC
					 220-56-086.