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Puget Sound sport crabbing to close December 31st.

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  OLYMPIA – Puget  Sound marine areas currently open for recreational winter crabbing will close at 5 p.m. on Dec. 31, after which all sport crabbers licensed to fish for Dungeness crab in the Sound will have through Feb. 1 to report their winter results. Crabbers who plan to report their catch online should be …

Marine Area 10 winter crab fishery to close early, Areas 11, 13 remain closed for the season

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10/28/2016 – John Snyder – NWFN   OLYMPIA – The recreational Dungeness crab fishery in Marine Area 10 (Seattle/Bremerton) will close about six weeks early due to low numbers of crab in the area, state shellfish managers said today. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) also announced that marine areas 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island) …