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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 220. Fish and Wildlife, Department of (Fisheries) |
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Chapter 220-56. Personal-use fishery. |
Section 220-56-317. Personal use shrimp pot gear requirements.
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- (1) All buoys attached to shrimp gear must be yellow or fluorescent yellow in color. Flags and staff, if attached, may be any color.(2) It is unlawful to take, fish for, or possess shrimp taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear unless the gear meets the following requirements:(a) A shrimp pot may not exceed 10 feet in perimeter and 1-1/2 feet in height.(b) The entire top, bottom, and sides of the shrimp pot must be constructed of mesh material, except the entrance tunnels must have the minimum mesh opening size specified in subsection (2)(c) of this section.(c) The minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is one inch, defined as a mesh that a 7/8 inch square peg will pass through each mesh opening. Flexible (web) mesh pots must have an opening with a mesh size of a minimum of 1-3/4 inch stretch measure.June 1 through October 15, Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, and Areas 5 through 13:(i) In any Marine Area or portion thereof that is closed for spot shrimp but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp, the minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is 1/2-inch.(ii) 1/2-inch mesh is defined as mesh that a 3/8-inch square peg will pass through each mesh opening, except for flexible (web) mesh pots where the opening must be a minimum of 1-1/8 inch stretch measure.(d) All entrance tunnels must open into the pot from the side.(e) The sum of the maximum widths of all entrance tunnels must not exceed half of the perimeter of the bottom of the pot.