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Washington Sport Fishing Rules: Effective July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
Marine Area Definitions and Codes

ArEA DEfINITIONS AND CODES
V ANCOUVER CANADA
ISLAND 1. ILWACO - west of the Buoy 10 line at the
Columbia River mouth, north to Leadbetter
Point.
2. WESTPOrT-OCEAN SHOrES- from
BLAINE Leadbetter Point north to the Queets River,
7 excluding Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.
ORCAS
ORCAS
ORCAS 2-1. WILLAPA BAY - east of a line from
ORCAS
ORCAS
BONILLA-TATOOSH ISLAND Leadbetter Point to Cape Shoalwater (see
ISLAND
ISLAND
ISLAND
ISLAND
LINE BELLINGHAM definition page 102).
2-2. GrAYS HArBOr - east of a line from the
outermoust tip of the north jetty to outermost
exposed end of the south jetty.
4 ANACOR TES 3. LAPuSH - from the Queets River (47°32.31'N)
SAN JUAN north to Cape Alava (48° 10' N).
LOPEZ
4 NEAH ISLAND ISLAND 4. NEAH BAY - from Cape Alava north and
BAY inside Juan de Fuca Strait to the Sekiu River.
SEKIU 5 6 POR T 8-1 WHIDBEY 5. SEkIu AND PILLAr POINT - from mouth of
ISLAND
the Sekiu River east to Low Point, mouth of
MOUTH OF LOW T OWNSEND the Lyre River.
CAPE SEKIU RIVER POINT PORT 6. EAST JuAN DE fuCA STrAIT - from Low
ALAVA ANGELES 8-2 EVERETT Point east to the Partridge Point - Point
LAPUSH 9 Wilson line, north to the line from Trial
3 Island (near Victoria B.C.) - Vessel Traffic
Separation Buoy "R" - Smith Island to the
Lawson Reef Buoy, to Northwest Island, to
MOUTH the Initiative 77 marker on Fidalgo Island.
OF QUEETS 12 10 LAKE 7. SAN JuAN ISLANDS - all marine waters
RIVER WASHINGTON north of the Trial Island line (described
HOOD under Area 6) to the United States-Canada
CANAL boundary.
BREMER T ON SEA TTLE 8-1. DECEPTION PASS, HOPE ISLAND,
AND SkAGIT BAY - from West Point
N 1 1 to Reservation Head eastward through
Deception Pass, including all waters of
COMMENCEMENT Swinomish Slough and Skagit Bay, and the
2 T ACOMA BAY portion of Saratoga Passage north and west
of a line from east Point Light to light on
OCEAN SHORES HOQUIAM 13 Camano Island (Saratoga Pass Light #4Fl
Red 4 Sec.).
PT. BROWN 2-2 ABERDEEN BUDD OL YMPIA 8-2. POrTS SuSAN AND GArDNEr - east of
INLET east Point Light-Camano Island Light line
WESTPOR T GRAYS HARBOR
BUOY 13 (described in 8-1 above) and north of the
LEADBETTER Possession Point-Shipwreck line (described
in 9 below).
POINT CAPE SHOAL W A TER 9. ADMIrALTY INLET - all waters inside and
2-1 south of the Partridge Point - Point Wilson
line, south and west of a line from Possession
1 Point 110° true to shipwreck, north of the
ROCKY POINT Hood Canal Bridge, and north of the Apple
NOR TH HEAD Cove Point-edwards Point line.
10. SEATTLE-BrEMErTON ArEA - south from
BUOY 10 the Apple Cove Point-edwards Point line to
a line projected true east- west through the Marine Areas
north tip of Vashon Island.
SOUTH JETTY T ONGUE POINT 11. TACOMA-VASHON ISLAND - south from
a line projected true east west through the
north tip of Vashon Island to the northernmost
Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
12. HOOD CANAL - all waters south of the Hood
Canal Bridge.
13. SOuTH PuGET SOuND - all waters south of
Columbia River Smelt (eulachon) northernmost Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
Surf Smelt
Size: up to 12" Size: up to 10"
Color: bluish on upper half with silvery white sides and belly. Color: silver with a stripe along the side.
Look for: grooves on gill cover, skinny head, speckled tail. Look for: small adipose fin and stripe on the side.
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