I guess WDFW has decided what to do about the protest at Pt Townsend:

Last areas of Sound, Strait will close to sport crabbing

OLYMPIA - The last areas of Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca open to recreational crab fishing will close for the season at 4 p.m. Dec. 14, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) announced today.