The tribes and other commercials got to crab all fall and winter. We get our chance on June 1st but may face another restriction. The following was sent to me this morning:


Subject: CRab limit change


" The recreational advisors on the WDFW crab advisor group have been notified that the department is strongly considering changing the daily catch limit of dungeness crab down to four (4) in all areas of Puget Sound. The decision will be made June 1.
The shellfish manager for Puget Sound is Lisa Veneroso. If you oppose reducing limits as a broad-brush attempt to extend annual seasons, contact her NOW!!! Her direct phone number is 360.902.2836 and her e-mail address is venerlv@dfw.wa.gov. Let her know a much better way of extending crab seasons would be to give sportsmen a larger PERCENTAGE of the 8 million pound annual harvest. We get barely 16 percent now, giving the tribes and state commercials the rest."

J.D. Wade, recreational crab advisor.