The number of commercial pots on the west side of Camano was unreal the last couple of weeks. It looked like something from the Bering.
Inside protected waters should be off limits to commies and their massive crab boats. Those mother f'rs were plowing thru the small craft and setting strings in 30' 100 yards off the beach.
There have been at least three NT crabbers working the east side of Possession; I assume WDFW reopened that fishery after closing it in early October before the recreational winter season even opened.
If you look at the harvest numbers since the implementation of the "new" crab management policy the recreational crabbers have not been coming close to taking the State's share in 2W (MA 9) and 2E (MA 8-1 and 8-2).
Two rule change proposals were submitted this past year to address this issue. One called for the summer rec season to open in those areas as soon as the first tribal pot hits the water and the other called for opening the winter rec season the day after the summer season closes. Either or both would have increased recreational harvest numbers and opportunity (days on the water). Both were shot down in flames by Staff. Keep in mind that those areas were to get recreational priority.
And they want to more than double the P.S. Dungeness crab endorsement???
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