To think this is based on anything other than over harvest is ridiculous.

Crabbing in Puget Sound got mega popular a few years back because of the size of the crab. Washingtonians and the sovereign nationals both over fished the hell out of them.
An endless sea of pots.

Q- Who is managing our resources?????
A- No one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WDFW's management model is reactionary.
There is zero prevention until it's too late.

Once again our state sets the ignorance bar.