WAC 220-56-380   Oysters -- Areas and seasons.  It is lawful to take and possess oysters taken for personal use from public tidelands the entire year, except that public tidelands at the following beaches are closed unless otherwise provided:

     (1) Alki Park: Closed the entire year.

     (2) Alki Point: Closed the entire year.

     (3) Bangor: Closed the entire year.

     (4) Bay View State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (5) Brown Point (DNR 57-B): Closed the entire year.

     (6) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed the entire year.

     (7) Chuckanut: Closed the entire year.

     (8) Coupeville: Closed the entire year.

     (9) Cushman (Saltwater) Park: Open year-round.

     (10) Dash Point State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (11) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (12) Des Moines City Park: Closed the entire year.

     (13) Discovery Park: Closed the entire year.

     (14) DNR-79: Closed the entire year.

     (15) DNR-85: Closed the entire year.

     (16) DNR-142: Closed the entire year.

     (17) DNR 144 (Sleeper): Closed the entire year.

     (18) Dockton County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (19) East San De Fuca: Closed the entire year.

     (20) Fort Flagler State Park including that portion of the spit west of the park boundary (Rat Island): Open April 1 through June 15.

     (21) Fort Ward State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (22) Freeland County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (23) Frye Cove County Park: Open January 1 through May 15.

     (24) Golden Gardens: Closed the entire year.

     (25) Graveyard Spit: Closed the entire year.

     (26) Harrington Beach: Closed the entire year.

     (27) Hoodsport: Tidelands at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed the entire year.

     (28) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound): Open April 1 through May 31.

     (29) Howarth Park: Closed the entire year.

     (30) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31.

     (31) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Open May 15 through August 15.

     (32) Kopachuck State Park: Open March 1 through July 31.

     (33) Liberty Bay - All state-owned tidelands in Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center are closed to the harvest of oysters the entire year.

     (34) Lincoln Park: Closed the entire year.

     (35) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed the entire year.

     (36) Little Clam Bay: Closed the entire year.

     (37) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed the entire year.

     (38) Manchester State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (39) Meadowdale County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (40) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed the entire year.

     (41) Monroe Landing: Closed the entire year.

     (42) Mukilteo State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (43) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30.

     (44) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: Closed the entire year.

     (45) North Beach County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (46) North Fort Lewis: Closed the entire year.

     (47) North Point Hudson: Closed the entire year.

     (48) Northeast Cultus Bay: Closed the entire year.

     (49) Oak Bay County Park: Open July 1 through August 31.

     (50) Oak Harbor Beach Park: Closed the entire year.

     (51) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed the entire year.

     (52) Old Man House State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (53) Olympia Shoal: Closed the entire year.

     (54) Oyster Reserves: Puget Sound and Willapa Bay oyster reserves are closed the entire year except the following are open the entire year:

     (a) Oakland Bay - Tidelands at the north end of Oakland Bay and on the channel of the northwest shore of the Bayshore Peninsula between department markers - open the entire year.

     (b) North Bay - State-owned reserves open the entire year.

     (c) Willapa Bay - Long Island oyster reserve: Northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59.

     (55) Penrose Point State Park: Open March 1 through May 31.

     (56) Picnic Point: Closed the entire year.

     (57) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (58) Port Angeles Coast Guard: Closed the entire year.

     (59) Port Angeles Harbor: Closed the entire year.

     (60) Port Gardner: Closed the entire year.

     (61) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Canal: Open January 1 through May 31.

     (62) Post Point: Closed the entire year.

     (63) Potlatch DNR Tidelands: Open April 1 through August 31.

     (64) Potlatch East: Open April 1 through August 31.

     (65) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through August 31.

     (66) Priest Point County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (67) Quilcene Bay Tidelands - All state-owned tidelands in Quilcene Bay north of a line drawn from the Quilcene Boat Haven to Fisherman's Point are closed except those state-owned tidelands on the west side of the bay north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open April 1 through December 31, daily from official sunrise to official sunset, only.

     (68) Reid Harbor - South Beach: Closed the entire year.

     (69) Retsil: Closed the entire year.

     (70) Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: Closed the entire year.

     (71) Saltwater State Park: Closed the entire year.

     (72) Samish Beach: Closed the entire year.

     (73) Seahurst County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (74) Scenic Beach State Park: Open April 15 through May 15.

     (75) Semiahmoo: Closed the entire year.

     (76) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (77) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.

     (78) Silverdale County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (79) Sinclair Inlet: Closed the entire year.

     (80) Skagit Wildlife Area: Closed the entire year.

     (81) South Carkeek Park: Closed the entire year.

     (82) South Dougall Point: Closed the entire year.

     (83) South Gordon Point: Closed the entire year.

     (84) South Indian Island County Park: Open April 1 through June 30.

     (85) South Mukilteo Park: Closed the entire year.

     (86) South Oro Bay: Closed the entire year.

     (87) South Point Wilson (Port Townsend): Closed the entire year.

     (88) Southworth Ferry Dock: Closed the entire year.

     (89) Suquamish (Old Man House): Closed the entire year.

     (90) Taylor Bay: Closed the entire year.

     (91) Walker County Park: Closed the entire year.

     (92) West Pass Access: Closed the entire year.

     (93) Willapa Bay: State-owned tidelands east of the department Willapa Bay Field Station and the Nahcotta Tidelands Interpretive Site are open only between boundary markers and posted signs.

     (94) Woodard Bay: Closed the entire year.

     (95) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 08-07-003, § 220-56-380, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; 07-05-051 (Order 07-22), § 220-56-380, filed 2/16/07, effective 3/19/07; 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-380, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; 05-05-035 (Order 05-15), § 220-56-380, filed 2/10/05, effective 5/1/05; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-380, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-380, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), § 220-56-380, filed 3/29/02, effective 5/1/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-380, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-16-091 (Order 00-134), § 220-56-380, filed 7/31/00, effective 8/31/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-380, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-08-029 (Order 99-13), § 220-56-380, filed 3/30/99, effective 5/1/99; 98-06-031, § 220-56-380, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-380, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-078 (Order 96-44), § 220-56-380, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-12-027 (Order 95-46), § 220-56-380, filed 5/31/95, effective 7/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-380, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-380, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-380, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-380, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-380, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-380, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-012 and 88-10-013 (Orders 88-14 and 88-15), § 220-56-380, filed 4/26/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-56-380, filed 4/21/87; 86-09-020 (Order 86-08), § 220-56-380, filed 4/9/86; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-380, filed 4/11/84; 82-13-040 (Order 82-61), § 220-56-380, filed 6/9/82; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-380, filed 3/18/82; 81-05-027 (Order 81-13), § 220-56-380, filed 2/17/81, effective 4/1/81; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-380, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-086.]