PDFWAC 220-340-130
Oyster drill restricted shellfish areas—Puget Sound.
All waters, tidelands, shellfish handling facilities and equipment (including aquaculture vehicles and vessels) operated in conjunction with said waters and tidelands of Puget Sound within the following areas are designated as Oyster Drill Restricted Shellfish Areas:
(1) Dungeness Bay—Inside and bounded westerly of a line projected from the most easterly tip of Dungeness Spit true-south to the mainland.
(2) Drayton Harbor—Inside and southerly of a line projected from the north most tip of Semiahmoo Spit to where the International Boundary line intersects the mainland.
(3) Lummi Bay—Inside the Lummi Dike and inside and bounded by a line projected from 48.7756°, -122.6667°; thence to 48.7653°, -122.6667°; thence to 48.7653°, -122.6533°; then following the shoreline northerly to the point of origin.
(4) Samish Bay—Inside and easterly of a line starting at the most westerly tip of Governor's Point and projected in a southerly direction to the most westerly tip of William Point on Samish Island.
(5) Padilla Bay—Easterly (including the Swinomish Channel) of a line starting at the most westerly tip of William Point on Samish Island and projected southerly to the most northerly tip of March Point on Fidalgo Island.
(6) Similk and Skagit Bays—Northerly of a line projected across Skagit Bay following latitude 48.333° (48°20'N) and easterly of the Deception Pass bridge.
(7) Liberty Bay—Inside and westerly of a line projected true south from the most southerly point on the Lemolo shoreline, near the powerline tower.
(8) Dyes Inlet—Inside and northerly of a line projected true east from the most northerly tip of Rocky Point to the mainland.
(9) Carr Inlet—
(a) Burley Lagoon—Inside and northerly of the Purdy bridge.
(b) Minter Creek—Inside and westerly of a line projected from the west shore of Carr Inlet at -122.6833° longitude true south to 47.3500° latitude, then true west to shore.
(10) Case Inlet—
(a) Rocky Bay and North Bay—Northerly of a line projected across Case Inlet following latitude 47.3456° (47°20'44"N).
(b) Vaughn Bay—Easterly of a line projected true north from the most northerly point of the southern spit at the mouth of Vaughn Bay to the mainland on the north shore.
(11) Hammersley Inlet and Oakland Bay—Inside, westerly and northerly of a line starting at the shore at 47.2071°, -123.0627° on the north shore of Hammersley Inlet and projected true south to the south shore of Hammersley Inlet.
(12) Totten Inlet, Oyster Bay and Little Skookum Inlet—Inside and southerly of a line starting at the most southeasterly point on Windy Point and projected northeasterly to the most northerly tip of Sandy Point (i.e., the southern base of the Steamboat Island Bridge).
(13) Eld Inlet—
(a) Mud Bay—Inside and westerly of a line projected from the most easterly point of Flapjack Point and projected true south to the mainland.
(b) Sanderson Harbor—Lying inside and westerly of a line starting at the most northern point on Sanderson Spit and projected northeasterly to the mainland.
(14) Nisqually Flats—Inside and southerly of a line starting on the east shore at 47.1182°, -122.6657° and projected true west to the mainland.
(15) Hood Canal—
(a) Quilcene Bay—Inside, northerly and easterly of a line starting at the Port of Port Townsend boat ramp north of Coast Seafoods company shellfish hatchery projected easterly to a point at 48.8052°, -122.8583° and then projected southeasterly to the most westerly tip of Fisherman's Point.
(b) Tarboo Bay—Inside, northerly and easterly of a line starting at the most northerly tip of Long Spit and then projected true west to the mainland.
(c) The Great Bend to Lynch Cove—Inside and bounded southerly and easterly by a line projected from the western most point at Musqueti Point true west to the mainland.
(d) Hamma Hamma Flats and Jorstad Creek—Inside and westerly of a line projected from 47.5547°, -123.0289°; thence to 47.5483°, -123.0183°; thence to 47.5483°, -123.0300°; thence to 47.5167°, -123.0300°; then true west to shore.
(e) Dosewallips Delta—Inside and westerly of lines projected from 47.6842°, -122.8993°; thence to 47.6842°, -122.8733°; thence to 47.7121°, -122.8733°; thence to 47.7121°, -122.8861°.
(f) Point Whitney (including all portions of seawater ponds, lagoon, and shellfish cultivation facilities)—Inside and southerly of lines projected from 47.7619°, -122.8513°; thence to 47.7644°, -122.8513°; thence to 47.7644°, -122.8550°; thence to 47.7625°, -122.8550°.
(g) Duckabush River Mouth—Inside and westerly of a line projected from 47.6467°, -122.9044°; thence to 47.6319°, -122.9417°.
(h) East Dabob Bay—Inside and easterly of a line projected from 47.8283°, -122.7997°; thence to 47.8264°, -122.8050°; thence to 47.8131°, -122.7989°; thence to the shore at 47.8136°, -122.7958°.
(i) Guillemot Cove—South of a line extending westward from the shoreline at 47.6123° latitude to a point at 47.6120°, -122.9207°; east of a line extending southward from 47.6120°, -122.9207° to 47.6075°, -122.9223°; north of a line extending east from 47.6075°, -122.9223° to the shoreline at 47.6071° latitude; west of a line extending northward from 47.6075°, -122.9223° and tracing the shoreline north to the point of origin.
(j) Bywater Bay—Inside and northerly of a line projected true east from latitude 47.8819° (47°52'55"N) to the west shoreline of Hood Head.
(16) Henderson Inlet—South Bay—Inside and southerly of a line commencing at 47.1268°, -122.8412° on the west shore of Henderson Inlet, thence projected true east across Henderson Inlet to the east shoreline.
(17) Birch Bay—Inside and bounded by a line projected from 48.8997°, -122.7761°; thence following the shoreline northeasterly to 48.9105°, -122.7521°; thence to 48.9156°, -122.7586°; thence to 48.9028°, -122.7815°; thence returning to the origin at 48.8997°, -122.7761°.
(18) Scow Bay (Kilisut Harbor)—Scow Bay in Kilisut Harbor southward of a line from 48.0274°, -122.7039° on the east shore of Indian Island to 48.0274°, -122.6931° on the west shore of Marrowstone Island.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.12.047, 77.04.055, and 77.12.455. WSR 23-06-065 (Order 23-34), § 220-340-130, filed 2/28/23, effective 3/31/23. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. WSR 22-06-010 (Order 22-20), § 220-340-130, filed 2/18/22, effective 3/21/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-05-112 (Order 17-04), recodified as § 220-340-130, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 14-07-092 (Order 14-63), § 220-72-011, filed 3/18/14, effective 4/18/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. WSR 05-01-113 (Order 04-318), § 220-72-011, filed 12/15/04, effective 1/15/05; WSR 03-10-041 (Order 03-86), § 220-72-011, filed 4/30/03, effective 5/31/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. WSR 97-08-078 (Order 97-56), § 220-72-011, filed 4/2/97, effective 5/3/97.]