Washington Coastal
Dungeness Crab Fishery
Washington
Catch
Areas
2007-08 Current Test Stations
Westport Area (fathoms)
Buoy #3: 15, 30, 45
Grayland: 15, 30, 45
Willapa: 15, 30, 45
Long Beach Area (fathoms)
Peacock Spit: 15, 30, 45
Seaview: 15, 30, 45
Cranberry: 15, 30, 45
2007-08 Pre-Season Testing
Month
Oct
Area
1A
Westport 30.9%
1B
II
III
Meat
Recovery
31.9%
31.4
0.0%
20.8%
Oct
Long
Beach
38.4%
33.6%
28.1
0.0%
23.1%
Nov
Westport
*
*
*
0.0%
20.8%
Nov
Long
Beach
32.5%
27.8
39.6
0.0%
23.1%
Washington Crab Fishery Structure
LANDINGS BY AREA
•State catch in orange
•Tribal catch in red
926,450 lbs / 361,729 lbs
2,010,077 lbs / 1,248,577 lbs
2,466,935 lbs / 1,441,350 lbs
38,124 lbs /
11,086 lbs
480,546 lbs
4,719,442 lbs
1,212,026 lbs
2007-08 State and Tribal Catch
Catch Area
59A-1
59A-2
60A-1
60B
Sub-total
Percent
60A-2
60C
61
Total
State
Tribal
% tribal Combined
927,729
361,729
28%
1,288,179
2,010,077
1,248,577
38%
3,258,654
2,466,935
1,441,350
37%
3,908,285
38,142
11,086
23%
49,228
5,441,604
3,062,742
64%
36%
4,719,442
-
-
4,719,442
480,546
-
-
480,546
1,212,026
-
-
1,212,026
11,853,618
3,062,742
8,504,346
14,916,360
Washington 2007- 08 Coastal Crab Fishey
Total Landings and Ex-Vessel Value (thru 7/16)
lbs. million
$ million
20
6
5
15
Value
Landings
4
10
3
2
5
1
0
0
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Total ex-vessel value (thru 7/16/08) = $ 31.4 million
Jul
2007-08 State Fleet Characteristics
(Data for the tribal fleets not included)
Pot Limit
Number of
Vessels
Number of
Pots
300
59
17,700
500
134
67,000
TOTAL
193
84,700
Total Number of Vessels and Average Number of Pots Per Vessel
1990-2008
Vessels
Pots
300
600
250
500
200
400
150
300
100
200
50
100
0
90
-9
1
91
-9
2
92
-9
3
93
-9
4
94
-9
5
95
-9
6
96
-9
7
97
-9
8
98
-9
9
99
-0
0
00
-0
1
01
-0
2
02
-0
3
03
-0
4
04
-0
5
05
-0
6
06
-0
7
07
-0
8
0
Total Vessels
Avg No. of Pots/Vessel
Dungeness Crab Landings
Treaty and Non-treaty 1950-2005
2008-09 Proposed
Additional
Test Station
Clearwater Area (fathoms)
Queets: 15, 30, 45
Kalaloch: 15, 30, 45
Destruction Island: 15, 30, 45