The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is now accepting public comments on proposed changes to rules prescribing how the Department compensates commercial livestock producers for losses ...

Fishing & Shellfishing Commercial fishing Commercial Dungeness crab fishery Puget Sound commercial crab fishery 2025/2026 Puget Sound commercial Dungeness crab fishery landings ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is now accepting public comments on proposed hunting season rule changes as part of the Department’s annual hunting season setting process.WDFW is ...

Key information Pending dates: Dates listed as “pending” are currently under consideration. Final decisions for all dates will be posted to this webpage. How decisions are made: Fishery managers will ...

Recreational fishery samplers with the Puget Sound Sampling Unit collect catch and effort information throughout the fishing season at selected fishing access sites throughout Puget Sound. These ...

Limited primarily to fishing piers and boat ramps.

WDFW water access areas on this lake: ...

This unit is part of the Johns River Wildlife Area. Overnight parking and camping is prohibited. Public access is prohibited in the nesting area for western snowy plover (a federal-listed ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, all anglers age 15 and older must purchase a Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement (CRSSE) to fish recreationally for salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River and ...

WDFW water access areas on this lake: ...

The science in this document is based on Riparian Ecosystems, Volume 1: Science Synthesis and Management Implications. Volume 2 is a partial update of an earlier document entitled Management ...

MILL CREEK – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) today announced that hunts for brant geese will open as scheduled in Clallam, Pacific, and Whatcom counties, but that Skagit County ...