The term "marine area code numbers" is defined as the catch
area for the catch record card. The following is a list of the catch
areas:
(1) Area 1 (Ilwaco): Waters
west of the Buoy 10 Line and north to Leadbetter Point.
(2)
(a) Area
2 (Westport-Ocean Shores): From Leadbetter Point north to the Queets River.
Area 2 excludes waters of Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor.
(b) Area 2-1: Willapa Bay east of a line from
Leadbetter Point (46°39'12"N, 124°3'31"W) due west to 46°39'12"N,
124°5'20"W then due north to the westerly most landfall on Cape Shoalwater
at 46°44'40"N, 124°5'20"W.
(c) Area 2-2: Grays Harbor east of a line
from the outermost end of the north jetty to the outermost exposed end of the
south jetty.
(3) Area 3
(La Push): From the Queets River north to Cape Alava.
(4) Area 4 (Neah Bay): From Cape Alava north
and inside Juan de Fuca Strait to the Sekiu River.
(5) Area 5 (Sekiu and Pillar Point): From
mouth of Sekiu River east to Low Point, mouth of the Lyre River.
(6) Area 6 (East Juan de Fuca Strait): From
Low Point east to the Partridge Point-Point Wilson line north to the line from
Trial Island (near Victoria, B.C.) - Rosario Strait Traffic Lane Entrance
Lighted Buoy R (USCG Light List No. 16340, referenced as Y "R" on National
Ocean Service Chart No. 18400-1 dated 1997-08-30) - Smith Island - the most
northeasterly of the Lawson Reef lighted buoys (RB1 QK Fl Bell) - Northwest
Island - the Initiative 77 marker on Fidalgo Island.
(7) Area 7 (San Juan Islands): All marine
waters north of the line described under Area 6 to the United States-Canadian
boundary.
(8)
(a) Area 8 (Deception Pass, Hope and Camano
Islands): Line projected from West Point on Whidbey Island to Reservation Head
on Fidalgo Island east through Deception Pass, including all waters east of
Whidbey Island to the Possession Point - Shipwreck Line.
(b) Area 8-1 (Deception Pass and Hope
Island): East of a line projected from West Point on Whidbey Island to
Reservation Head on Fidalgo Island, south of the Burlington Northern Railroad
Bridge at the north end of Swinomish Slough, north of the Highway 532 Bridge
between Camano Island and the mainland, and westerly of a line from the East
Point Light on Whidbey Island to the Saratoga Pass Light #4 on Camano Island
(Fl red 4 sec.).
(c) Area 8-2 (Port
Susan and Port Gardner): East of a line from the East Point Light on Whidbey
Island to the Saratoga Pass Light #4 on Camano Island (Fl red 4 sec.) and north
of a line from the south tip of Possession Point 110 degrees true to a
shipwreck on the opposite shore.
(9) Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet): All waters
inside and south of the Partridge Point-Point Wilson Line and a line projected
from the southerly tip of Possession Point 110 degrees true to a shipwreck on
the opposite shore and northerly of the Hood Canal Bridge and the Apple Cove
Point-Edwards Point Line.
(10) Area
10 (Seattle-Bremerton): From the Apple Cove Point-Edwards Point Line to a line
projected true east-west through the northern tip of Vashon Island.
(11) Area 11 (Tacoma-Vashon Island): From the
northern tip of Vashon Island to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
(12) Area 12 (Hood Canal): All contiguous
waters south of the Hood Canal Bridge and adjacent waters north of the Hood
Canal Bridge when fishing from the pontoon beneath the bridge.
(13) Area 13 (South Puget Sound): All
contiguous waters south of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
