WSR 19-08-044
PERMANENT RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 19-51—Filed March 29, 2019, 9:03 a.m., effective April 29, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Recent clam and oyster population survey data, recreational harvest projections, and negotiations affecting intertidal treaty and nontreaty fisheries, along with public health considerations, call for recreational clam and oyster seasons to be adjusted. Seasons will be opened or extended on some public beaches and closed, removed, or shortened on others. This proposal reflects those openings and closures.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-330-110 Clams other than razor clams, and mussels—Areas and seasons and 220-330-140 Oysters—Areas and seasons.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 19-05-051 on February 15, 2019.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: An errant comma in the geographic description of one beach was deleted and a preposition was added to the WAC title to clarify that WAC 220-330-110 applies to all classified clams and mussel species. The prohibition against night harvest at one beach was clarified with language specifying hours of darkness.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 29, 2019.
Kelly Susewind
Director
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-11-077, filed 5/17/18, effective 6/17/18)
WAC 220-330-110Clams other than razor clams, and mussels—Areas and seasons.
It is permissible to take, dig for, and possess clams and mussels for personal use from public tidelands year-round, except the following restrictions apply to the public tidelands at the beaches listed below:
(1) Ala Spit: All public tidelands of Ala Spit are open May 1 through May 31 only.
(2) Alki Park: Closed year-round.
(3) Alki Point: Closed year-round.
(4) Bay Center Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Palix River channel, extending from the Palix River bridge to beyond Bay Center to the north of Goose Point, is closed year-round.
(5) Bay View State Park: Closed year-round.
(6) Belfair State Park: Open year-round.
(7) Blaine Marine Park: Closed year-round.
(8) Blake Island State Park Marina: Closed year-round.
(9) Blowers Bluff North: Closed year-round.
(10) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed year-round.
(11) Budd Inlet: All state-owned tidelands of Budd Inlet south of a line drawn due west from the southern boundary of Burfoot Park to the opposite shore near 68th Avenue N.W. are closed year-round.
(12) Cama Beach State Park: Closed year-round.
(13) Camano Island State Park: Closed year-round.
(14) ((Chimacum Creek Tidelands (Irondale Beach Park): Public tidelands south of the main Chimacum Creek channel are closed year-round.
(15))) Chuckanut Bay: All tidelands of Chuckanut Bay north of the BNSF Railroad trestle are closed year-round.
(((16)))(15) Coupeville: Closed year-round.
(((17)))(16) Cultus Bay: Closed year-round.
(((18)))(17) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed year-round.
(((19)))(18) Des Moines City Park: Closed year-round.
(((20)))(19) Discovery Park: Closed year-round.
(((21)))(20) DNR-142: Closed year-round.
(((22)))(21) DNR-144 (Sleeper): Closed year-round.
(((23)))(22) Dockton County Park: Closed year-round.
(((24)))(23) Dosewallips State Park: ((Open year-round only in))The area defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach is open August 15 through September 7 only.
(((25)))(24) Dosewallips State Park South: Closed year-round south of the line defined by boundary markers on the beach.
(((26)))(25) Drayton West: All public tidelands of Drayton Harbor are closed year-round, except tidelands identified as approved by the department of health and defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach are open year-round.
(((27)))(26) Duckabush: Open November 1 through April 30 only.
(((28)))(27) Dungeness Spit and Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Tidelands: Open May 15 through September 30 only.
(((29)))(28) Eagle Creek: Open ((July))June 1 through ((July))August 31 only.
(((30)))(29) East San de Fuca: Tidelands east of the Rolling Hills Glencairn Community dock are closed year-round.
(((31)))(30) Eld Inlet Oyster Reserves (Mud Bay reserves): Closed year-round.
(((32)))(31) English Camp: Tidelands between the National Park Service dinghy dock to the southern park boundary are closed year-round.
(((33)))(32) Evergreen Rotary Park (Port Washington Narrows): Closed year-round.
(((34)))(33) Fay Bainbridge Park: Closed year-round.
(((35)))(34) Fort Flagler State Park: Open January 1 through April 15 and July 1 through December 31 only, except that portion of Rat Island and the spit west and south of the park boundary is closed year-round from two white posts on the north end of the island at the vegetation line south to the end of the island.
(((36)))(35) Freeland County Park: Open ((January))October 1 through May ((15))31 only.
(((37)))(36) Frye Cove County Park: Open May 1 through May 31 only.
(((38)))(37) Fudge Point State Park: Closed year-round.
(((39)))(38) Gertrude Island: All tidelands of Gertrude Island are closed year-round.
(((40)))(39) Golden Gardens: Closed year-round.
(((41)))(40) Graveyard Spit: Closed year-round.
(((42)))(41) Guss Island: All tidelands of Guss Island are closed year-round.
(((43)))(42) Hoodsport: Tidelands at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed year-round.
(((44)))(43) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound): Open May 1 through May 31 only.
(((45)))(44) Howarth Park/Darlington Beach: Closed year-round.
(((46)))(45) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31 only.
(((47)))(46) Indian Island County Park/Lagoon Beach: From the jetty boundary with Port Townsend Ship Canal east to the beach access stairs on Flagler Road near milepost 4 open August 15 through September ((30))7 only.
(((48)))(47) Joemma Beach State Park: Closed year-round.
(((49)))(48) Kayak Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(((50)))(49) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Closed year-round.
(((51)))(50) Kopachuck State Park: Open April 1 through May 31 only.
(((52)))(51) Lent Landing (Port Washington Narrows): Closed year-round.
(((53)))(52) Liberty Bay: All state-owned tidelands in Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center are closed year-round, except the western shoreline of Liberty Bay from the unincorporated Kitsap County line south to Virginia Point is open October 1 through April 30 only.
(((54)))(53) Lincoln Park: Closed year-round.
(((55)))(54) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed year-round.
(((56)))(55) Lofall: Closed year-round.
(((57)))(56) Long Island Oyster Reserve, Diamond Point and Pinnacle Rock (Willapa Harbor reserves): Diamond Point on the northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and Pinnacle Rock on the southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59 is open year-round.
(((58)))(57) Long Island Slough Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Closed year-round.
(((59)))(58) Long Point West: Closed year-round.
(((60)))(59) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed year-round.
(((61) Manchester State Park: Closed year-round.
(62)))(60) March Point Recreation Area: Closed year-round.
(((63)))(61) McNeil Island: All tidelands of McNeil Island are closed year-round.
(((64)))(62) Meadowdale County Park: Closed year-round.
(((65)))(63) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed year-round.
(((66)))(64) Monroe Landing: Closed year-round.
(((67)))(65) Mukilteo: Closed year-round.
(((68)))(66) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30 only.
(((69)))(67) Nahcotta Tidelands: State-owned tidelands east of the Willapa Bay Field Station and Nahcotta Tidelands interpretive site are closed year-round.
(((70)))(68) Nemah Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Oyster reserves between reserve monuments 10 and 11 are closed year-round.
(((71)))(69) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: All state-owned tidelands of the Nisqually River delta south of a line drawn from Luhr Beach boat ramp to Sequalitchew Creek are closed year-round.
(((72)))(70) North Bay (Case Inlet): ((State-owned oyster reserves and contiguous state-owned tidelands south and east of the powerline crossing))All state-owned tidelands north of the power transmission lines and those extending 1,900 feet south of the power transmission lines along the eastern shore are open March 1 through April 30 and September 1 through ((December 31))September 30, from one hour before official sunrise until one hour after official sunset only.
(((73)))(71) North Beach County Park: Closed year-round.
(((74) North Tabook Point: Closed year-round.
(75)))(72) Oak Bay County Park: Open ((May))April 1 through ((May 31))April 30 only.
(((76)))(73) Oak Harbor: Closed year-round.
(((77)))(74) Oak Harbor Beach Park: Closed year-round.
(((78)))(75) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed year-round.
(((79)))(76) Oakland Bay: State-owned oyster reserves are open year-round except in areas defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.
(((80)))(77) Old Mill County Park (Silverdale): Closed year-round.
(((81)))(78) Olympia Shoal: Closed year-round.
(((82)))(79) Pat Carey Vista Park: Closed year-round.
(((83)))(80) Penrose Point State Park: Open March 1 through April 30 only, except that portion of Mayo Cove within the commercially prohibited growing area is closed year-round.
(((84)))(81) Picnic Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(((85)))(82) Pitship Point: Closed year-round.
(((86)))(83) Pitt Island: All tidelands on Pitt Island are closed year-round.
(((87)))(84) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed year-round.
(((88)))(85) Pleasant Harbor WDFW Boat Launch: Closed year-round.
(((89)))(86) Point Defiance: Closed year-round.
(((90)))(87) Point No Point South: Closed year-round.
(((91)))(88) Point Whitney Lagoon: Open January 1 through April ((30))15 only.
(((92)))(89) Point Whitney Tidelands (excluding Point Whitney Lagoon): Open January 1 through April ((30))15 only.
(((93)))(90) Port Angeles Harbor: All public tidelands of Port Angeles Harbor and interior tidelands of Ediz Hook are closed year-round.
(((94)))(91) Port Gamble Heritage Park Tidelands: Open year-round.
(((95)))(92) Port Gardner: Closed year-round.
(((96)))(93) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Beach: Open January 1 through May 31 only.
(((97)))(94) Post Point: Closed year-round.
(((98)))(95) Potlatch DNR tidelands: Open April 1 through ((August 31))July 7 only.
(((99)))(96) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through ((August 31))July 7 only.
(((100)))(97) Priest Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(((101)))(98) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern shore of the spit from the boat ramp east to the southern utility tower near Purdy Bridge is open April 1 through April 30 only.
(((102)))(99) 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 to the harvest of clams year-round, except those state-owned tidelands on the west side of the bay north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open year-round.
(((103)))(100) Retsil: Closed year-round.
(((104)))(101) Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: Closed year-round.
(((105)))(102) Salt Creek Recreation Area (DNR-419): Closed year-round.
(((106)))(103) Saltair Beach (Kingston Ferry Terminal): Closed year-round.
(((107)))(104) Saltwater State Park: Closed year-round.
(((108)))(105) Samish Bay: Public tidelands of Samish Bay between Scotts Point and an unnamed point on the shore (latitude N48.5745°; longitude W122.4440°) are closed year-round.
(((109)))(106) Scenic Beach State Park: Closed year-round.
(((110)))(107) Seahurst County Park: Closed year-round.
(((111)))(108) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed year-round.
(((112)))(109) Semiahmoo Marina: Closed year-round.
(((113)))(110) Sequim Bay State Park: Open January 1 through June 30 only.
(((114)))(111) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(((115)))(112) Silverdale Waterfront Park: Closed year-round.
(((116)))(113) Sinclair Inlet: All public tidelands of Sinclair Inlet west of a line drawn from the intersection of Bancroft Road and Beach Drive East northerly to Point Herron are closed year-round.
(((117)))(114) Skagit Bay Estuary Wildlife Areas: All public tidelands of Skagit Bay Estuary Wildlife Area, Fir Island Farms Reserve Wildlife Area, Island Wildlife Area, Camano Island Wildlife Area and Leque Island Wildlife Area are closed year-round.
(((118)))(115) South Carkeek Park: Closed year-round.
(((119) South Mukilteo: Closed year-round.
(120)))(116) Southworth: Closed year-round.
(((121)))(117) Spencer Spit State Park: Open March 1 through July 31 only.
(((122)))(118) Stuart Island State Park – Reid Harbor (South Beach): Closed year-round.
(((123)))(119) Taylor Bay: Closed year-round.
(((124)))(120) Totten Inlet Oyster Reserve (Oyster Bay reserves): Closed year-round.
(((125)))(121) Triton Cove Tidelands: Open ((July 15))June 1 through August 31 only.
(((126)))(122) Twanoh State Park: Open ((September))August 1 through September 30 only.
(((127)))(123) Walker County Park: Closed year-round.
(((128)))(124) West Dewatto: DNR Beach 44A open July 1 through September 30 only.
(((129)))(125) West Pass Access: Closed year-round.
(((130)))(126) West Penn Cove: From the property boundary at the Grasser's Lagoon access on Highway 20 to the dock extending across the tidelands from Captain Whidbey Inn on Madrona Road is ((closed year-round))open July 15 through September 15 only.
(((131)))(127) Willapa River Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Reserves located in the Willapa River channel extending west and upriver from a point approximately one-quarter mile from the blinker light marking the division of Willapa River channel and the North River channel are closed year-round.
(((132)))(128) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(((133)))(129) Woodard Bay Natural Resource Conservation Area: Closed year-round.
It is permissible to take, dig for, and possess clams, cockles, borers, and mussels, not including razor clams, for personal use from the Pacific Ocean beaches from November 1 through March 31 only.
Violation of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction, punishable under RCW
77.15.160.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 18-11-077, filed 5/17/18, effective 6/17/18)
WAC 220-330-140Oysters—Areas and seasons.
It is permissible to take and possess oysters for personal use from public tidelands year-round except the following restrictions apply to the public tidelands at the beaches listed below:
(1) Ala Spit: All public tidelands of Ala Spit open May 1 through May 31 only.
(2) Alki Park: Closed year-round.
(3) Alki Point: Closed year-round.
(4) Bay Center Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Palix River channel, extending from the Palix River bridge to beyond Bay Center to the north of Goose Point, is closed year-round.
(5) Bay View State Park: Closed year-round.
(6) Blaine Marine Park: Closed year-round.
(7) Blake Island State Park Marina: Closed year-round.
(8) Blowers Bluff North: Closed year-round.
(9) Brown's Point Lighthouse: Closed year-round.
(10) Budd Inlet: All state-owned tidelands of Budd Inlet south of a line drawn from the southern boundary of Burfoot Park to the opposite shore near 68th Avenue N.W. are closed year-round.
(11) Cama Beach State Park: Closed year-round.
(12) Camano Island State Park: Closed year-round.
(13) ((Chimacum Creek Tidelands (Irondale Beach Park): Public tidelands south of the main Chimacum Creek channel are closed year-round.
(14))) Chuckanut Bay: All tidelands of Chuckanut Bay north of the BNSF Railroad trestle are closed year-round.
(((15)))(14) Coupeville: Closed year-round.
(((16)))(15) Cultus Bay: Closed year-round.
(((17)))(16) Dave Mackie County Park: Closed year-round.
(((18)))(17) Des Moines City Park: Closed year-round.
(((19)))(18) Discovery Park: Closed year-round.
(((20)))(19) DNR-142: Closed year-round.
(((21)))(20) DNR-144 (Sleeper): Closed year-round.
(((22)))(21) Dockton County Park: Closed year-round.
(((23)))(22) Dosewallips State Park: Open year-round only in the area defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.
(((24)))(23) Dosewallips State Park South: Closed year-round south of the line defined by boundary markers on the beach.
(((25)))(24) Drayton West: All public tidelands of Drayton Harbor are closed year-round, except tidelands identified as approved by the department of health and defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach are open year-round.
(((26)))(25) Duckabush: Open November 1 through April 30 only.
(((27)))(26) Dungeness Spit/National Wildlife Refuge: Open May 15 through September 30 only.
(((28)))(27) East San de Fuca: Tidelands east of the Rolling Hills Glencairn Community dock are closed year-round.
(((29)))(28) Eld Inlet Oyster Reserves (Mud Bay reserves): Closed year-round.
(((30)))(29) English Camp: Tidelands between the National Park Service dinghy dock to the southern park boundary are closed year-round.
(((31)))(30) Evergreen Rotary Park (Port Washington Narrows): Closed year-round.
(((32)))(31) Fay Bainbridge Park: Closed year-round.
(((33)))(32) Fort Flagler State Park: Open January 1 through April 15 and July 1 through December 31 only, except that portion of Rat Island and the spit west and south of the park boundary is closed year-round from two white posts on the north end of the island at the vegetation line south to the end of the island.
(((34)))(33) Freeland County Park: Open ((January))October 1 through May ((15))31 only.
(((35)))(34) Frye Cove County Park: Open May 1 through May 31 only.
(((36)))(35) Fudge Point State Park: Closed year-round.
(((37)))(36) Gertrude Island: All tidelands of Gertrude Island are closed year-round.
(((38)))(37) Golden Gardens: Closed year-round.
(((39)))(38) Graveyard Spit: Closed year-round.
(((40)))(39) Guss Island: All tidelands of Guss Island are closed year-round.
(((41)))(40) Hoodsport: Tidelands at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery are closed year-round.
(((42)))(41) Hope Island State Park (South Puget Sound): Open May 1 through May 31 only.
(((43)))(42) Howarth Park/Darlington Beach: Closed year-round.
(((44)))(43) Illahee State Park: Open April 1 through July 31 only.
(((45)))(44) Indian Island County Park/Lagoon Beach: From the jetty boundary with Port Townsend Ship Canal east to the beach access stairs on Flagler Road near milepost 4 open August 15 through September ((30))7 only.
(((46)))(45) Joemma Beach State Park: Closed year-round.
(((47)))(46) Kayak Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(((48)))(47) Kitsap Memorial State Park: Closed year-round.
(((49)))(48) Kopachuck State Park: Open April 1 through May 31 only.
(((50)))(49) Lent Landing (Port Washington Narrows): Closed year-round.
(((51)))(50) Liberty Bay: All state-owned tidelands in Liberty Bay north and west of the Keyport Naval Supply Center are closed year-round, except the western shoreline of Liberty Bay from the unincorporated Kitsap County line south to Virginia Point is open October 1 through April 30 only.
(((52)))(51) Lincoln Park: Closed year-round.
(((53)))(52) Lions Park (Bremerton): Closed year-round.
(((54)))(53) Lofall: Closed year-round.
(((55)))(54) Long Island Oyster Reserve, Diamond Point and Pinnacle Rock (Willapa Harbor reserves): Diamond Point on the northwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 39 and 41 and Pinnacle Rock on the southwest side of Long Island between reserve monuments 58 and 59 is open year-round.
(((56)))(55) Long Island Slough Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Closed year-round.
(((57)))(56) Long Point West: Closed year-round.
(((58)))(57) Lower Roto Vista Park: Closed year-round.
(((59) Manchester State Park: Closed year-round.
(60)))(58) March Point Recreation Area: Closed year-round.
(((61)))(59) McNeil Island: All tidelands of McNeil Island are closed year-round.
(((62)))(60) Meadowdale County Park: Closed year-round.
(((63)))(61) Mee-Kwa-Mooks Park: Closed year-round.
(((64)))(62) Monroe Landing: Closed year-round.
(((65)))(63) Mukilteo: Closed year-round.
(((66)))(64) Mystery Bay State Park: Open October 1 through April 30 only.
(((67)))(65) Nahcotta Tidelands: State-owned tidelands east of the Willapa Bay Field Station and Nahcotta Tidelands interpretive site are open year-round.
(((68)))(66) Nemah Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Oyster reserves between reserve monuments 10 and 11 are closed year-round.
(((69)))(67) Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge: All state-owned tidelands of the Nisqually River delta south of a line drawn from Luhr Beach boat ramp to Sequalitchew Creek are closed year-round.
(((70)))(68) North Bay (Case Inlet): ((State-owned oyster reserves and contiguous state-owned tidelands south and east of the powerline crossing))All state-owned tidelands north of the power transmission lines and those extending 1,900 feet south of the power transmission lines along the eastern shore are open March 1 through April 30 and September 1 through ((December 31))September 30, from one hour before official sunrise until one hour after official sunset only.
(((71)))(69) North Beach County Park: Closed year-round.
(((72) North Tabook Point: Closed year-round.
(73)))(70) Oak Bay County Park: Open ((May))April 1 through ((May 31))April 30 only.
(((74)))(71) Oak Harbor: Closed year-round.
(((75)))(72) Oak Harbor Beach Park: Closed year-round.
(((76)))(73) Oak Harbor City Park: Closed year-round.
(((77)))(74) Oakland Bay: State-owned oyster reserves are open year-round except in areas defined by boundary markers and signs posted on the beach.
(((78)))(75) Old Mill County Park (Silverdale): Closed year-round.
(((79)))(76) Olympia Shoal: Closed year-round.
(((80)))(77) Pat Carey Vista Park: Closed year-round.
(((81)))(78) Penrose Point State Park: Open March 1 through April 30 only, except that part of Mayo Cove within the commercially prohibited growing area is closed year-round.
(((82)))(79) Pitship Point: Closed year-round.
(((83)))(80) Picnic Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(((84)))(81) Pitt Island: Closed year-round.
(((85)))(82) Pleasant Harbor State Park: Closed year-round.
(((86)))(83) Pleasant Harbor WDFW Boat Launch: Closed year-round.
(((87)))(84) Point Defiance: Closed year-round.
(((88)))(85) Point No Point South: Closed year-round.
(((89)))(86) Point Whitney Lagoon: Open January 1 through July 31 only.
(87) Point Whitney Tidelands (excluding Point Whitney Lagoon): Open January 1 through ((June 30))July 31 only.
(((90)))(88) Port Angeles Harbor: All public tidelands of Port Angeles Harbor and interior tidelands of Ediz Hook are closed year-round.
(((91)))(89) Port Gamble Heritage Park Tidelands: Open year-round.
(((92)))(90) Port Gardner: Closed year-round.
(((93)))(91) Port Townsend Ship Canal/Portage Beach: Open January 1 through May 31 only.
(((94)))(92) Post Point: Closed year-round.
(((95)))(93) Potlatch DNR Tidelands: Open April 1 through ((August 31))July 7 only.
(((96)))(94) Potlatch State Park: Open April 1 through ((August 31))July 7 only.
(((97)))(95) Priest Point County Park: Closed year-round.
(((98)))(96) Purdy Spit County Park: The southern shore of the spit from the boat ramp east to the southern utility tower near Purdy Bridge is open April 1 through April 30 only.
(((99)))(97) 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 year-round except those state-owned tidelands on the west side of the bay north of the Quilcene Boat Haven are open year-round.
(((100)))(98) Retsil: Closed year-round.
(((101)))(99) Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: Closed year-round.
(((102)))(100) Salt Creek Recreation Area (DNR-419): Closed year-round.
(((103)))(101) Saltair Beach (Kingston Ferry Terminal): Closed year-round.
(((104)))(102) Saltwater State Park: Closed year-round.
(((105)))(103) Samish Bay: Public tidelands of Samish Bay between Scotts Point and an unnamed point on the shore (latitude N48.5745°; longitude W122.4440°) are closed year-round.
(((106)))(104) Scenic Beach State Park: Closed year-round.
(((107)))(105) Seahurst County Park: Closed year-round.
(((108)))(106) Semiahmoo County Park: Closed year-round.
(((109)))(107) Semiahmoo Marina: Closed year-round.
(((110)))(108) Sequim Bay State Park: Open January 1 through June 30 only.
(((111)))(109) Shine Tidelands State Park: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(((112)))(110) Silverdale Waterfront Park: Closed year-round.
(((113)))(111) Sinclair Inlet: All public tidelands of Sinclair Inlet west of a line drawn from the intersection of Bancroft Road and Beach Drive East northerly to Point Herron are closed year-round.
(((114)))(112) Skagit Bay Estuary Wildlife Areas: All public tidelands of the Skagit Bay Estuary Wildlife Area, Fir Island Farms Reserve Wildlife Area, Island Wildlife Area, Camano Island Wildlife Area and Leque Island Wildlife Area are closed year-round.
(((115)))(113) South Carkeek Park: Closed year-round.
(((116) South Mukilteo: Closed year-round.
(117)))(114) Southworth: Closed year-round.
(((118)))(115) Spencer Spit State Park: Open March 1 through July 31 only.
(((119)))(116) Stuart Island State Park – Reid Harbor (South Beach): Closed year-round.
(((120)))(117) Taylor Bay: Closed year-round.
(((121)))(118) Totten Inlet Oyster Reserve (Oyster Bay reserves): Closed year-round.
(((122)))(119) Walker County Park: Closed year-round.
(((123)))(120) West Pass Access: Closed year-round.
(((124)))(121) West Penn Cove: From the property boundary at the Grasser's Lagoon access on Highway 20 to the dock extending across the tidelands from Captain Whidbey Inn on Madrona Road is ((closed year-round))open July 15 through September 15 only.
(((125)))(122) Willapa River Oyster Reserve (Willapa Harbor reserves): Reserves located in the Willapa River channel extending west and upriver from a point approximately one-quarter mile from the blinker light marking the division of Willapa River channel and the North River channel are closed year-round.
(((126)))(123) Wolfe Property State Park: Open January 1 through May 15 only.
(((127)))(124) Woodard Bay Natural Resource Conservation Area: Closed year-round.
It is permissible to take and possess oysters for personal use from the Pacific Ocean beaches from November 1 through March 31 only.
Violation of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction, punishable under RCW
77.15.160.