This webpage will be updated with season dates, closures, and restrictions. Select a marine area or shrimping district below to learn if it's open for shrimp fishing.
More information on 2025 recreational shrimp fishing is available in our April news release.
Additional dates and times may be announced and added to this webpage if quota remains after the initial shrimp fishing days.
Some shrimp fishing rules apply in all marine areas:
- Each harvester must have a separate container for their catch, either in their possession or identified with their name.
- No minimum carapace size.
- Maximum of two shrimp pots per person and no more than four shrimp pots per boat.
Additional rules are available in the shrimp daily limits and rules section below.
Shrimp daily limits and rules
Daily limits and rules for spot, coonstripe, and pink shrimp are listed below.
Scroll down for tips for setting shrimp traps and not losing your gear, or download a printable handout (PDF).
Additional information on shellfishing gear rules is available on the statewide gear rules webpage.
Puget Sound management area
Marine areas 5 through 13 and Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line including Puget Sound, Hood Canal, Straits of Juan de Fuca and Georgia, and San Juan Islands
Please see the Marine Areas tabs below for additional harvest dates, times, and other details.
Daily limit of 10 pounds, heads and tails, of all shrimp species combined. Maximum of 80 spot shrimp, if open for spot shrimp.
If retaining only spot shrimp, then shrimp heads may be removed and discarded in the field.
If retaining any shrimp species other than spot shrimp, then shrimp heads may be removed but must be retained while in the field, until ashore and finished fishing for the day.
The minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is 1-inch mesh unless the area is closed for spot shrimp, but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp ("non-spot shrimp"), then the minimum size for shrimp pots is 1/2-inch mesh (See: current gear rules).
In areas closed for spot shrimp, but open for coonstripe and pink shrimp ("non-spot shrimp"), all spot shrimp caught must be returned to the water immediately.
Coastal management area
Marine areas 1 through 3 and Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay) west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line
Pacific Ocean shrimp grounds are located a considerable distance from shore (30 miles or more) and as a result are generally inaccessible by the casual sport fisher.
Daily limit of 25 pounds, heads and tails, of all shrimp species combined. Maximum of 200 spot shrimp.
Shrimp heads may be removed, but must be retained while in the field, until ashore and finished fishing for the day.
The minimum mesh size for shrimp pots is 1-inch mesh (See: current gear rules).
Tips for setting shrimp traps and not losing your gear
