Commercial Puget Sound shrimp fisheries

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Commercial-sized catch of spot shrimp
Photo by WDFW

Puget Sound is home to four separate state-managed commercial shrimp fisheries: fixed gear spot shrimp pot, fixed gear non-spot shrimp pot, non-spot shrimp beam trawl, and intertidal burrowing shrimp. Each fishery is managed separately and has independent quotas, management goals, and gear limitations. As with all shellfish harvest in Puget Sound, information on tribal fishing in Puget Sound is available through the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission