APRIL 23, 2024:
UPCOMING BAIT CLAM HARVEST :
MONROE LANDING - BEACH No. 240130
OPEN: 1:30PM Monday, 4/29/24 CLOSE: 5:30PM Monday, 4/29/24 This Fishery is open for BUTTERS ONLY. Cockles, Horse Clams, Manilas, and Native Littlenecks are closed for harvest but incidental harvest must be collected and weighed. PERMITS ARE REQUIRED. Harvest site must be accessed by foot or boat only. Non-motorized carts or wagons are permitted. Motorized travel on the beach will not be allowed.
OPEN AREAS FOR SUBSISTENCE CLAM HARVEST :
LONE TREE POINT (open for butters only) is open two tides per month until further notice. See schedule below for dates. Lone Tree Point is defined as tidelands south of the pier dock and north of the western edge of Reef Point Road. No cockle or native littleneck harvest is allowed (including the areas both North and South of Lone Tree Point as well as the reef that is exposed during low tides off Lone Tree point).
OPEN: 12:30PM Sat, April 27, 2024 CLOSE: 4:30PM Sat, April 27, 2024
OPEN: 11:45AM Fri, May 10, 2024 CLOSE: 3:45PM Fri, May 10, 2024
OPEN: 11:30AM Sat, May 25, 2024 CLOSE: 3:30PM Sat, May 25, 2024
OPEN: 10:30AM Fri, June 7, 2024 CLOSE: 2:30PM Fri, June 7, 2024
OPEN: 11:00AM Sat, June 22, 2024 CLOSE: 3:00PM Sat, June 22, 2024
Lone Tree butter clams were tested for PSP (Paralytic Shellfish Poison) on April 9th and none was detected. Testing occurs monthly from April-October.
ALA SPIT: Open 8:00AM on Thusday, February 8, 2024 and will close at 11:59PM on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, or when combined treaty harvest share of 2,421 lbs of butters is taken. NO Cockles, horse clams, native littlenecks or manilas can be harvested from this beach.
WEST PENN COVE: Open 8:00AM on Thursday, February 8, 2024 and will close at 11:59PM on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, or when combined treaty harvest share of 20,502 lbs of butters, 3,263 lbs of cockles and 4,829 lbs of native littlenecks and manilas is taken. NO horse clams can be harvested from this beach.
TWIN LAGOONS: Open 8:00AM on Thursday, February 8, 2024 and will close at 11:59PM on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 or when combined treaty harvest share of 7,038 lbs of butters and 1,393 lbs of native littlenecks or manilas is taken. NO cockles or horse clams can be harvested from this beach.
MADRONA: Open 8:00AM on Thursday, February 8, 2024 and will close at 11:59PM on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 or when combined treaty harves share of 5,227 lbs of butters is taken. NO cockles, horse clams, native littlenecks or manilas can be harvested from this beach.
TURNERS BAY:
CURRENTLY CLOSED
SNEE-OOSH POINT:
OPEN: 12:00PM, 4/26/24 CLOSE: 4:30PM, 4/27/24
EASTERN KUKUTALI PRESERVE:
CURRENTLY CLOSED
SUBSISTENCE HARVEST AMOUNT (all beaches): Not to exceed one 5 gallon bucket per day, per digger (no more than 1/2 bucket of manila and/or native littleneck clams on beaches where species is open).
PERMITTED GEAR (all beaches): Hand held fork, rake, or shovel
RESTRICTIONS (all beaches): Only individuals with valid Swinomish Indian Tribal Community shellfish permits for subsistence harvest are allowed to dig clams. Permits can be obtained thru the Fisheries department: Text your request to 360-391-2494 or email requests to bdean@swinomish.nsn.us
MINIMUM SIZE size limit for butters is 1 1/2 inches.
ALL CLAM HOLES MUST BE BACKFILLED (all beaches)
NO TRESSPASSING (all beaches) across private property, public access only.
CATCH ACCOUNTING: All harvest must be recorded with the Swinomish Fisheries Department.Text your harvest total (in pounds) to 360-391-2494 or email your total to bdean@swinomish.nsn.us