HOOD CANAL SHRIMP FISHERY OPEN ONE MORE DAY
Friday, May 15th, 2009By Dedrick Allan 05/15/2009
Recreational shrimp fishers will get one more day to fish on Hood Canal. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) says Marine Area 12 will be open for shrimp fishing Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The four-day Hood Canal season was originally scheduled to close Wednesday but according to WDFW fish biologist Mark O’Toole, enough quota remains in the Canal to offer shrimpers some more time on the water. Since the opener, shrimpers have pulled in 57,500 pounds of prawns from Hood Canal. The 2009 quota for the area is 85,000 pounds.