Originally published June 26, 2011 at 10:03 PM | Page modified June 27, 2011 at 6:05 PM

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New rules for state crab harvest

Recreational crab fishermen in Puget Sound are being awarded a bigger share of the state’s harvest under new rules.

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OLYMPIA —

Recreational crab fishermen in Puget Sound are being awarded a bigger share of the state’s harvest under new rules.

After five years of trying, they’ve been granted a fixed season that begins Friday and runs through Labor Day, with no quotas for total take. However, there is a daily quota of five male crab. The Kitsap Sun reports that could increase the recreational harvest of Dungeness crabs by 40 percent.

Meanwhile, the nontribal commercial fishery for the crabs won’t begin until Oct. 1 and will be limited to whatever is left of the nontribal quota. Commercial harvesters could see their share of that quota drop from 67 percent to about 50 percent.

Recreational crab fishermen may take no more than five Dungeness crab per day during crabbing season. An earlier version of this story failed to say that there is a daily quota.