Dungeness Crab Season 2024 Puget Sound Review. All recreational crabbers 15 years or older must carry a current washington fishing license. They utilize a variety of habitats over the course of their lives, and are vulnerable to shifts in ocean temperature and water quality.

The near collapse of the dungeness crab population in south puget sound led to prohibition of crabbing in all waters south of the tacoma narrows bridge, designated marine area 13 by the washington state department of fish and wildlife. 4, thursdays through mondays only.