Marine Area 10 - Seattle/Bremerton Area

From the Apple Point Cove Point-Edwards Point to a line projected true east-west through the north tip of Vashon Island.

Seattle Marine Preserves: Note signs at beach entrances. The area from high tide to minus 4.5' (extreme low water) between the coordinates listed below is CLOSED to harvest except for finfish by hook and line.

Carkeek Park Marine Preserve
122º22.82'W, 47º42.53'N to a sign at 122º22.79'W, 47º42.73'N AND 200 yards of beach starting 300 yards north of 122º22.79'W, 47º42.73'N.

Golden Gardens Marine Preserve
122º22.82'W, 47º42.53'N to a sign at 122º22.79'W, 47º42.73'N AND 200 yards of beach starting 300 yards north of 122º22.79'W, 47º42.73'N.

Discovery Park Marine Preserve
122º25.53'W, 47º39.45'N northeast to the sign at sidewalk AND 122º25.35'W, 47º40.06'N to a sign posted at 122º25.07'W, 47º40.19'N.

Richey Viewpoint Marine Preserve
From the north edge of the park at 122º25.15'W, 47º34.50'N to 122º24.82'W, 47º34.34'N.

Emma Schmitz Memorial Marine Preserve
The residential property fence at 122º24.44'W, 47º33.89'N south to SW Oregon St.

Lincoln Park Marine Preserve
The flagpole at 122º24.08'W, 47º32.83'N to the sign posted at 122º23.67'w, 47º31.55'N.

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton
All waters within 150' of the pier head line CLOSED to fishing for Food Fish at all times.

Chittenden Locks Closure
Waters between Chittenden Locks and the Burlington-Northern Railroad bridge CLOSED to fishing. It is illegal to fish for Food Fish east of a line which is parallel to the Burlington-Northern Railroad bridge and approximately 175' west of the bridge, and which runds through the wooden piling tower structure near the south shore (west of the Chittenden Locks).

Elliott Bay Public Fishing Pier
waters within 100 yards of the Elliott Bay Public Fishing Pier CLOSED to fishing for Food Fish and the harvest of SHELLFISH except when fishing from the pier.

Duwamish Waterways Special Rules
a) Downstream of 1st Ave. South Bridge is part of Marine Area 10. Record SALMON caught here as Marine Area 10 on your catch record card. b) July 1 to August 15: CLOSED to fishing for SALMON. c) August 16 to June 30: same ruls as Area 10 - ENTIRE AREA. d) Additional restrictions September 1 to October 31: from the 1st Ave. South Bridge downstream to an east-west line through SW Hanford St. on Harbor Island (including waters at the Spokane St. Bridge) - night closure, unlawful to use forage fish jig gear, and anti-snagging rule.

Orchard Rocks Conservation Area
Waters and bedlands of Rich Passage within a 400 yard radius of Orchard Rocks CLOSED to all harvest. Closure does not affect privately owned fish in net pens and the harvest of clams, oysters, and mussels by tideland owners and their families.

Agate Pass Area
January 1 to March 31: catch-and-release and fly fishing only in waters west of a line from Point Monroe to Indianola and east of a line from Point Bolin to Battle Point. Lead-core line prohibited.

Shilshole Bay Closure
July 1 to August 31: waters of Shilshole Bay southeast of a line from Meadow Point to West Point CLOSED to fishing for SALMON.

Elliott Bay Closure
Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point CLOSED to SALMON fishing July 1 to August 31.

Sinclair Inlet Fishery
Waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south of the Manette Bridge in Bremerton, south of a line drawn true west from Battle Point, and west of a line drawn true south from Point White - same rules as Marine Area 10 - ENTIRE AREA, except July 1 to September 30.

Alki Beach Junk Yard (Octopus Protection Area)
CLOSED to the harvest of OCTOPUS

Seacrest Park Coves 1, 2, and 3 (Octopus Protection Area)
CLOSED to the harvest of OCTOPUS

Chico and Gorst Creeks Mouths Closures
All waters within channels created by exposed tidelands are CLOSED to fishing for SALMON.