Sport fishers of Dungeness crabs had a record harvest and now have to self-report their late season catches. Only 52 percent of the total number of 2011 Puget Sound Crab Endorsement summer catch record card holders met their legal obligations— which gives weight to arguments from tribal and commercial fishers that the expanded sport crab fishery cannot be effectively managed by the state to meet conservation and catch-sharing mandates.
Crab catch reporting will dictate future http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/01/01/1966241/outdoors-crab-catch-reporting.html