PDFWAC 173-201A-612
Table 612—Use designations for marine waters.
(1) Table 612 lists uses for marine waters. Only the uses with the most stringent criteria are listed. The criteria notes in Table 612 take precedence over the criteria in WAC 173-201A-210 for the same parameter.
(2) All marine waters listed in Table 612 are protected for the miscellaneous uses of aesthetics, boating, commerce/navigation, and wildlife habitat.
(3) Table 612 is necessary to determine and fully comply with the requirements of this chapter. If you are viewing a paper copy of the rule from the office of the code reviser or are using their website, Table 612 may be missing (it will instead say "place illustration here"). In this situation, you may view Table 612 at the department of ecology's website at www.ecology.wa.gov, or request a paper copy of the rule with Table 612 from the department of ecology or the office of the code reviser.
Table 612
Use Designations for Marine Waters | Aquatic Life Use | Recreational Use | Harvest Use |
Budd Inlet south of latitude 47°04'N (south of Priest Point Park). | Good | Primary Contact | Excludes Shellfish |
Coastal waters: Pacific Ocean from Ilwaco to Cape Flattery. | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Commencement Bay south and east of a line bearing 258° true from "Brown's Point" and north and west of a line bearing 225° true through the Hylebos waterway light. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Commencement Bay, inner, south and east of a line bearing 225° true through Hylebos waterway light except the city waterway south and east of south 11th Street. | Good | Primary Contact | Excludes Shellfish |
Commencement Bay, city waterway south and east of south 11th Street. | Fair | Primary Contact | No Harvest Use Supported |
Drayton Harbor, south of entrance. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Dyes and Sinclair inlets west of longitude 122°37'W. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Elliott Bay east of a line between Pier 91 and Duwamish Head. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Everett Harbor, inner, northeast of a line bearing 121° true from approximately 47°59'5"N and 122°13'44"W (southwest corner of the pier). | Good | Primary Contact | Excludes Shellfish |
Grays Harbor west of longitude 123°59'W. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Grays Harbor east of longitude 123°59'W to longitude 123°45'45"W (Cosmopolis Chehalis River, river mile 3.1). Special condition - Dissolved oxygen shall exceed 5.0 mg/L. | Good | Primary Contact | Excludes Shellfish |
Guemes Channel, Padilla, Samish and Bellingham bays east of longitude 122°39'W and north of latitude 48°27'20"N. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Hood Canal. | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Mukilteo and all North Puget Sound west of longitude 122°39'W (Whidbey, Fidalgo, Guemes and Lummi islands and State Highway 20 Bridge at Deception Pass), except as otherwise noted. | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Oakland Bay west of longitude 123°05'W (inner Shelton harbor). | Good | Primary Contact | Excludes Shellfish |
Port Angeles south and west of a line bearing 152° true from buoy "2" at the tip of Ediz Hook. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Port Gamble south of latitude 47°51'20"N. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Port Townsend west of a line between Point Hudson and Kala Point. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Possession Sound, south of latitude 47°57'N. | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Possession Sound, Port Susan, Saratoga Passage, and Skagit Bay east of Whidbey Island and State Highway 20 Bridge at Deception Pass between latitude 47°57'N (Mukilteo) and latitude 48°27'20"N (Similk Bay), except as otherwise noted. | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Puget Sound through Admiralty Inlet and South Puget Sound, south and west to longitude 122°52'30"W (Brisco Point) and longitude 122°51'W (northern tip of Hartstene Island). | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Sequim Bay southward of entrance. | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
South Puget Sound west of longitude 122°52'30"W (Brisco Point) and longitude 122°51'W (northern tip of Hartstene Island, except as otherwise noted). | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |
Strait of Juan de Fuca. | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Totten Inlet and Little Skookum Inlet, west of longitude 122°56'32"W (west side of Steamboat Island). | Extraordinary | Primary Contact | All |
Willapa Bay seaward of a line bearing 70° true through Mailboat Slough light (Willapa River, river mile 1.8). | Excellent | Primary Contact | All |