A sergeant with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) witnessed four people loading buckets of oysters into a minivan along Highway 101 near Potlatch State Park.
The daily limit in Washington is 18 oysters per person, but due to the “extreme low tides,” the four individuals had unlawfully harvested approximately 500 oysters.
“Oysters harvested from public beaches must be shucked on the beach, and the shells left on the same tide land and tide height where harvested,” WDFW stated. “This regulation is in place because young oysters often grow on these shells, allowing for increased harvesting opportunity in the following years.”…