Shellfish Growing Area Risk Categories

By February 1 of each year, we'll update all growing area risk categories. We use a rolling five-year average of vibriosis cases to calculate risk categories.

Category 1: 0.2 or fewer cases attributed to the growing area.

Category 2: 0.3 to 1 cases attributed to the growing area.

Category 3: 1 or more cases attributed to the growing area.


Growing Area Name 2024 Risk Category
Alden Bank 1
Anderson Island 1
Annas Bay 1
Bainbridge South 1
Bay Center 1
Birch Bay 1
Blake Island 1
Bruceport 3
Buck Bay 1
Burley Lagoon 1
Cedar River 1
Colvos Passage 1
Dabob Bay 1
Dana Passage 1
Discovery Bay 1
Drayton Harbor 1
Drayton Passage 1
Dungeness Bay 1
Dyes Inlet 1
East Passage 1
East Sound 1
East Straits 1
Eld Inlet 1
Eliza Island 1
Filucy Bay 1
Fox Island 1
Grays Harbor 1
Hammersley Inlet 3
Harstine East 1
Henderson Bay 3
Henderson Inlet 1
Holmes Harbor 1
Hood Canal #1 2
Hood Canal #2 1
Hood Canal #3 1
Hood Canal #4 2
Hood Canal #5 1
Hood Canal #6 2
Hood Canal #7 1
Hood Canal #8 1
Hood Canal #9 1
Hunter Bay 1
Jamestown 1
Kilisut Harbor 1
Kingston 1
Lemolo 1
Liberty Bay 1
Lummi Bay 1
Lummi Island 1
Mackaye Harbor 1
Mats Mats Bay 1
Mud Bay 1
Mystery Bay 1
Nahcotta 1
Naselle River 1
Neah Bay 1
Nemah River 1
Nisqually Reach 1
North Bay 1
North River 1
Oak Bay 1
Oakland Bay 2
Oro Bay 1
Pacific Coast 1
Padilla Bay 1
Peale Passage 1
Penn Cove 1
Penrose Point 1
Pickering Passage 3
Point Partridge 1
Port Blakely 1
Port Gamble 1
Port Madison 1
Port Orchard Passage 1
Port Susan 1
Port Townsend 1
Portage Bay 1
Possession Sound 1
Poverty Bay 1
Protection Island 1
Quartermaster Harbor 1
Quilcene Bay 1
Reach Island 3
Rocky Bay 1
Samish Bay 3
Saratoga passage 1
Sequim Bay 1
Shoal Bay 1
Similk Bay 2
Skookum Inlet 2
South Skagit Bay 1
Southwest Whidbey Island 1
Stony Point 2
Stretch Island 1
Swinomish 1
Totten Inlet 3
Upright Channel 1
Vaughn Bay 1
West Key Peninsula 1
West Straits 1
Westcott Bay 1
Wyckoff Shoal 1
Yukon Harbor 1

More Resources

Vibrio Control Plan Rule Requirements

Commercial Shellfish Industry Resources