An officer with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was patrolling along the beach at Freeland County Park when he noticed an individual digging for clams. The officer waited in his patrol vehicle until the subject returned to make contact. Apart from a few species, harvesters are allowed a daily bag limit of no more than 40 clams not to exceed 10 lb. Several species of clams are subject to a minimum size limit of 1 and 1/2 in. However, it's worth noting that Washington state recently implemented an emergency change for some species. Hello. I'm with Fish and Wildlife Police. What's that? I'm with Fish and Wildlife Police. I'm sorry. Fish and Wildlife Police. >> Uh-huh. How are you doing? Good, yourself? Good. I'm just here to check some clams. >> Okay. I'll just let you know I have my body cam on, so I'm being audio video recorded. Do you have a license with you? Uh I got that on my phone. Okay. Uh Are you aware that you have to have it with you? Yeah, I I No, no, I I I thought you could have it on your phone. >> Mhm. It's just like a driver's license. >> You know what? Cuz I've been checked by a a one of you guys. Uh-huh. And I had it on my phone before and it was fine. Oh, okay. Well, just think of it like a driver's license. Would you take a picture of your driver's license and drive? Well, yeah. It's the same thing. You're supposed to have your physical copy with you. >> Yeah. Okay. Uh yeah, with you Do you have it then? I do. Okay. I might even have it in my car if you want me to check my car. Yeah, either way, Okay. Well, let me just uh get It's a nice night to come out. >> Oh, it's beautiful. 4 6 25 So, what I see, I mean, that's the Does that do it for you? For a second. And you have the combo. And you are Your name? All right. See your clams, okay? How many do you have? Uh enough for some chowder and some steamers. Okay. You know how many you have though? Uh no. Okay. Do you know what the limit is? Like 10 lbs? Uh it is not, no. So, it's 40. 40 lbs? No, it's 40 clams. Oh. So, where do you live? Seattle. Okay. You came over here on the ferry? Uh Or do you live here on the island? I've got a place here. Okay. Um actually, I'm going to go onto that bench and count your clams. If you want to just hang tight. James, do you have any ID on you? Sure. Okay. I'll just take a look at that. Oh, do you please take it out for me, please? All right. Thank you. If you want to just hang tight, I'll be right back. >> [snorts] >> Uh-huh. And I was going to split these with him. Uh it doesn't work like that. I mean if he if he Well, if he can't I mean he was supposed to meet me here and like I thought, well, I'll just dig and then we'll be done. Yeah, it doesn't work like that. You can't dig for another. So, that person has to be licensed and >> are they are licensed. And that person has to dig their own Okay. clams. So, you had How many clams do you think you had? Um 150. 195. All right. So, the limit is 40. Ah. Um it's 40 or 10 lb, whichever comes first. Okay. Um so, obviously you're going to reach your 40 before your 10 lb, okay? Yeah. Uh is that address correct on your driver's license? The So, here's that back. Um obviously couple issues, yeah. One, um you're actually uh first three over limit. Uh What's that? It's a first-degree over limit. It's actually [clears throat] criminal. Who? Um have you ever had a fish wildlife violation before? No. Okay. So, as long as that is true, um I'll give you a break on the criminal aspect and write you the infraction, okay? >> All right. >> It's going to come to that address on your driver's license. When you receive it. You'll have three options. You can pay it, contest it, or mitigate it. Just make sure you make a decision within 33 days of it being sent. All right. Okay? Do you have any questions? Uh nope. Okay. Uh oh, if you want to walk over here with me, you can grab your 40. >> Okay. And then you can Should we take the other ones back? Uh yes, please. So, the other What about the flight? Do you have a measuring device so you know what the What's No, that's not a clam. That's That's mud. Okay. Anyway, um So, measuring device for what? So, there is a minimum size >> Uh-huh. for clams. So, just be cognizant of that, okay? >> So, what is your minimum size? It's 1 and 1/4. Yeah. >> Or 1.5, 1 and 1/2. Okay. And do you know what why they have a minimum size? Uh just It's kind of like crabs. You just don't want to You don't want to So, you have one right there. So, what what you can either do is just get a crab gauge that has one on there or um just get a 1 and 1/2 inch [clears throat] or yeah, 1 and 1/2 inch PVC piping >> Yeah. and just cut it out and use that as a gauge. 2 4 6 8 9. Okay, so, let me put these How many How many is that? What's that? >> How many is that? 40. Oh, okay. >> [snorts] >> Looking for another container? Yeah. You know what I'd like to do with this? Or you can just leave that 40 on the bench and then just transport the rest. >> That's true. Um back and then pick up your 40. That's a good idea. Okay. I'll grab this. Great. >> [snorts] >> All righty. All right, James. Well, be safe out here. Okay. Okay. In the end, the harvester received an infraction for the shellfish violation. Despite a final corrected count of 194 clams, he received a warning for the criminal charge of being over the limit in the first degree. He also received another warning for not having his fishing license on his person. If you like this video and want to see more like it, subscribe to Arrest Cam. As always, thanks for watching. >> [music]