Economic Profile of Cap Sante Marina’s T-Dock (Updated 10/2025)

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September 6, 2022 | News

PRESS RELEASE

September 6, 2022

UPDATE

October 9, 2025

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Port of Anacortes’ T Dock facilitates $14 million in annual economic activity for Anacortes 

A study conducted by McKinley Research Group, LLC for the Port of Anacortes shows that the Port’s T Dock, a low-cost and publicly accessible dock located in Cap Sante Marina, facilitates $14 million in commercial activity each year. This includes $10 million in commercial fishing revenue and $4 million in commercial maritime revenue. 

The study, conducted in summer 2022, measured commercial activity associated with T Dock. Information sources included the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and interviews with commercial and Tribal fisheries and other maritime business users. Key study findings include: 

  • The average annual value of all T Dock seafood landings is $10 million. 
  • The average annual volume of seafood landings at T Dock is more than 2 million pounds. 
  • More than 30 Anacortes-based employees work for commercial maritime T Dock users. 
  • Six Puget Sound-area Tribes utilize T Dock to launch and unload their vessels and sell seafood. 
  • More than 80% of all Anacortes seafood landings are attributable to T Dock. 
  • A wide variety of seafood is landed at T Dock, including Dungeness crab, several species of shrimp, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, salmon, halibut, rockfish, and geoduck clams. 

Read the full study here.  

About T Dock 

The Port owns and operates T Dock, which was built in 1977. As the only facility of its kind of Fidalgo Island, T Dock is central to Anacortes’ maritime economy, supporting a variety of workers, businesses and communities. An engineering study showed that, despite consistent maintenance, the heavily used dock is nearing the end of its useful life. At almost 50 years old, it can now only support two-thirds of its original load capacity. 

In March 2022 the Port Commission approved the replacement of T Dock. The new proposed dock will be 14,250 square feet – more than twice the square footage of the current dock. 

In November 2024, the Port was awarded a $7.4 million grant from the MARAD Port Infrastructure Development Program to support this project.  

The Port has completed the design and is continuing to work on permitting for the new dock. 

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The Port of Anacortes was formed in 1926 to promote economic development for Anacortes and the surrounding area. The Port district is led by a board of five elected commissioners: Bonnie Bowers, Jon Petrich, Kathy Pittis, Jon Ronngren, and Joe Verdoes. Public meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of the month at 6 p.m. in the Commission Meeting Room of the Port Transit Shed, 100 Commercial Avenue, Anacortes, WA. For more information, visit www.portofanacortes.com