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77.65.060 | No commercial fishery during year—License requirement waived or license fees refunded. | If, for any reason, the department does not allow any opportunity for a commercial fishery during a calendar year, the director shall either: (1) Waive the requirement to obtain a license for that commercial fishery for that year; or (2) refund applicable license fees upon return of the license.
[ 2000 c 107 s 30 ; 199... |
77.65.070 | Licensees subject to statute and rules—Expiration and renewal of licenses. | (1) A commercial license issued under this chapter permits the license holder to engage in the activity for which the license is issued in accordance with this title and the rules of the department. (2) Unless otherwise provided in this title or rules of the department, commercial licenses and permits issued under this... |
77.65.080 | License suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance. | (1) The department shall immediately suspend the license of a person who has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by the department of social and health services as a person who is not in compliance with a support order. (2) A listing on the department of licensing's database that an individual's license is curren... |
77.65.090 | Vessel substitution—Fees. | This section applies to all commercial fishery licenses, delivery licenses, and charter licenses, except for emergency salmon delivery licenses. (1) The holder of a license subject to this section may substitute the vessel designated on the license or designate a vessel if none has previously been designated if the lic... |
77.65.100 | Vessel designation. | (1) This section applies to all commercial fishery licenses, delivery licenses, and charter licenses. (2) An applicant for a license subject to this section may designate a vessel to be used with the license. Except for emergency salmon delivery licenses, the director may issue a license regardless of whether the appli... |
77.65.110 | Alternate operator designation—Fees. | This section applies to all commercial fishery licenses and delivery licenses. (1) A person designated as an alternate operator must possess an alternate operator license issued under RCW 77.65.130 , and be designated on the fishery license prior to engaging in the activities authorized by the license. The holder of th... |
77.65.120 | Sale or delivery of fish or shellfish by fishery license holder and alternate operators—Conditions—License with a limited fish seller endorsement. | (1) Only the fishery license holder and any alternate operators designated on the license may sell or deliver fish or shellfish under a commercial fishery license or delivery license. A commercial fishery license or delivery license authorizes no taking or delivery of fish or shellfish unless the license holder or an a... |
77.65.130 | Vessel operation—License designation—Alternate operator license required. | (1) A person who holds a commercial fishery license or a delivery license may operate the vessel designated on the license. A person who is not the license holder may operate the vessel designated on the license only if: (a) The person holds an alternate operator license issued by the director; and (b) The person is de... |
77.65.140 | Alternate operators—Increase for certain licenses. | The director may, by rule, increase the number of alternate operators beyond the level authorized by RCW 77.65.050 and 77.65.110 for a commercial fishery license, delivery license, or charter license.
[ 2000 c 107 s 35 ; 1997 c 421 s 1 . Formerly RCW 75.28.055 .] |
77.65.150 | Licenses and permits—Fees—"Charter boat" defined—Oregon charter boats—Salmon charter license renewal. | (1) The licenses and permits and their annual license fees, application fees, and surcharges are: License or Permit Annual Fee (RCW 77.95.090 Surcharge) (RCW 77.12.702 Surcharge) Appli-cation Fee Governing Section Resident Nonresident (a) Non-salmon charter $375 (plus $35 for RCW 77.12.702 Surcharge) $760 (plus $35 for... |
77.65.160 | Commercial salmon fishery licenses—Gear and geographic designations—Fees. | (1) The following commercial salmon fishery licenses are required for the license holder to use the specified gear to fish for salmon in state waters. Only a person who meets the qualifications of RCW 77.70.090 may hold a license listed in this subsection. The licenses and their annual license fees, application fees, a... |
77.65.170 | Salmon delivery license—Fees—Restrictions—Revocation. | (1) A salmon delivery license is required for a commercial fishing vessel to deliver salmon taken for commercial purposes in offshore waters to a place or port in the state. As used in this section, "deliver" and "delivery" mean arrival at a place or port, and include arrivals from offshore waters to waters within the ... |
77.65.180 | Oregon, California harvested salmon—Landing in Washington ports encouraged. | (1) The legislature finds that landing salmon into the ports of Washington state, regardless of where such salmon have been harvested, is economically beneficial to those ports as well as to the citizens of the state of Washington. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to encourage this practice. (2) Notwithsta... |
77.65.190 | Emergency salmon delivery license—Fees—Nontransferable, nonrenewable. | A person who does not qualify for a license under RCW 77.70.090 shall obtain a nontransferable emergency salmon delivery license to make one delivery from a commercial fishing vessel of salmon taken for commercial purposes in offshore waters. As used in this section, "delivery" means arrival at a place or port, and inc... |
77.65.200 | Commercial fishery licenses for food fish fisheries—Fees—Rules for species, gear, and areas. | (1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for food fish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. As used in this section, "food fish" does not include salmon. The director may issue a limited-entry commercial fishery license only to a person who meets the qualifications established in a... |
77.65.210 | Nonlimited entry delivery license—Exceptions—Fees. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a person may not use a commercial fishing vessel to deliver food fish or shellfish taken for commercial purposes in offshore waters to a port in the state without a nonlimited entry delivery license. As used in this section, "deliver" and "delivery" mean arrival... |
77.65.220 | Commercial fishery licenses for shellfish fisheries—Fees—Rules for species, gear, and areas. | (1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for shellfish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. The director may issue a limited entry commercial fishery license only to a person who meets the qualifications established in applicable governing sections of this title. Fishery (Governing... |
77.65.240 | Surcharge on Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license. | A surcharge of one hundred twenty dollars shall be collected with each Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.220 . Moneys collected under this section shall be placed in the coastal crab account created under RCW 77.70.320 .
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 8 s 28 ; 2000 c 107 s 45 ; 1997 c 418 s 5 . Formerly... |
77.65.250 | Hardshell clam mechanical harvester fishery license. | A hardshell clam mechanical harvester fishery license is required to operate a mechanical or hydraulic device for commercially harvesting clams, other than geoduck clams, unless the requirements of RCW 77.55.021 are fulfilled for the proposed activity.
[ 2005 c 146 s 1005 ; 2000 c 107 s 46 ; 1993 c 340 s 19 ; 1989 c 31... |
77.65.260 | State oyster reserves—Oyster reserve fishery license. | A person who commercially takes shellfish from state oyster reserves under RCW 77.60.050 must have an oyster reserve fishery license.
[ 2000 c 107 s 47 ; 1993 c 340 s 20 ; 1989 c 316 s 14 ; 1983 1st ex.s. c 46 s 131 ; 1969 ex.s. c 91 s 2 ; 1955 c 12 s 75.28.290 . Prior: 1951 c 271 s 27 ; 1949 c 112 s 71 ; Rem. Supp. 19... |
77.65.270 | Oyster cultch permit. | An oyster cultch permit is required for commercial cultching of oysters on state oyster reserves. The director shall require that ten percent of the cultch bags or other collecting materials be provided to the state after the oysters have set, for the purposes of increasing the supply of oysters on state oyster reserve... |
77.65.280 | Fish dealer license—Exemption—Fees. | (1) A fish dealer license is required for a person in the state who: (a) Takes possession of raw or frozen fish or shellfish, in whole or in parts, to prepare, repackage, process, or preserve. This includes, but is not limited to: (i) Canning or processing of fish or shellfish for payment, whether the fish or shellfish... |
77.65.310 | Wholesale fish buyers and limited fish sellers—Documentation of commercial harvest. | Wholesale fish buyers and limited fish sellers are required to document the commercial harvest of fish and shellfish according to the rules of the department.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 8 s 30 ; 1996 c 267 s 29 ; 1985 c 248 s 4 . Formerly RCW 75.28.315 .]
Finding — Intent — Effective date — 2017 3rd sp.s. c 8: See notes follow... |
77.65.320 | Wholesale fish buyers/limited fish seller—Performance bond. | (1) A wholesale fish buyer or limited fish seller must deposit with the department an acceptable performance bond on forms prescribed and furnished by the department before engaging in fish selling or buying activities. This performance bond shall be a corporate surety bond executed in favor of the department by a corp... |
77.65.330 | Wholesale fish buyer/limited fish seller—Notification by director of a violation of rules relating to the accounting of commercial harvest—Payment of liability. | The director shall promptly notify by order a wholesale fish buyer or limited fish seller and the appropriate surety when a violation of rules relating to the accounting of commercial harvest has occurred. The notification shall specify the type of violation, the liability to be imposed for damages caused by the violat... |
77.65.340 | Wholesale fish buyer endorsement—Fees. | (1) A wholesale fish buyer endorsement is required for a licensed fish dealer: (a) To take first possession or ownership of fish or shellfish directly from a commercial fisher that is landed into the state of Washington; (b) To take first possession or ownership of raw or frozen fish or shellfish in the state of Washin... |
77.65.350 | Salmon roe—Sale by crewmember on a boat designated on a salmon charter license—Requirements. | (1) Crewmembers on a boat designated on a salmon charter license may sell salmon roe subject to rules of the department as long as: (a) The salmon is taken by an angler fishing on the charter boat and recorded on the angler's catch record card; (b) The roe is the property of the angler until the roe is given to the cre... |
77.65.370 | Food fish guide license—Game fish guide license. | (1) A person shall not offer or perform the services of a food fish guide without a food fish guide license in the taking of food fish for personal use, except that a charter boat license is required to operate a vessel from which a person may for a fee fish for food fish in state waters listed in RCW 77.65.150 (4)(b).... |
77.65.380 | Ocean pink shrimp—Defined. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter "ocean pink shrimp" means the species Pandalus jordani.
[ 1993 c 376 s 2 . Formerly RCW 75.28.720 .]
Findings — 1993 c 376: "The legislature finds that the offshore Washington, Oregon, and California commercial ocean pink shrimp fishery is composed ... |
77.65.390 | Ocean pink shrimp—Delivery license—Fees. | An ocean pink shrimp delivery license is required for a commercial fishing vessel to deliver ocean pink shrimp taken for commercial purposes in offshore waters and delivered to a port in the state. As used in this section, "deliver" and "delivery" mean arrival at a place or port, and include arrivals from offshore wate... |
77.65.400 | Emerging commercial fishery—Trial or experimental fishery—Licenses and permits. | (1) The director may by rule designate a fishery as an emerging commercial fishery. The director shall include in the designation whether the fishery is one that requires a vessel. (2) "Emerging commercial fishery" means the commercial taking of a newly classified species of food fish or shellfish, the commercial takin... |
77.65.410 | Geoduck diver license—Fee—Expiration—Safety program. | (1)(a) Every diver engaged in the commercial harvest of subtidal geoduck clams shall obtain a geoduck diver license. An individual may only own one license and all geoduck harvesting performed under the license must be done personally by the actual license holder. (b) The licensing requirement created in this section d... |
77.65.420 | Wild salmonid policy—Establishment. | By July 1, 1994, the commission jointly with the appropriate Indian tribes, shall each establish a wild salmonid policy. The policy shall ensure that department actions and programs are consistent with the goals of rebuilding wild stock populations to levels that permit commercial and recreational fishing opportunities... |
77.65.430 | Wild salmonid policy—Management strategies and gear types. | The director shall evaluate and recommend, in consultation with the Indian tribes, salmon fishery management strategies and gear types, as well as a schedule for implementation, that will minimize the impact of commercial and recreational fishing in the mixed stock fishery on critical and depressed wild stocks of salmo... |
77.65.440 | Alternate operator—Geoduck diver—Food fish guide—Fees. | The director shall issue the personal licenses listed in this section according to the requirements of this title. The licenses and their annual fees are: Personal License Annual Fee (RCW 77.95.090 Surcharge) Applica-tion Fee Governing Section Resident Nonresident (1) Alternate Operator $185 $570 $ 70 RCW 77.65.130 (2)... |
77.65.450 | Trapper's license—Fees. | A state trapping license allows the holder to trap fur-bearing animals throughout the state. However, a trapper may not place traps on private property without permission of the owner, lessee, or tenant where the land is improved and apparently used, or where the land is fenced or enclosed in a manner designed to exclu... |
77.65.460 | Trapper's license—Training program or examination requisite for issuance to initial licensee. | Persons purchasing a state trapping license for the first time shall present certification of completion of a course of instruction in safe, humane, and proper trapping techniques or pass an examination to establish that the applicant has the requisite knowledge. The director shall establish a program for training pers... |
77.65.480 | Taxidermist, fur dealer, game fish guide, and game farm—Licenses—Fees—Game fish stocking permit—Fees—Fishing or field trial permit—Fees. | (1) A taxidermy license allows the holder to practice taxidermy for commercial purposes, as that term is defined in RCW 77.15.110 . The fee for this license is one hundred eighty dollars. The application fee is seventy dollars. (2) A fur dealer's license allows the holder to purchase, receive, or resell raw furs for co... |
77.65.490 | Activities requiring license/permit. | (1) A license issued by the director is required to: (a) Practice taxidermy for commercial purposes; (b) Deal in raw furs for commercial purposes; (c) Act as a fishing guide; or (d) Operate a game farm. (2) A permit issued by the director is required to: (a) Conduct, hold, or sponsor hunting or fishing contests or comp... |
77.65.500 | Reports required from persons with licenses or permits under RCW77.65.480. | Licensed taxidermists, fur dealers, fishing guides, game farmers, and persons stocking game fish or conducting a hunting, fishing, or field trial contest shall make reports as required by rules of the director.
[ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 8 s 40 ; 2015 c 97 s 9 ; 1987 c 506 s 84 ; 1983 c 284 s 4 ; 1981 c 310 s 26 ; 1980 c 78 s ... |
77.65.510 | Limited fish seller endorsement—Food safety requirements—Fees—Other provisions. | (1) The limited fish seller endorsement permits a license holder or alternate operator to clean, dress, and sell his or her commercially harvested catch directly to consumers at retail. The limited fish seller endorsement may be issued as an optional addition to all holders of a commercial fishing license issued by the... |
77.65.530 | Washington-coastal spot shrimp pot fishery license. | (1) A Washington-coastal spot shrimp pot fishery license is required to: (a) Use spot shrimp pot gear to fish for spot shrimp; (b) Possess spot shrimp; and (c) Deliver spot shrimp. (2) Washington-coastal spot shrimp pot fishery licenses require vessel designation under RCW 77.65.100 . (3) A violation of this section is... |
77.65.550 | Revocation of geoduck diver license. | The department must revoke a geoduck diver license issued under RCW 77.65.410 , and the licensee must surrender the license, if the licensee is found in violation of a department of natural resources' geoduck harvest agreement two or more times. The person surrendering the geoduck diver license may not hold another geo... |
77.65.560 | Application for food fish guide license/game fish guide license—Required information. | (1) Any application for a food fish guide license or game fish guide license under RCW 77.65.480 must include: (a) The applicant's driver's license or other government-issued identification card number and the jurisdiction of issuance; (b) The applicant's unified business identifier number under a business license issu... |
77.65.570 | Suspension of charter boat, food fish guide, or game fish guide license—Appeal. | (1) In addition to other license suspension provisions provided in this title, the department may suspend a charter boat license, food fish guide license, or game fish guide license if, within a twelve-month period, a person is convicted of two or more violations of any rule of the commission or director regarding seas... |
77.65.580 | Vessel registration number decal and identifying decal for food fish guides, game fish guides, and charter boat operators. | (1) The department must issue a department vessel registration number decal and an identifying decal to all food fish guides, game fish guides, and charter boat operators licensed under RCW 77.65.010 . (2) Any person who acts or offers to act as a food fish guide, game fish guide, or charter boat operator must display ... |
77.65.590 | Fish guide combination license—Rule making—Fee. | (1) A fish guide combination license allows the holder to offer or perform the services of a food fish guide and game fish guide. (2) The commission must adopt rules to create and sell a fish guide combination license. The cost of the fish guide combination license or licenses must be below a fee equal to the total cos... |
77.65.600 | Return of certain licenses upon termination of employment relationship. | (1) Upon termination of the employment relationship by an employee or by an employing person, firm, or business, the employee shall return to the person, firm, or business who purchased the license on the employee's behalf any license described in subsection (2) of this section that the employee possesses. (2) This sec... |
77.65.610 | Crewmember license—Requirements—Rule making—Fee—Exemptions. | (1)(a) An individual age sixteen and older who works on board any vessel while operating in a commercial fishery regulated by the state must obtain a crewmember license from the department. However, an individual on the vessel designated as the primary or alternate operator on the commercial fishing license and an indi... |
77.65.615 | Commercial whale watching business license—Commercial whale watching operator license—Paddle tour business license—Paddle guide license—Fees—Definitions. | (1) A commercial whale watching business license is required for commercial whale watching businesses. The annual fee for a commercial whale watching business license is $200 in addition to the annual application fee of $70. (2) The annual application for a commercial whale watching business license as described in sub... |
77.65.620 | Commercial whale watching license—Adoption of rules—Analysis and report to the governor and the legislature—Definitions. | (1) The department must adopt rules for holders of a commercial whale watching license established in RCW 77.65.615 for the viewing of southern resident orca whales for the inland waters of Washington by January 1, 2021. The rules must be designed to reduce the daily and cumulative impacts on southern resident orca wha... |
77.70.005 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter and related rules adopted by the department unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Deliver" or "delivery" means arrival at a place or port, and includes arrivals from offshore waters to waters within the state and arrivals ashore from offshore w... |
77.70.010 | License renewed subject to RCW77.65.080. | (1) A license renewed under the provisions of this chapter that has been suspended under RCW 77.65.080 shall be subject to the following provisions: (a) A license renewal fee shall be paid as a condition of maintaining a current license; and (b) The department shall waive any other license requirements, unless the depa... |
77.70.020 | No harvest opportunity during year—License requirements waived—Effect on license limitation programs. | (1) The director shall waive license requirements, including landing or poundage requirements, if, during the calendar year that a license issued pursuant to chapter 77.65 RCW is valid, no harvest opportunity occurs in the fishery corresponding to the license. (2) For each license limitation program, where the person f... |
77.70.040 | Administrative review of department's decision—Hearing—Procedures. | A person aggrieved by a decision of the department under this chapter may request administrative review under the informal procedure established by this section. In an informal hearing before a review board, the rules of evidence do not apply. A record of the proceeding shall be kept as provided by chapter 34.05 RCW. A... |
77.70.050 | Salmon charter boats—Limitation on issuance of licenses—Renewal—Transfer. | (1) After May 28, 1977, the director shall issue no new salmon charter licenses. A person may renew an existing salmon charter license only if the person held the license sought to be renewed during the previous year or acquired the license by transfer from someone who held it during the previous year, and if the perso... |
77.70.060 | Salmon charter boats—Angler permit, when required. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person shall not operate a vessel as a charter boat from which salmon are taken in salt water without an angler permit. The angler permit shall specify the maximum number of persons that may fish from the charter boat per trip. The angler permit expires if the... |
77.70.070 | Salmon charter boats—Angler permit—Number of anglers. | A salmon charter boat may not carry more anglers than the number specified in the angler permit issued under RCW 77.70.060 . Members of the crew may fish from the boat only to the extent that the number of anglers specified in the angler permit exceeds the number of noncrew passengers on the boat at that time.
[ 2000 c... |
77.70.080 | Salmon charter boats—Angler permit—Total number of anglers limited—Permit transfer—Fees. | (1) The total number of anglers authorized by the director shall not exceed the total number authorized for 1980. (2) Angler permits issued under RCW 77.70.060 are transferable. All or a portion of the permit may be transferred to another salmon charter license holder. (3) The angler permit holder and proposed transfer... |
77.70.090 | Commercial salmon fishing licenses and delivery licenses—Limitations—Transfer. | (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, after May 6, 1974, the director shall issue no new commercial salmon fishery licenses or salmon delivery licenses. A person may renew an existing license only if the person held the license sought to be renewed during the previous year or acquired the license by... |
77.70.100 | Commercial salmon fishery license or salmon delivery license—Reversion to department following government confiscation of vessel. | Any commercial salmon fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.160 or salmon delivery license issued under RCW 77.65.170 shall revert to the department when any government confiscates and sells the vessel designated on the license. Upon application of the person named on the license as license holder and the approval of ... |
77.70.110 | Dungeness crab-Puget Sound fishery license—Limitations—Qualifications. | (1) A person shall not commercially take Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in Puget Sound without first obtaining a Dungeness crab — Puget Sound fishery license. As used in this section, "Puget Sound" has the meaning given in RCW 77.65.160 (5)(a). A Dungeness crab — Puget Sound fishery license is not required to take ot... |
77.70.120 | Herring fishery license—Limitations on issuance. | (1) A person shall not fish commercially for herring in state waters without a herring fishery license. As used in this section, "herring fishery license" means any of the following commercial fishery licenses issued under RCW 77.65.200 : Herring dip bag net; herring drag seine; herring gill net; herring lampara; herri... |
77.70.130 | Whiting-Puget Sound fishery license—Limitation on issuance. | (1) A person shall not commercially take whiting from areas that the department designates within the waters described in RCW 77.65.160 (5)(a) without a whiting-Puget Sound fishery license. (2) A whiting-Puget Sound fishery license may be issued only to an individual who: (a) Delivered at least fifty thousand pounds of... |
77.70.140 | Whiting-Puget Sound fishery license—Transferable to family members. | A whiting-Puget Sound fishery license may be transferred through gift, devise, bequest, or descent to members of the license holder's immediate family which shall be limited to spouse, children, or stepchildren. The holder of a whiting-Puget Sound fishery license shall be present on any vessel taking whiting under the ... |
77.70.150 | Sea urchin dive fishery license—Limitation on issuance—Transfer of license—Issuance of new licenses. | (1) A sea urchin dive fishery license is required to take sea urchins for commercial purposes. A sea urchin dive fishery license authorizes the use of only one diver in the water at any time during sea urchin harvest operations. If the same vessel has been designated on two sea urchin dive fishery licenses, two divers ... |
77.70.160 | Emerging commercial fishery designation—Experimental fishery permits. | (1) The director may issue experimental fishery permits for commercial harvest in an emerging commercial fishery for which the director has determined there is a need to limit the number of participants. The director shall determine by rule the number and qualifications of participants for such experimental fishery per... |
77.70.170 | Emerging commercial fishery designation—Legislative review. | Whenever the director promulgates a rule designating an emerging commercial fishery, the legislative standing committees of the house of representatives and senate dealing with fisheries issues shall be notified of the rule and its justification thirty days prior to the effective date of the rule.
[ 1990 c 63 s 3 . For... |
77.70.180 | Emerging commercial fishery—License status—Recommendations to legislature—Information included in report. | (1) Within five years after adopting rules to govern the number and qualifications of participants in an emerging commercial fishery, the director shall provide to the appropriate senate and house of representatives committees a report which outlines the status of the fishery and a recommendation as to whether a separa... |
77.70.190 | Sea cucumber dive fishery license—Limitation on issuance—Transfer of license—Fee—Issuance of new licenses. | (1) A sea cucumber dive fishery license is required to take sea cucumbers for commercial purposes. A sea cucumber dive fishery license authorizes the use of only one diver in the water at any time during sea cucumber harvest operations. If the same vessel has been designated on two sea cucumber dive fishery licenses, t... |
77.70.200 | Herring spawn on kelp fishery licenses—Number limited. | The legislature finds that the wise management of Washington state's herring resource is of paramount importance to the people of the state. The legislature finds that herring are an important part of the food chain for a number of the state's living marine resources. The legislature finds that both open and closed pon... |
77.70.210 | Herring spawn on kelp fishery license—Auction. | (1) A herring spawn on kelp fishery license is required to commercially take herring eggs which have been deposited on vegetation of any type. (2) A herring spawn on kelp fishery license may be issued only to a person who: (a) Holds a herring fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.200 and 77.70.120 ; and (b) Is the hig... |
77.70.220 | Geoduck fishery license—Fees—Conditions and limitations—OSHA regulations—Violations—Vessel identification number/fee. | (1) A person shall not harvest geoduck clams commercially without a geoduck fishery license. This section does not apply to the harvest of private sector cultured aquatic products as defined in RCW 15.85.020 . The geoduck fishery license fee and the application fee are specified in RCW 77.65.220 . (2) Only a person who... |
77.70.230 | Ocean pink shrimp—Delivery license—Requirements and criteria—Continuous participation. | A person shall not commercially deliver into any Washington state port ocean pink shrimp caught in offshore waters without an ocean pink shrimp delivery license issued under RCW 77.65.390 , or an ocean pink shrimp single delivery license issued under RCW 77.70.260 . An ocean pink shrimp delivery license shall be issued... |
77.70.240 | Ocean pink shrimp—Delivery license—Requirements and criteria—Historical participation. | An applicant who can show historical participation under RCW 77.70.230 (1) but does not satisfy the continuous participation requirement of RCW 77.70.230 (2) shall be issued an ocean pink shrimp delivery license if: (1) The owner can prove that the owner was in the process on December 31, 1992, of constructing a vessel... |
77.70.250 | Ocean pink shrimp—Delivery license—License transfer—License suspension. | After December 31, 1994, an ocean pink shrimp delivery license may only be issued to a vessel that held an ocean pink shrimp delivery license in 1994, and each year thereafter. If the license is transferred to another vessel, the license history shall also be transferred to the transferee vessel. Where the failure to h... |
77.70.260 | Ocean pink shrimp—Single delivery license—Fees. | The owner of an ocean pink shrimp fishing vessel that does not qualify for an ocean pink shrimp delivery license issued under RCW 77.65.390 shall obtain an ocean pink shrimp single delivery license in order to make a landing into a state port of ocean pink shrimp taken in offshore waters. The director shall not issue a... |
77.70.280 | Crab fishery—License required—Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license—Coastal crab and replacement vessel defined—Federal fleet reduction program. | (1) A person shall not commercially fish for coastal crab in Washington state waters without a Dungeness crab — coastal fishery license. Gear used must consist of one buoy attached to each crab pot. Each crab pot must be fished individually. (2) A Dungeness crab — coastal fishery license is transferable. Except as prov... |
77.70.290 | Crab taken in offshore waters—Criteria for landing in Washington state—Limitations. | (1) The director shall allow the landing into Washington state of crab taken in offshore waters only if: (a) The crab are legally caught and landed by fishers with a valid Washington state Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license; or (b)(i) The director determines that the landing of offshore Dungeness crab by fishers wi... |
77.70.300 | Crab taken in offshore waters—Dungeness crab offshore delivery license—Fee. | A person commercially fishing for Dungeness crab in offshore waters outside of Washington state jurisdiction shall obtain a Dungeness crab offshore delivery license from the director if the person does not possess a valid Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license and the person wishes to land Dungeness crab into a place o... |
77.70.310 | Transfer of Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses—Fee. | Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses are freely transferable on a willing seller-willing buyer basis after paying the transfer fee in RCW 77.65.020 .
[ 2000 c 107 s 78 ; 1997 c 418 s 3 ; 1994 c 260 s 5 . Formerly RCW 75.30.380 .]
Finding — Severability — 1994 c 260: See notes following RCW 77.70.280 .
Effective date... |
77.70.320 | Coastal crab account—Created—Revenues—Expenditures. | The coastal crab account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The account shall consist of revenues from fees from the transfer of each Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license assessed under RCW 77.65.020 , delivery fees assessed under RCW 77.70.300 , and the license surcharge under RCW 77.65.240 . Only the... |
77.70.330 | Coastal crab account expenditures—Management of coastal crab resource. | Expenditures from the coastal crab account may be made by the department for management of the coastal crab resource. Management activities may include studies of resource viability, interstate negotiations concerning regulation of the offshore crab resource, resource enhancement projects, or other activities as determ... |
77.70.340 | Criteria for nonresident Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license for Oregon residents—Section effective contingent upon reciprocal statutory authority in Oregon. | (1) An Oregon resident who can show historical and continuous participation in the Washington state coastal crab fishery by having held a nonresident non-Puget Sound crab pot license issued under RCW 77.65.220 each year from 1990 through 1994, and who has delivered a minimum of eight landings totaling five thousand pou... |
77.70.350 | Restrictions on vessel designations and substitutions on Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses. | (1) The following restrictions apply to vessel designations and substitutions on Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses: (a) The holder of the license may not: (i) Designate on the license a vessel the hull length of which exceeds ninety-nine feet; or (ii) Change vessel designation if the hull length of the vessel pro... |
77.70.360 | Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses—Limitation on new licenses—Requirements for renewal. | Except as provided under *RCW 77.70.380 , the director shall issue no new Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses after December 31, 1995. A person may renew an existing license only if the person held the license sought to be renewed during the previous year or acquired the license by transfer from someone who held it... |
77.70.370 | Limitation on taking crab in the exclusive economic zone of Oregon or California—Section effective contingent upon reciprocal legislation by both Oregon and California. | (1) A Dungeness crab — coastal fishery licensee shall not take Dungeness crab in the waters of the exclusive economic zone westward of the states of Oregon or California and land crab taken in those waters into Washington state unless the licensee also holds the licenses, permits, or endorsements, required by Oregon or... |
77.70.390 | Reduction of landing requirements under RCW77.70.280—Procedure. | The director may reduce the landing requirements established under RCW 77.70.280 upon the recommendation of an advisory review board established under *RCW 77.70.030 , but the director may not entirely waive the landing requirement. The advisory review board may recommend a reduction of the landing requirement in indiv... |
77.70.400 | Coastal Dungeness crab resource plan. | The department, with input from Dungeness crab — coastal fishery licensees and processors, shall prepare a resource plan to achieve even-flow harvesting and long-term stability of the coastal Dungeness crab resource. The plan may include pot limits, further reduction in the number of vessels, individual quotas, trip li... |
77.70.410 | Shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery—Limited entry fishery—License analogous to personal property—Transferability—Alternate operator designation. | (1) The shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery is a limited entry fishery and a person shall not fish for spot shrimp or nonspot shrimp taken from Puget Sound for commercial purposes with shrimp pot gear except under the provisions of a shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.220 . (2) A shrimp pot-Puget ... |
77.70.420 | Shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery—Limited entry fishery—License analogous to personal property—Transferability—Alternate operator. | (1) The shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery is a limited entry fishery and a person shall not fish for nonspot shrimp taken from Puget Sound for commercial purposes with shrimp trawl gear except under the provisions of a shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.220 . (2) A shrimp trawl-Puget Sound f... |
77.70.425 | Nonspot shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery—Limited entry fishery—License analogous to personal property—Transferability—Alternate operator. | (1) The nonspot shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery is a limited entry fishery and a person may not fish for nonspot shrimp for commercial purposes with nonspot shrimp pot gear except under the provisions of a nonspot shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery license or a shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.2... |
77.70.430 | Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program—Fee—Coastal crab pot buoy tag program—Fee—Review. | (1) In order to administer a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program, the department may charge a fee to holders of a Dungeness crab — Puget Sound fishery license to reimburse the department for the production of Puget Sound crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program. (2) In orde... |
77.70.440 | Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag account. | The Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW 77.70.430 (1) must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from this account may be used for the production of crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag prog... |
77.70.442 | Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag account. | The Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW 77.70.430 (2) must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from this account may be used for the production of crab pot buoy tags and the administration of a Washington coastal crab pot... |
77.70.450 | Commercial fisheries buyback account. | The commercial fisheries buyback account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from money collected by the commission under RCW 77.70.460 , moneys appropriated for the purposes of this section, and other gifts, grants, or donations specifically made to the fund must be deposited into the accoun... |
77.70.460 | Collection of fee—Fee schedule—Deposit of moneys.(Contingent expiration date.) | (1) The commission shall collect a fee upon all deliveries of fish or shellfish from persons holding: (a) A federal pacific groundfish limited entry permit with a trawl endorsement; (b) an ocean pink shrimp delivery license issued under RCW 77.65.390 ; (c) a Dungeness crab — coastal fishery license issued under RCW 77.... |
77.70.470 | Ban on assessing fee under RCW77.70.460.(Contingent expiration date.) | The commission may not assess the fee specified under RCW 77.70.460 until after the federal government creates a groundfish fleet reduction program.
[ 2003 c 174 s 3 .]
Contingent expiration date — 2003 c 174 ss 2 and 3: See note following RCW 77.70.460 . |
77.70.480 | Pacific sardines—Purse seine fishery license or temporary annual fishery permit required. | (1) A Washington sardine purse seine fishery license or temporary annual fishery permit is required to use purse seine gear to fish for or possess Pacific sardines in offshore waters. This requirement does not affect persons authorized to fish for or possess sardines in offshore waters under a valid Oregon or Californi... |
77.70.490 | Pacific sardine purse seine fishery license—Fees—Temporary annual fishery permit—Fees—Adoption of rules regarding bycatch. | (1) A Washington Pacific sardine purse seine fishery license: (a) May only be issued to a person that held a coastal pilchard experimental fishery permit in 2008, except as otherwise provided in this section; (b) Must be renewed annually to remain active; and (c) Subject to the restrictions of subsections (6) and (7) o... |
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