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SENATE BILL 6204
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senators Snyder and Haugen
Read first time 01/17/94. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to seaweed harvesting; amending RCW 79.01.805, 79.01.810, and 79.01.815; decodifying RCW 79.96.907; repealing RCW 79.01.820; prescribing penalties; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 79.01.805 and 1993 c 283 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The maximum daily wet weight harvest
or possession of seaweed for personal use from all private and public tidelands
and state bedlands is ten pounds per person. The department of natural
resources in cooperation with the department of ((fisheries)) fish
and wildlife may establish seaweed harvest limits of less than ten pounds
for conservation purposes. This section shall in no way affect the ability of
any state agency to prevent harvest of any species of marine aquatic plant from
lands under its control, ownership, or management.
(2) Commercial harvesting of seaweed from private and public tidelands and state bedlands is prohibited.
Sec. 2. RCW 79.01.810 and 1993 c 283 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A violation of RCW 79.01.805 is ((an
infraction under chapter 7.84 RCW, punishable by a penalty of one hundred
dollars)) a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with RCW 9.92.030.
(2) Treble damages may be awarded for damage to natural resources.
Sec. 3. RCW 79.01.815 and 1993 c 283 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
The department of ((fisheries)) fish
and wildlife and law enforcement authorities may enforce the provisions of
RCW 79.01.805 and 79.01.810.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. RCW 79.01.820 and 1993 c 283 s 6 are each repealed.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. RCW 79.96.907 is decodified.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 1994.
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