CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

              ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2107

 

 

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

Passed by the House April 19, 1999

  Yeas 97   Nays 0

 

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 6, 1999

  Yeas 44   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2107  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

 

                          Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.          

                                FILED

                

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2107

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Anderson and Linville)

 

Read first time 03/02/1999.

  Limiting fishing of shrimp.     


    AN ACT Relating to limiting fishing of shrimp; amending RCW 75.28.130; adding a new section to chapter 75.28 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 75.30 RCW; and creating a new section.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 75.28 RCW to read as follows:

    The legislature finds that it is in the public interest to convert the Puget Sound shrimp fishery from the status of an emerging fishery to that of a limited entry fishery.  The purpose of this act is to initiate this conversion, recognizing that additional details associated with the shrimp fishery limited entry program will need to be developed.  The legislature intends to complete the development of the laws associated with this limited entry fishery program during the next regular legislative session and will consider recommendations from the industry and the department during this program.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 75.28.130 and 1994 c 260 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

    (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    Annual Fee     Vessel Limited

(Governing section(s))   Resident      Nonresident  Required?        Entry?

(a) Burrowing shrimp     $185   $295   Yes    No

(b) Crab ring net-  $130 $185   Yes    No

Non-Puget Sound

(c) Crab ring net-  $130 $185   Yes    No

Puget Sound

(d) Dungeness crab- $295 $520   Yes    Yes

coastal (RCW 75.30.350)

(e) Dungeness crab- $295 $520   Yes    Yes

coastal, class B

(RCW 75.30.350)

(f) Dungeness crab- $130 $185   Yes    Yes

Puget Sound

(RCW 75.30.130)

(g) Emerging commercial  $185   $295   Determined Determined

fishery (RCW 75.30.220                 by rule       by rule

and 75.28.740)

(h) Geoduck (RCW    $  0 $  0   Yes    Yes

75.30.280)

(i) Hardshell clam  $530 $985   Yes    No

mechanical harvester

(RCW 75.28.280)

(j) Oyster reserve  $130 $185   No     No

(RCW 75.28.290)

(k) Razor clam      $130 $185   No     No

(l) Sea cucumber dive    $130   $185   Yes    Yes

(RCW 75.30.250)

(m) Sea urchin dive $130 $185   Yes    Yes

(RCW 75.30.210)

(n) Shellfish dive  $130 $185   Yes    No

(o) Shellfish pot   $130 $185   Yes    No

(p) Shrimp pot-     (($325      $575)) Yes    ((No))

((Hood Canal))      $185 $295          Yes

Puget Sound

(section 3 of this act)

(q) Shrimp trawl-   $240 $405   Yes    No

Non-Puget Sound

(r) Shrimp trawl-   $185 $295   Yes    ((No))

                                Yes

Puget Sound

(section 4 of this act)

(s) Squid   $185    $295 Yes    No

 

    (2) The director may by rule determine the species of shellfish that may be taken with the commercial fishery licenses established in this section, the gear that may be used with the licenses, and the areas or waters in which the licenses may be used.  Where a fishery license has been established for a particular species, gear, geographical area, or combination thereof, a more general fishery license may not be used to take shellfish in that fishery.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 75.30 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The Puget Sound shrimp emerging fishery management regime is converted from an emerging fishery status to a limited entry fishery status effective January 1, 2000.

    (2) Effective January 1, 2000, a person shall not fish for 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 75.28.130.

    (3) Effective January 1, 2000, a shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery license shall only be issued to a natural person who held an emerging commercial fishery license and Puget Sound shrimp pot experimental fishery permit during 1999.  Beginning January 1, 2001, a shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery license shall only be issued to a natural person who held a shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery license during the previous year.

    (4) Shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery licenses are nontransferable.

    (5) The department, by rule, may set licensee participation requirements for Puget Sound shellfish pot shrimp harvest.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 75.30 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The Puget Sound shrimp emerging fishery management regime is converted from an emerging fishery status to a limited entry fishery status effective January 1, 2000.

    (2) Effective January 1, 2000, a person shall not fish for 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 75.28.130.

    (3) Effective January 1, 2000, a shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery license shall only be issued to a natural person who held an emerging commercial fishery license and Puget Sound shrimp trawl experimental fishery permit during 1999.  Beginning January 1, 2001, a shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery license shall only be issued to a natural person who held a shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery license during the previous licensing year.

    (4) The department, by rule, may set licensee participation requirements for Puget Sound shellfish trawl shrimp harvest.

    (5) Shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery licenses are nontransferable.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  The department of fish and wildlife and the Puget Sound shrimp fishing industry shall work cooperatively to refine the limited entry management program for the Puget Sound shrimp fishery.  The department shall make recommendations to the natural resources committee of the house of representatives and the natural resources committee of the senate by December 31, 1999, on the details of the limited entry program, including a plan for converting from nontransferable to transferable licenses.

 


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