EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: October 25, 2002.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing regulations.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-20-08000A; and amending WAC 220-20-080.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: Chapter 310, Laws of 2002, establishes a direct retail sale endorsement to a commercial crab and salmon license. This legislation took effect on July 1, 2002, and an interim rule is needed until the permanent rule takes effect after the December 2002, commission meeting.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Immediately.
October 25, 2002
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) A direct retail endorsement will not be issued to a licensee who is other than a natural person and, after 2002, will only be issued upon renewal of a qualifying license. Applicants for the endorsement must present a letter from the county health department of the fisher's county of residence certifying that the methods used by the fisher for transport, storage and display of product meet the county and statewide standards for food service operations. If the fisher is landing product from a documented vessel, the letter may be from the county health department of the hailing port of the vessel. Additionally, applicants must present a valid food and beverage service worker's permit at the time of application, and pay the direct retail administrative cost of fifty dollars. The health department letter, permit, and administrative cost are required for each application or renewal for a direct retail endorsement.
(2) Any fisher who offers salmon or crab for retail sale must complete a fish receiving ticket for all salmon or crab aboard the harvesting vessel before the product is offered for retail sale. The price shown on the fish receiving ticket must be the price at which the fisher is offering the salmon or crab for sale.
(3) Any fisher selling salmon or crab at retail, which salmon or crab are taken from an area under the quick reporting requirements of WAC 220-69-240, is required to comply with the quick reporting requirement.
(4) Salmon and crab offered for retail sale must be landed in the round. Salmon may not be cleaned or headed until the fish ticket documenting the landing is completed.
(5) In order to allow inspection and sampling, each fisher offering salmon or crab for retail sale must notify the department forty eight hours prior to sale and identify the location of the fisher's temporary food service establishment. The only acceptable notification is by telephone to (360) 902-2936, FAX to (360) 902-2155, or email to enforcement - web@dfw.wa.gov.
(6) Salmon or Dungeness crab sold under a retail sale endorsement may only be sold to a consumer. Sale is not allowed to any person who will resell the product, such as a restaurant. Dungeness crab must be sold uncooked.
(7) If salmon or crab offered for retail sale and documented on a fish receiving ticket are subsequently sold to a licensed wholesale dealer, the sale must be documented by a sale receipt, not a fish receiving ticket, and it is the responsibility of the wholesale dealer to maintain the product separately, until the product is resold or processed.
(8) Violations of subsections (2), (3), and (7) of this section are punishable under RCW 77.15.640.
(9) Violations of subsections (4), (5), and (6) of this section are punishable under RCW 77.15.540.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-20-08000A | Sale under a direct retail endorsement. (02-136) |