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2SSB 5083 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 4-17-91

By Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife

     On page 1, line 11, strike "hatcheries" and insert "hatchery"

     On page 1, after line 11, strike the remainder of the act and insert:

     "NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  The department of fisheries shall request full funding from the federal government for the reconstruction and operation of the Green River salmon hatchery, located on the Green River tributary to the Toutle River.  The department shall work with the Washington congressional delegation to achieve full funding for the Green River hatchery.  To the extent that federal funds are available, the department shall reconstruct and operate that hatchery.  The hatchery system on the Toutle River shall be operated in such a manner as to ensure that adult salmon are allowed to migrate upstream of the hatchery for natural spawning purposes.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  If full funding of the Green River hatchery is not made available to the department by the federal government, the department shall submit a report to the senate committee on environment and natural resources and to the house of representatives committee on fisheries and wildlife.  The report shall be submitted by December 1, 1991, and shall describe the priorities used by the department to allocate salmon hatchery funding."

2SSB 5083 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife

On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "hatcheries;" strike all material through line 2 and insert "and creating new sections."

EFFECT:  Removes the requirement that the Department of Fisheries operate the previously state-funded salmon hatcheries in the Toutle River at maximum productive capacity.  Removes the requirement that the Toutle River hatchery operations remain at the level in effect on January 1, 1991.  Clarifies that the federal funding that is requested shall be for the hatchery on the Green River.  Removes the requirement that the hatchery on the Green River is to operate at full productive capacity.  Changes the reporting requirements from a description of priorities used by the Department of Fisheries to allocate salmon hatchery funding in light of the failure to obtain federal funding to a description of priorities used by the Department of Fisheries to allocate salmon hatchery funding.