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                            ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 5675

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Metcalf, McMullen, Anderson and Bailey.

Read first time February 14, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.Requiring a restoration plan for Skagit river salmon.

     AN ACT Relating to Skagit river salmon; and creating new sections.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      The director of fisheries shall prepare a salmon recovery plan for the Skagit river.  The plan shall incorporate the best available technology in order to achieve maximum restoration of depressed salmon stocks.  The utilization of salmon hatchery programs must be an important component of the recovery plan.  The plan must encourage the restoration of natural spawning areas and natural rearing of salmon but must not preclude the development of an active hatchery program.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      The director shall present the recovery plan to the legislature on or before December 31, 1992.  The plan shall include funding requirements for salmon hatchery programs and natural spawning programs.