SENATE BILL REPORT

                            SB 5302

                AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 4, 1993

Brief Description:  Concerning food fish and shellfish rules.

SPONSORS: Senators Owen, Hargrove and Oke

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Majority Report:  Do pass. 

     Signed by Senators Owen, Chairman; Hargrove, Vice Chairman; Amondson, Erwin, Franklin, Haugen, Oke, and Snyder.

Staff:  Ross Antipa (786‑7413)

Hearing Dates: February 3, 1993; February 10, 1993

BACKGROUND:

Private tideland owners or lessees may take unlimited amounts of shellfish such as oysters, clams, cockles, borers or mussels from private tidelands or leased state tidelands.

Some tideland owners or lessees desire to allow family members to take unlimited quantities of shellfish from their tidelands.

SUMMARY:

Immediate family members of tideland owners or lessees may take unlimited quantities of shellfish from private or leased tidelands.  Immediate family member is defined to include spouse, brother, sister, grandparent, parent, child or grandchild.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

TESTIMONY FOR:

Shellfish from private tidelands is private property and should not be limited by state regulations.

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  Ed Manary, Department of Fisheries (pro); Dana Mathews, Department of Fisheries (pro); Dennis Carlson (pro); Bill Carlson (pro)