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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1485

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Representatives Linville, Buck, Hatfield, Chandler, Cooper, Sump, Regala, Butler, Anderson, Doumit, Morris, Sheldon, Tokuda, Kessler, Scott, Blalock and Dickerson)

Read first time 02/21/97.

Requiring the department of fish and wildlife to report to the legislature regarding salmon harvests.

    AN ACT Relating to salmon harvest reporting; and adding a new section to chapter 75.08 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 75.08 RCW to read as follows:

    Beginning March 1, 1998, and each March 1st thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature identifying the total salmon and steelhead harvest of the preceding season.  This report shall include the final commercial harvests and the best available estimate of recreational harvests.  By September 15th of each year, the department shall update its report by including final estimates of recreational harvests.  At a minimum, the report shall clearly identify:

    (1)  The total treaty tribal and nontribal harvests by species and by management unit;

    (2) Where and why the nontribal harvest does not meet the full allocation allowed under United States v. Washington, 384 F. Supp. 312 (1974) (Boldt I) including a summary of the key policies within the management plan that result in a less than full nontribal allocation; and

    (3) The location and quantity of salmon and steelhead harvested under the wastage provisions of United States v. Washington, 384 F. Supp. 312 (1974).

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