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                         SENATE BILL 5615

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen and Oke

Read first time 02/04/97.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Parks.

Expanding the restricted area for commercial bottom trawling.

    AN ACT Relating to commercial bottom trawling; and amending RCW 75.12.390.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 75.12.390 and 1989 c 172 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Commercial bottom trawling for food fish and shellfish is unlawful in all areas of ((Hood Canal south of a line projected from Tala Point to Foulweather Bluff and in Puget Sound south of a line projected from Foulweather Bluff to Double Bluff and including all marine waters east of Whidbey Island and Camano Island)) the Strait of Juan de Fuca east of the Sekiu river, the Strait of Georgia, the San Juan Islands, Admiralty Inlet, Puget Sound, and Hood Canal.  All waters in marine area codes five through thirteen are closed to commercial bottom trawling for food fish and shellfish.

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