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                         SENATE BILL 5443

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Spanel, Jacobsen and Kohl‑Welles; by request of Department of Fish and Wildlife

Read first time 01/23/2001.  Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Parks & Shorelines.

Changing required renewal dates in order to validly renew certain commercial fishing licenses.

    AN ACT Relating to commercial salmon licenses; and amending RCW 77.65.160.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 77.65.160 and 2000 c 107 s 37 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The following commercial salmon fishery licenses are required for the license holder to use the specified gear to fish for salmon in state waters.  Only a person who meets the qualifications of RCW 77.70.090 may hold a license listed in this subsection.  The licenses and their annual fees and surcharges under RCW 77.95.090 are:

Fishery Resident Nonresident      Surcharge

License Fee        Fee

(a) Salmon Gill Net‑-Grays      $380   $685   plus $100

Harbor-Columbia river

(b) Salmon Gill Net‑-Puget      $380   $685   plus $100

Sound

(c) Salmon Gill Net‑-Willapa    $380   $685   plus $100

Bay-Columbia river

(d) Salmon purse seine   $530   $985   plus $100

(e) Salmon reef net      $380   $685   plus $100

(f) Salmon troll $380     $685   plus $100

    (2) A license issued under this section authorizes no taking or delivery of salmon or other food fish unless a vessel is designated under RCW 77.65.100.

    (3) Holders of commercial salmon fishery licenses may retain incidentally caught food fish other than salmon, subject to rules of the department.

    (4) A salmon troll license includes a salmon delivery license.

    (5) A salmon gill net license authorizes the taking of salmon only in the geographical area for which the license is issued.  The geographical designations in subsection (1) of this section have the following meanings:

    (a) "Puget Sound" includes waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Strait, Puget Sound and all bays, inlets, canals, coves, sounds, and estuaries lying easterly and southerly of the international boundary line and a line at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca projected northerly from Cape Flattery to the lighthouse on Tatoosh Island and then to Bonilla Point on Vancouver Island.

    (b) "Grays Harbor-Columbia river" includes waters of Grays Harbor and tributary estuaries lying easterly of a line projected northerly from Point Chehalis Light to Point Brown and those waters of the Columbia river and tributary sloughs and estuaries easterly of a line at the entrance to the Columbia river projected southerly from the most westerly point of the North jetty to the most westerly point of the South jetty.

    (c) "Willapa Bay-Columbia river" includes waters of Willapa Bay and tributary estuaries and easterly of a line projected northerly from Leadbetter Point to the Cape Shoalwater tower and those waters of the Columbia river and tributary sloughs described in (b) of this subsection.

    (6) A commercial salmon troll fishery license may be renewed under this section if the license holder notifies the department by May 1st of that year that he or she will not participate in the fishery during that calendar year.  A commercial salmon gill net, reef net, or seine fishery license may be renewed under this section if the license holder notifies the department ((by August 1st)) before September 16th of that year that he or she will not participate in the fishery during that calendar year.  The license holder must pay the one hundred-dollar enhancement surcharge, plus a fifteen-dollar handling charge before September 16th, in order to be considered a valid renewal and eligible to renew the license the following year.

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