SB 5893-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Declares that secondary commercial fish receivers are persons possessing or controlling possession of fish and shellfish that have been or should have been recorded on fish receiving tickets, or have been or should have been recorded on aquatic farm production reports. Secondary commercial fish receivers include, but are not limited to, retail sales outlets, cold storage facilities, shippers, brokers, and other businesses that hold commercial fish and shellfish for other persons.

Provides that a person is guilty of a secondary commercial fish receiver's failure to account for commercial harvest if the person sells fish or shellfish at retail, stores or holds fish or shellfish for another, ships fish or shellfish, or brokers fish or shellfish, the fish or shellfish were required to be entered on a Washington state fish receiving ticket or a Washington aquatic farm production report, the person is not a wholesale fish dealer, fisher selling under a direct retail sale endorsement, or registered aquatic farmer, and the person fails to maintain records of each receipt of fish or shellfish at the location where the fish or shellfish are being sold, at the location where the fish or shellfish are being stored or held, or the principal place of business of the shipper or broker, or violates the recordkeeping requirements of this act.