BILL REQ. #:  H-0748.1 



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HOUSE BILL 1516
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State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Blake and Kretz

Read first time 01/22/09.   Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources.



     AN ACT Relating to recovering gear used in the coastal Dungeness crab fisheries; and amending RCW 77.65.220.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 77.65.220 and 2000 c 107 s 43 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for shellfish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. The director may issue a limited-entry commercial fishery license only to a person who meets the qualifications established in applicable governing sections of this title.

FisheryAnnual FeeVesselLimited
(Governing section(s))ResidentNonresidentRequired?Entry?
(a) Burrowing shrimp$185$295YesNo
(b) Crab ring net-$130$185YesNo
     Non-Puget Sound    
(c) Crab ring net-$130$185YesNo
     Puget Sound    
(d) Dungeness crab-coastal (RCW      77.70.280)$295$520YesYes
(e) Dungeness crab-$295 $520YesYes
     coastal, class B    
     (RCW 77.70.280)    
(f) Dungeness crab-$130$185YesYes
     Puget Sound    
     (RCW 77.70.110)    
(g) Emerging      commercial fishery      (RCW 77.70.160      and 77.65.400)$185$295DeterminedDetermined
  by ruleby rule
    
(h) Geoduck (RCW$ 0$ 0YesYes
     77.70.220)    
(i) Hardshell clam$530$985YesNo
     mechanical
     harvester		    
     (RCW 77.65.250)    
(j) Oyster reserve$130$185NoNo
     (RCW 77.65.260)    
(k) Razor clam$130$185NoNo
(l) Sea cucumber dive$130$185YesYes
     (RCW 77.70.190)    
(m) Sea urchin dive$130$185YesYes
     (RCW 77.70.150)    
(n) Shellfish dive$130$185YesNo
(o) Shellfish pot$130$185YesNo
(p) Shrimp pot-$185$295YesYes
     Puget Sound    
     (RCW 77.70.410)    
(q) Shrimp trawl-$240$405YesNo
     Non-Puget Sound    
(r) Shrimp trawl-$185$295YesYes
     Puget Sound    
     (RCW 77.70.420)    
(s) Squid$185$295YesNo

     (2) The director may by rule determine the species of shellfish that may be taken with the commercial fishery licenses established in this section, the gear that may be used with the licenses, and the areas or waters in which the licenses may be used. Where a fishery license has been established for a particular species, gear, geographical area, or combination thereof, a more general fishery license may not be used to take shellfish in that fishery.
     (3) All rules adopted relating to the Dungeness crab-coastal fishery under subsection (1)(d) of this section must:
     (a) Allow individuals with the applicable commercial fishery license to remove fishing gear remaining in the water in that fishery after the close of the fishing season, regardless of whether it was originally set by the individual or not; and
     (b) At a minimum, address the geographic regions south of 46°53.30' N. latitude.
     (4) The commission may require a system of declaring gear abandoned and posting of abandoned gear declarations by the department to facilitate the process of removing gear after the close of the fishing season under subsection (3) of this section, if appropriate. Under an abandoned gear declaration system, the commission may issue fines for nondeclared gear remaining in the water after the close of the fishing season and require that the fines be added to a fund designated for the purpose of gear recovery, if appropriate.

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