FINAL BILL REPORT

 

 

                               SSB 5348

 

 

                              C 172 L 89

 

 

BYSenate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources (originally sponsored by Senator Owen)

 

 

Relating to the regulating of fishing.

 

 

Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources

 

 

House Committe on Fisheries & Wildlife

 

 

                         SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

 

BACKGROUND:

 

Commercial bottom trawling for food fish and shellfish often disturbs the water bottom and can negatively affect commercial and recreational fishing opportunities.

 

SUMMARY:

 

Commercial bottom trawling for food fish and shellfish is unlawful in all areas of the Hood Canal south of the mouth of the canal, in the central Puget Sound east of Whidbey and Camano Islands, and in all Sound areas south of a line drawn from Foulweather Bluff to Double Bluff.

 

 

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

 

     Senate   43    5

     House 94  3

 

EFFECTIVE:July 23, 1989