(1) Any wholesale dealer acting in the capacity of an original receiver and receiving sea urchins or sea cucumbers from nontreaty fishers must report to the department each day's purchases by 10:00 a.m. the following day.
(a) Reports must be made by phone to
866-207-8223 or by text message or email to
seaurchinreport@dfw.wa.gov for sea urchins or
seacucumberreport@dfw.wa.gov for sea cucumbers.
(b) Reports must include, for each fish receiving ticket prepared:
(i) The wholesale fish buyer name, fisher name, date of sale, and the name of the port of landings; and
(ii) The fish receiving ticket number, including the first alphanumeric letter.
(c) For red sea urchins and green sea urchins, the report must specify the number of pounds received from each sea urchin district.
(d) For red sea urchins, green sea urchins, and sea cucumbers, the report must specify the number of pounds received from each Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area.
(e) For sea cucumbers, the report must specify whether the landings were delivered "whole-live" or "split-drained."
(2) Alternate reporting requirements may be specified in an electronic fish receiving ticket agreement (WAC
220-352-035(3)).
[Statutory Authority: RCW
77.04.090 and
77.04.130. WSR 18-11-052 (Order 18-92), § 220-352-345, filed 5/10/18, effective 6/10/18.]