PDFWAC 220-310-020

Catch record cards.

It is unlawful for any person to fail to comply with the catch record requirements as provided for in this section:
(1) An angler must obtain and have in his or her personal possession a valid and appropriate Puget Sound Dungeness crab catch record card as described in WAC 220-310-010 to fish for or possess for personal use any Dungeness crab in Catch Record Card Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh Line, and in Catch Record Card Areas 5-13.
(2) An angler must obtain and have in his or her personal possession a valid and appropriate catch record card as described in WAC 220-310-010 to fish for or possess for personal use any anadromous salmon, sturgeon, halibut, or steelhead except a catch record card is not required for:
(a) Commercially caught salmon retained for personal use, as provided in WAC 220-354-030, and commercially caught sturgeon retained for personal use, as provided in WAC 220-353-110; and
(b) Landlocked steelhead or for salmon in waters designated as "landlocked salmon rules apply" in WAC 220-312-010 through 220-312-060.
(3) Unless the catch record card is issued by the automated licensing system, anglers must completely, accurately, and legibly complete all personal identification information in ink on the catch record card. A catch record card remains valid as long as there is one or more unfilled spaces available for the species being fished for, except:
(a) A catch record card remains valid for catch-and-release sturgeon fishing when the sturgeon portion of the card is full in the mainstem Columbia River downstream from where the river forms the common boundary between Oregon and Washington.
(b) It is unlawful to use a second or subsequent catch record card to retain halibut, sturgeon, or wild steelhead after the first card is full.
(4) The fee for a catch record card for halibut is five dollars when purchased with an annual saltwater fishing license, an annual combination fishing license, or an annual fish Washington license. There is no charge for a catch record card for halibut with a temporary combination fishing license that is valid for one to three consecutive days, or with a one-day charter boat or guide operator stamp license, or with a youth license.
(5) Immediately upon catching and possessing a salmon, steelhead, sturgeon or halibut, anglers must enter, in ink, in the appropriate space on the card, the place, date of catch, and species (catch type). For sturgeon, anglers also must record the length of the fish; for halibut, anglers also must record the vessel type; and for salmon, anglers also must indicate whether or not the fish was marked by having a clipped adipose fin.
(6) Immediately upon retaining a Puget Sound Dungeness crab aboard a vessel or on the shore, fishers must enter, in ink, in the appropriate space on the Puget Sound Dungeness crab catch record card, the place and date of catch, the fishery type, and a tally mark for each Dungeness crab retained from each catch record card area fished. At the end of the fishing day, the fisher must enter the total number of crab tally marks for each fishery type.
(7)(a) Every person issued a catch record card must, by April 30 of the year after they used the card, return the card to the department of fish and wildlife or report the card information at the designated internet site by dates indicated on the card. People issued a Puget Sound Dungeness crab catch record card must return the card to the Washington department of fish and wildlife or report the card information at the designated internet site by the dates indicated on the card.
(b) Failure to return a Dungeness crab catch record card or to report the Dungeness crab catch record card information at the designated internet site by the dates indicated on the card will result in a ten-dollar administrative fee. The administrative fee will be collected from anglers when they acquire a subsequent Puget Sound Dungeness crab endorsement.
(8) Any person possessing a catch record card must show the card to any law enforcement officer or authorized department employee who asks to inspect the card.
(9) A catch record card must not be transferred, borrowed, altered, or loaned to another person, except as authorized under RCW 77.32.565.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. WSR 18-21-059 (Order 18-285), § 220-310-020, filed 10/9/18, effective 11/9/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-05-112 (Order 17-04), amended and recodified as § 220-310-020, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.055, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. WSR 15-11-042 (Order 15-126), § 220-56-175, filed 5/14/15, effective 6/14/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. WSR 09-02-069 (Order 09-03), § 220-56-175, filed 1/6/09, effective 2/6/09; WSR 08-07-003, § 220-56-175, filed 3/5/08, effective 4/5/08; WSR 07-09-042 (Order 07-59), § 220-56-175, filed 4/11/07, effective 5/12/07; WSR 06-21-031 (Order 06-262), § 220-56-175, filed 10/9/06, effective 11/9/06; WSR 06-13-023 (Order 06-135), § 220-56-175, filed 6/13/06, effective 7/14/06; WSR 06-05-085 (Order 06-23), § 220-56-175, filed 2/14/06, effective 5/1/06; WSR 04-10-033 (Order 04-91), § 220-56-175, filed 4/29/04, effective 5/30/04; WSR 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-175, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; WSR 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-175, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.32.050. WSR 00-11-178 (Order 00-80), § 220-56-175, filed 5/24/00, effective 6/24/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. WSR 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-175, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; WSR 99-17-066 (Order 99-125), § 220-56-175, filed 8/13/99, effective 4/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. WSR 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-175, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; WSR 90-06-026, § 220-56-175, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; WSR 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-56-175, filed 3/20/89; WSR 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-56-175, filed 2/4/88; WSR 85-11-020 (Order 85-43), § 220-56-175, filed 5/10/85; WSR 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-175, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-56-023.]