Purpose: To require keeping of trawl logbooks in Marine Fish and Shellfish Catch and Management and Reporting Area 29.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-48-013.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 98-09-087 on April 2 [21], 1998.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

June 28, 1998

Larry Peck

for Bern Shanks

Director

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 98-05-043, filed 2/11/98, effective 3/14/98)

WAC 220-48-013  Beam trawl and otter trawl logbooks. It shall be unlawful for any operator of beam trawl or otter trawl gears to fail to obtain and accurately maintain a "Washington Inside Waters Trawl Logbook" while fishing for, or while in possession of, bottomfish taken from east of the ((mouth of the Sekiu River)) Bonilla-Tatoosh line. A logbook must be obtained from the Washington department of fisheries and must be kept aboard the vessel while fishing, or in possession of bottomfish taken east of the ((mouth of the Sekiu River)) Bonilla-Tatoosh line. The vessel operator must submit the completed logbook for inspection immediately upon request by authorized department of fisheries representatives. For each fishing trip, and prior to landing, vessel operators shall record the vessel name and state registration number, the dates and times of departure from and return to port, and the buyer(s) of the fish landed. In addition, for each trawl tow conducted during the trip, the vessel operator shall record the month and day, duration of the tow, specific area fished, latitude and longitude to the nearest tenth minute of the gear set and haul back position, depth fished, net type, target species and estimated weight of each species of fish retained. The department copies of the completed logbook sheet(s) must be submitted to the department for each calendar month in which fishing activity occurs. Department copies must be received within ten days following any calendar month in which fishing activity occurred and by the tenth day following the termination of commercial fishing activity, whichever occurs first.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-05-043, § 220-48-013, filed 2/11/98, effective 3/14/98; 85-08-023 (Order 85-24), § 220-48-013, filed 4/1/85.]