5056-S AMH FW WATS03

SSB 5056 - H COMM AMD NOT ADOPTED 4-13-93

By Committee on Fisheries & Wildlife

On page 2, beginning on line 1, strike sections 3 and 4 and insert:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The maximum daily wet weight harvest or possession of seaweed for personal use from all private and public tidelands and state bedlands is ten pounds per person. The department of natural resources in cooperation with the department of fisheries may establish seaweed harvest limits of less than ten pounds for conservation purposes.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. By December 31, 1993, the department of natural resources in cooperation with the department of fisheries shall develop and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on a process and budget necessary to accomplish the following:

1) Inventory and monitor the seaweed resource for seaweed species that are or have the potential to be harvested for recreational purposes;

2) Develop a management plan that will address the appropriate level of recreational harvest of seaweed while conserving the seaweed resource; and

3) Involve interested parties in development of the inventory and management plan, including the state parks and recreation commission, affected counties, private tideland owners, and representatives of those who harvest seaweed for personal use.

The department of natural resources shall involve members of the interested parties in subsection (3) above in development of the process and budget."

EFFECT: Corrects a spelling error. Applies the seaweed harvest limit to all public lands rather than to state lands only. Removes the requirement that a seaweed management plan be developed, and requires instead the development of a process and budget for an inventory and management plan. The process and budget are to be developed with interested parties, and submitted to the appropriate committees of the Legislature by December 31, 1993.