SENATE BILL REPORT

                            SB 5578

               AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 15, 1993

Brief Description:  Clarifying the areas where a personal use fishing license is not required.

SPONSORS: Senators Fraser, Owen, Oke, Hargrove, Haugen and Winsley

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

Majority Report:  Do pass. 

     Signed by Senators Owen, Chairman; Hargrove, Vice Chairman; Franklin, Haugen, Oke, Sellar, Snyder, and Spanel.

Staff:  Ross Antipa (786‑7413)

Hearing Dates:  February 19, 1993

BACKGROUND:

A personal use license is required for persons to fish for carp, except in the Columbia River above Chief Joseph Dam.

SUMMARY:

A personal use license is not required for carp fishing.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

TESTIMONY FOR:

Carp are an introduced species that cause damage to the aquatic environment; there is no need for the state to require a personal use license for carp fishing.

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  Ed Manary, Department of Fisheries (neutral); Wallace Kydland, LIA (pro); Mark Knudson, WDCA (pro); Rosemary Walrod, WALPA (pro)