WSR 98-07-091
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed March 18, 1998, 8:55 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Salmon license buy back
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 75.08.080
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The Sustainable Fisheries Act has provided for a salmon license buy back program, with twenty-five percent state matching funds. The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Department of Commerce are the federal entities with oversight of a state program. The Department of Fish and Wildlife is the state entity charged with developing the program through rules. These rules will implement a program to assist fishers affected by 1997 winter floods
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: Department of Commerce and National Marine Fisheries Service. These rules will be developed in conjunction with these two agencies
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bruce Crawford, Assistant Director for Fish Management, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, (360) 902-2325. Contact by May 5, 1998. Expected proposal filing date May 6, 1998
March 18, 1998
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator