§ 77.15.320. Unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate fishway for dam or other obstruction -- Penalty
(1) A person is guilty of unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate a fishway for dam or other obstruction if the person owns, operates, or controls a dam or other obstruction to fish passage on a river or stream and:
(a) The dam or obstruction is not provided with a durable and efficient fishway approved by the director as required by *RCW 77.55.060;
(b) Fails to maintain a fishway in efficient operating condition; or
(c) Fails to continuously supply a fishway with a sufficient supply of water to allow the free passage of fish.
(2) Unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate a fishway for dam or other obstruction is a gross misdemeanor. Following written notification to the person from the department that there is a violation, each day of unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate a fishway is a separate offense.
[2000 c 107 § 241; 1998 c 190 § 54.]
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*Reviser's note: RCW 77.55.060 was recodified as RCW 77.57.030 pursuant to 2005 c 146 § 1002.
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