Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 77 Fish And Wildlife (Formerly: Game And Game Fish) - Chapter 77.70 License Limitation Programs

77.70.010 License renewed subject to RCW 77.65.080
(1) A license renewed under the provisions of this chapter that has been suspended under RCW 77.65.080 shall be subject to the following provisions: (a) ...

77.70.020 No harvest opportunity during year -- License requirements waived -- Effect on license limitation programs
(1) The director shall waive license requirements, including landing or poundage requirements, if, during the calendar year that a license issued pursuant to chapter 77.65 ...

77.70.040 Administrative review of department's decision -- Hearing -- Procedures
A person aggrieved by a decision of the department under this chapter may request administrative review under the informal procedure established by this section. In ...

77.70.050 Salmon charter boats -- Limitation on issuance of licenses -- Renewal -- Transfer
(1) After May 28, 1977, the director shall issue no new salmon charter licenses. A person may renew an existing salmon charter license only if ...

77.70.060 Salmon charter boats -- Angler permit, when required
(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person shall not operate a vessel as a charter boat from which salmon are ...

77.70.070 Salmon charter boats -- Angler permit -- Number of anglers
A salmon charter boat may not carry more anglers than the number specified in the angler permit issued under RCW 77.70.060. Members of the crew ...

77.70.080 Salmon charter boats -- Angler permit -- Total number of anglers limited -- Permit transfer
(1) The total number of anglers authorized by the director shall not exceed the total number authorized for 1980. (2) Angler permits issued under RCW ...

77.70.090 Commercial salmon fishing licenses and delivery licenses -- Limitations -- Transfer
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, after May 6, 1974, the director shall issue no new commercial salmon fishery licenses or ...

77.70.100 Commercial salmon fishery license or salmon delivery license -- Reversion to department following government confiscation of vessel
Any commercial salmon fishery license issued under RCW 77.65.160 or salmon delivery license issued under RCW 77.65.170 shall revert to the department when any government ...

77.70.110 Dungeness crab-Puget Sound fishery license -- Limitations -- Qualifications
(1) A person shall not commercially take Dungeness crab (Cancer magister) in Puget Sound without first obtaining a Dungeness crab -- Puget Sound fishery license. ...

77.70.120 Herring fishery license -- Limitations on issuance
(1) A person shall not fish commercially for herring in state waters without a herring fishery license. As used in this section, "herring fishery license" ...

77.70.130 Whiting-Puget Sound fishery license -- Limitation on issuance
(1) A person shall not commercially take whiting from areas that the department designates within the waters described in RCW 77.65.160(5)(a) without a whiting-Puget Sound ...

77.70.140 Whiting-Puget Sound fishery license -- Transferable to family members
A whiting-Puget Sound fishery license may be transferred through gift, devise, bequest, or descent to members of the license holder's immediate family which shall be ...

77.70.150 Sea urchin dive fishery license -- Limitation on issuance -- Surcharge -- Sea urchin dive fishery account -- Transfer of license -- Issuance of new licenses
(1) A sea urchin dive fishery license is required to take sea urchins for commercial purposes. A sea urchin dive fishery license authorizes the use ...

77.70.160 Emerging commercial fishery designation -- Experimental fishery permits
(1) The director may issue experimental fishery permits for commercial harvest in an emerging commercial fishery for which the director has determined there is a ...

77.70.170 Emerging commercial fishery designation -- Legislative review
Whenever the director promulgates a rule designating an emerging commercial fishery, the legislative standing committees of the house of representatives and senate dealing with fisheries ...

77.70.180 Emerging commercial fishery -- License status -- Recommendations to legislature -- Information included in report
(1) Within five years after adopting rules to govern the number and qualifications of participants in an emerging commercial fishery, the director shall provide to ...

77.70.190 Sea cucumber dive fishery license -- Limitation on issuance -- Surcharge -- Sea cucumber dive fishery account -- Transfer of license -- Issuance of new licenses
(1) A sea cucumber dive fishery license is required to take sea cucumbers for commercial purposes. A sea cucumber dive fishery license authorizes the use ...

77.70.200 Herring spawn on kelp fishery licenses -- Number limited
The legislature finds that the wise management of Washington state's herring resource is of paramount importance to the people of the state. The legislature finds ...

77.70.210 Herring spawn on kelp fishery license -- Auction
(1) A herring spawn on kelp fishery license is required to commercially take herring eggs which have been deposited on vegetation of any type. (2) ...

77.70.220 Geoduck fishery license -- Conditions and limitations -- OSHA regulations -- Violations
(1) A person shall not harvest geoduck clams commercially without a geoduck fishery license. This section does not apply to the harvest of private sector ...

77.70.230 Ocean pink shrimp -- Delivery license -- Requirements and criteria -- Continuous participation
A person shall not commercially deliver into any Washington state port ocean pink shrimp caught in offshore waters without an ocean pink shrimp delivery license ...

77.70.240 Ocean pink shrimp -- Delivery license -- Requirements and criteria -- Historical participation
An applicant who can show historical participation under RCW 77.70.230(1) but does not satisfy the continuous participation requirement of RCW 77.70.230(2) shall be issued an ...

77.70.250 Ocean pink shrimp -- Delivery license -- License transfer -- License suspension
After December 31, 1994, an ocean pink shrimp delivery license may only be issued to a vessel that held an ocean pink shrimp delivery license ...

77.70.260 Ocean pink shrimp -- Single delivery license
The owner of an ocean pink shrimp fishing vessel that does not qualify for an ocean pink shrimp delivery license issued under RCW 77.65.390 shall ...

77.70.280 Crab fishery -- License required -- Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license -- Dungeness crab-coastal class B fishery license -- Coastal crab and replacement vessel defined -- Federal fleet reduction program
(1) A person shall not commercially fish for coastal crab in Washington state waters without a Dungeness crab -- coastal or a Dungeness crab -- ...

77.70.290 Crab taken in offshore waters -- Criteria for landing in Washington state -- Limitations
(1) The director shall allow the landing into Washington state of crab taken in offshore waters only if: (a) The crab are legally caught and ...

77.70.300 Crab taken in offshore waters -- Dungeness crab offshore delivery license -- Fee
A person commercially fishing for Dungeness crab in offshore waters outside of Washington state jurisdiction shall obtain a Dungeness crab offshore delivery license from the ...

77.70.310 Transfer of Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses -- Fee
Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses are freely transferable on a willing seller-willing buyer basis after paying the transfer fee in RCW 77.65.020.[2000 c 107 § 78; ...

77.70.320 Coastal crab account -- Created -- Revenues -- Expenditures
The coastal crab account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The account shall consist of revenues from fees from the transfer of ...

77.70.330 Coastal crab account expenditures -- Management of coastal crab resource
Expenditures from the coastal crab account may be made by the department for management of the coastal crab resource. Management activities may include studies of ...

77.70.340 Criteria for nonresident Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license for Oregon residents -- Section effective contingent upon reciprocal statutory authority in Oregon
(1) An Oregon resident who can show historical and continuous participation in the Washington state coastal crab fishery by having held a nonresident non-Puget Sound ...

77.70.350 Restrictions on vessel designations and substitutions on Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses
(1) The following restrictions apply to vessel designations and substitutions on Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses: (a) The holder of the license may not: (i) Designate ...

77.70.360 Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses -- Limitation on new licenses -- Requirements for renewal
Except as provided under *RCW 77.70.380, the director shall issue no new Dungeness crab-coastal fishery licenses after December 31, 1995. A person may renew an ...

77.70.370 Limitation on taking crab in the exclusive economic zone of Oregon or California -- Section effective contingent upon reciprocal legislation by both Oregon and California
(1) A Dungeness crab -- coastal fishery licensee shall not take Dungeness crab in the waters of the exclusive economic zone westward of the states ...

77.70.390 Reduction of landing requirements under RCW 77.70.280 -- Procedure
The director may reduce the landing requirements established under RCW 77.70.280 upon the recommendation of an advisory review board established under *RCW 77.70.030, but the ...

77.70.400 Coastal Dungeness crab resource plan
The department, with input from Dungeness crab -- coastal fishery licensees and processors, shall prepare a resource plan to achieve even-flow harvesting and long-term stability ...

77.70.410 Shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery -- Limited entry fishery -- License analogous to personal property -- Transferability -- Alternate operator designation
(1) The shrimp pot-Puget Sound fishery is a limited entry fishery and a person shall not fish for shrimp taken from Puget Sound for commercial ...

77.70.420 Shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery -- Limited entry fishery -- License analogous to personal property -- Transferability -- Alternate operator
(1) The shrimp trawl-Puget Sound fishery is a limited entry fishery and a person shall not fish for shrimp taken from Puget Sound for commercial ...

77.70.430 Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program -- Fee -- Coastal crab pot buoy tag program -- Fee -- Review
(1) In order to administer a Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag program, the department may charge a fee to holders of a Dungeness crab ...

77.70.440 Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag account
The Puget Sound crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW 77.70.430(1) must ...

77.70.442 Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag account
The Washington coastal crab pot buoy tag account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All revenues from fees from RCW 77.70.430(2) must ...

77.70.450 Commercial fisheries buyback account
The commercial fisheries buyback account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from money collected by the commission under RCW 77.70.460, ...

77.70.460 Collection of fee -- Fee schedule -- Deposit of moneys
(1) The commission shall collect a fee upon all deliveries of fish or shellfish from persons holding: (a) A federal pacific groundfish limited entry permit ...

77.70.470 Ban on assessing fee under RCW 77.70.460
The commission may not assess the fee specified under RCW 77.70.460 until after the federal government creates a groundfish fleet reduction program.[2003 c 174 § ...