Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 77 Fish And Wildlife (Formerly: Game And Game Fish) - Chapter 77.95 Salmon Enhancement Program

77.95.010 Legislative findings
Currently, many of the salmon stocks of Washington state are critically reduced from their sustainable level. The best interests of all fishing groups and the ...

77.95.020 Long-term regional policy statements
(1) The commission shall develop long-term regional policy statements regarding the salmon fishery resources before December 1, 1985. The commission shall consider the following in ...

77.95.030 Salmon enhancement plan -- Enhancement projects
(1) The commission shall develop a detailed salmon enhancement plan with proposed enhancement projects. The plan and the regional policy statements shall be submitted to ...

77.95.040 Commission to monitor enhancement projects and enhancement plan
Upon approval by the legislature of funds for its implementation, the commission shall monitor the progress of projects detailed in the salmon enhancement plan. The ...

77.95.050 "Enhancement project" defined
As used in this chapter, "enhancement project" means salmon propagation activities including, but not limited to, hatcheries, spawning channels, rearing ponds, egg boxes, fishways, fish ...

77.95.060 Regional fisheries enhancement group authorized
The legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the salmon resource of the state to encourage the development of regional fisheries enhancement ...

77.95.070 Regional fisheries enhancement groups -- Goals
Regional fisheries enhancement groups, consistent with the long-term regional policy statements developed under RCW 77.95.020, shall seek to: (1) Enhance the salmon and steelhead resources ...

77.95.080 Regional fisheries enhancement groups -- Incorporation prerequisites
Each regional fisheries enhancement group shall be incorporated pursuant to Title 24 RCW. Any interested person or group shall be permitted to join. It is ...

77.95.090 Regional fisheries enhancement group account -- Revenue sources, uses, and limitations
The dedicated regional fisheries enhancement group account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the commission or the commission's designee may authorize ...

77.95.100 Regional fisheries enhancement groups -- Start-up funds
The department may provide start-up funds to regional fisheries enhancement groups for costs associated with any enhancement project. The regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board ...

77.95.110 Regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board
(1) A regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board is established to make recommendations to the commission. The members shall be appointed by the commission and ...

77.95.120 Regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board -- Duties and authority
(1) The regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board shall: (a) Assess the training and technical assistance needs of the regional fisheries enhancement groups; (b) Develop ...

77.95.130 Regional fisheries enhancement salmonid recovery account -- Created
The regional fisheries enhancement salmonid recovery account is created in the state treasury. All receipts from federal sources and moneys from state sources specified by ...

77.95.140 Skagit river salmon recovery plan
The commission shall prepare a salmon recovery plan for the Skagit river. The plan shall include strategies for employing displaced timber workers to conduct salmon ...

77.95.150 Coordination with regional enhancement groups -- Findings
The legislature finds that: (1) Regional enhancement groups are a valuable resource for anadromous fish recovery. They improve critical fish habitat and directly contribute to ...

77.95.160 Fish passage barrier removal task force -- Membership -- Recommendations
The department and the department of transportation shall convene a fish passage barrier removal task force. The task force shall consist of one representative each ...

77.95.170 Salmonid fish passage -- Removing impediments -- Grant program -- Administration -- Database directory
(1) The department of transportation and the department of fish and wildlife may administer and coordinate all state grant programs specifically designed to assist state ...

77.95.180 Fish passage barrier removal program
To maximize available state resources, the department and the department of transportation shall work in partnership with the regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board to ...

77.95.190 Field testing of remote site incubators
The department shall coordinate with the regional fisheries enhancement group advisory board to field test coho and chinook salmon remote site incubators. The purpose of ...

77.95.200 Remote site incubator program -- Reports to the legislature
(1) The department shall develop and implement a program utilizing remote site incubators in Washington state. The program shall identify sites in tributaries that are ...

77.95.210 Sale of surplus salmon eggs -- Order of priority
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department may supply, at a reasonable charge, surplus salmon eggs to a person for ...

77.95.220 Legislative finding
The legislature finds that: (1) The fishery resources of Washington are critical to the social and economic needs of the citizens of the state; (2) ...

77.95.230 Director's determination of salmon production costs
The director shall determine the cost of operating all state-funded salmon production facilities at full capacity and shall provide this information with the department's biennial ...

77.95.240 State purchase of private salmon smolts
The director may contract with cooperatives or private aquaculturists for the purchase of quality salmon smolts for release into public waters if all department fish ...

77.95.250 State purchase of private salmon smolts -- Bids
If the director elects to contract with cooperatives or private aquaculturists for the purpose of purchasing quality salmon smolts, contracting shall be done by a ...

77.95.260 State purchase of private salmon smolts -- Private ocean ranching not authorized
Nothing in chapter 336, Laws of 1989 shall authorize the practice of private ocean ranching. Privately contracted smolts become the property of the state at ...

77.95.270 State purchase of private salmon smolts -- Availability of excess salmon eggs
Except as provided in RCW 77.95.210, the department may make available to private contractors salmon eggs in excess of department hatchery needs for the purpose ...

77.95.280 Chinook and coho salmon -- External marking of hatchery-produced fish -- Findings
The legislature declares that the state has a vital interest in the continuation of recreational fisheries for chinook salmon and coho salmon in mixed stock ...

77.95.290 Chinook and coho salmon -- External marking of hatchery-produced fish -- Program
The department shall mark appropriate coho salmon that are released from department operated hatcheries and rearing ponds in such a manner that the fish are ...

77.95.300 Chinook and coho salmon -- External marking of hatchery-produced fish -- Rules
The department shall adopt rules to control the mixed stock chinook and coho fisheries of the state so as to sustain healthy stocks of wild ...

77.95.310 Annual report -- Salmon and steelhead harvest
Beginning September 1, 1998, and each September 1st thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature identifying the ...

77.95.900 Severability -- 1985 c 458
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...