Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 77 Fish And Wildlife (Formerly: Game And Game Fish) - Chapter 77.50 Limitations On Certain Commercial Fisheries

77.50.010 Limitations on commercial fishing for salmon in Puget Sound waters
(1) The commission may authorize commercial fishing for sockeye salmon within the waters described in subsection (2) of this section only during the period June ...

77.50.020 Limitations on commercial fishing for chinook or coho salmon in Pacific Ocean and Straits of Juan de Fuca
(1) The commission may authorize commercial fishing for coho salmon in the Pacific Ocean and the Straits of Juan de Fuca only from June 16th ...

77.50.030 Salmon fishing gear
(1) A person shall not use, operate, or maintain a gill net which exceeds one thousand five hundred feet in length or a drag seine ...

77.50.040 Commercial net fishing for salmon in tributaries of Columbia river -- Boundaries defined
(1) The commission shall adopt rules defining geographical boundaries of the following Columbia river tributaries and sloughs: (a) Washougal river; (b) Camas slough; (c) Lewis ...

77.50.050 Reef net salmon fishing gear -- Reef net areas specified
The commission shall not authorize use of reef net fishing gear except in the reef net areas described in this section. (1) Point Roberts reef ...

77.50.060 Unauthorized fishing vessels entering state waters
In order to protect the welfare of the citizens of the state of Washington by protecting the natural resources of the state from illegal fishing ...

77.50.070 Limitation on salmon fishing gear in Pacific Ocean
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the commission shall not authorize gear other than troll gear or angling gear for taking ...

77.50.080 Possession or transportation in Pacific Ocean of salmon taken by other than troll lines or angling gear
Within the waters described in RCW 77.50.070, a person shall not transport or possess salmon on board a vessel carrying fishing gear of a type ...

77.50.090 Bottom trawling not authorized -- Areas specified
The commission shall not authorize commercial bottom trawling for food fish and shellfish in all areas of Hood Canal south of a line projected from ...

77.50.100 Hood Canal shrimp -- Limitation on number of shrimp pots
The commission shall not authorize any commercial fisher to use more than fifty shrimp pots while commercially fishing for shrimp in that portion of Hood ...

77.50.110 Commercial salmon fishing -- Unauthorized gear
The commission shall not authorize angling gear or other personal use gear for commercial salmon fishing.[1998 c 190 § 84; 1996 c 267 § 24; ...

77.50.120 Maintaining consistent salmon harvest levels
It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that a sustainable level of salmon is made available for harvest for commercial fishers in the ...

77.50.900 Purpose -- 2000 c 107
The purpose of chapter 107, Laws of 2000 is to recodify Titles 75 and 77 RCW into Title 77 RCW ensuant to the merger of ...