RCW 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) Salmon production is dependent on both wild and artificial production; (3) The department is directed to enhance Washington’s salmon runs; and (4) Full utilization of the […]
RCW 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 budget request. [ 1989 c 336 § 2. Formerly RCW 75.08.410.] NOTES: Severability—1989 c 336: See note following RCW 77.95.220.
RCW 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 rearing facilities are operating at full capacity. The intent of cooperative and private sector contracting is to explore the opportunities of cooperatively […]
RCW 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 competitive bid process. In awarding contracts to private contractors, the director shall give preference to nonprofit corporations. The director shall establish the […]
RCW 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 the time of release. [ 1989 c 336 § 5. Formerly RCW 75.08.440.] NOTES: Severability—1989 c 336: See […]
RCW 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 of contract rearing to release the smolts into public waters. However, providing salmon eggs as specified in RCW […]
RCW 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 areas, and that the harvest of hatchery origin salmon should be encouraged while wild salmon should be afforded additional protection […]
RCW 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 externally recognizable as hatchery origin salmon by fishers for the purpose of maximized catch while sustaining wild and hatchery reproduction. […]
RCW 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 salmon, allow the maximum survival of wild salmon, allow for spatially separated fisheries that target on hatchery stocks, foster the […]
RCW 77.95.310 Report identifying total salmon and steelhead harvest. (1) The department shall maintain a report identifying total salmon and steelhead harvest. This report shall include the final commercial harvests and recreational harvests. At a minimum, the report shall clearly identify: (a) The total treaty tribal and nontribal harvests by species and by management unit; […]
RCW 77.95.320 Program utilizing department-partnership agreements to operate and manage certain hatcheries—Selection of partners—Partnership agreements. (1) The department shall establish a program that utilizes department-partner agreements for the resumption or continued operation and management of state-owned salmonid hatcheries that are located in the Hood Canal basin. To implement the program, the department shall accept and […]
RCW 77.95.330 Powers and authorities conferred by chapter to be construed as in addition and supplemental. The powers and authority conferred by this chapter must be construed as in addition and supplemental to powers or authority conferred by any other law and nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as limiting any other powers […]
RCW 77.95.340 Identification and removal of impediments to fish passage. The department may contract with cities and counties to assist in the identification and removal of impediments to fish passage. [ 2014 c 120 § 6.]
