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WSR 99-03-029
[Order 99-02--Filed January 13, 1999, 10:40 a.m.]
Purpose: Amend recreational license and license issuance rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-55-075, 220-55-155, 232-12-069, and 232-12-241; and amending WAC 220-55-005, 220-55-010, 220-55-015, 220-55-040, 220-55-050, 220-55-055, 220-55-060, 220-55-065, 220-55-070, 220-55-100, 220-55-105, 220-55-110, 220-55-115, 220-55-120, 220-55-125, 232-12-001, 232-12-157, 232-12-166, 232-12-189, and 232-12-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 191, Laws of 1998; RCW 75.08.080.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: The adopted version of WAC 220-55-105 Personal use license dealer--Bonding, prepayment and remittance requirements, differs from the proposed version filed with the code reviser in the following specifics:
The first sentence in new subsection (3) was deleted and replaced with the following language: All moneys collected from the sale of licenses, stamps, and other department property must be received in the department by the 10th day of the following month in which they were sold.
This adjustment clarifies the language regarding remittance of license revenue.
In subsection (4), "agent" was replaced with "officer."
This adjustment makes the language consistent with other RCWs and WACs.
The adopted version of WAC 232-12-072 Eastern Washington pheasant enhancement--Funding level determination, differs from the proposed version filed with the code reviser in the following specifics:
The following was deleted: "The department will deposit one-quarter … annual hunter survey." and replaced with the following: "The department shall deposit into the Eastern Washington pheasant enhancement account 26.06% of the funds received from the sale of small game licenses."
This adjustment allows for fluctuation in license sales without adversely affecting other programs funded by small game licences.
The adopted version of WAC 232-12-189 Duplicate licenses, tags, etc.--Rules for issuance, differs from the proposed version filed with the Code Reviser in the following specifics:
In paragraph 2, "game" was replaced with "recreational."
The adopted version of WAC 232-12-830 Waters in which either a personal use freshwater or personal use saltwater fishing license is valid, differs from the proposed version filed with the code reviser in the following specifics:
In subsection (1), "the Megler-Astoria Bridge" was deleted and replaced with "a line between Rocky Point on the Washington shore and Tongue Point on the Oregon shore."
This adjustment expands the lower Columbia River area to include all sturgeon fishing grounds in the lower Columbia.
Subsection (4) was deleted.
This adjustment eliminates confusion concerning river mouth exceptions.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 3, amended 20, repealed 4.
OTS-2622.2
WAC 220-55-001 Definitions. Unless otherwise provided, the following definitions apply to this chapter:
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 96-13, filed 2/9/96, effective 3/11/96)
WAC 220-55-005 ((Personal use food fish)) Recreational license. A ((personal use food fish)) recreational license is a license ((card)) document issued by the department and ((shall be color coded to designate resident, nonresident, three consecutive day, or senior citizen)) in the case of a shellfish-seaweed license consists of the license and shellfish validation tag. The license is invalid unless the ((fisher)) personal identification information on the license has been completed and the ((fisher)) licensee has signed the license except that a temporary fishing license is issued either as a license document requiring personal identification information or as a stamp, which is invalid unless the two-consecutive days for which it is valid are entered, in permanent ink, on the stamp. ((A license is invalid for taking salmon and other food fish from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 and Lake Washington unless a recreational fisheries enhancement stamp has been permanently affixed to a license card in the space provided, and that license is in the physical possession of the fisher except that a recreational fisheries enhancement stamp is not required for three consecutive day licenses, five-year disability licenses or for any licenses issued at no cost. Any fisher who has filled a salmon catch record card and purchased another personal use food fish license in order to continue fishing for salmon need not purchase a second recreational fisheries enhancement stamp, provided the fisher has the original license card with recreational fisheries enhancement stamp attached in the fisher's possession.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-55-005, filed 2/9/96, effective 3/11/96; 94-01-001, § 220-55-005, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94.]
WAC 220-55-010 ((Personal use)) Recreational shellfish and seaweed ((license)) validation tag. ((A)) The recreational personal use shellfish and seaweed ((license shall consist of a)) validation tag ((printed and issued by the department. The license)) shall be provided with an opening for attachment or display on outer clothing ((and shall be color-coded to designate resident, nonresident, three consecutive day or senior citizen)). The ((license shall be invalid unless the harvester information on the license has been completed and the harvester has signed the license)) validation must be displayed on outer clothing while harvesting or transporting shellfish in the field.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-55-010, filed 2/9/96, effective 3/11/96; 94-01-001, § 220-55-010, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-55-010, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-010, filed 3/20/89; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-010, filed 8/10/79.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 94-162, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94)
WAC 220-55-015 Valid ((personal use)) recreational license required. (1) It is unlawful for any person required to have a recreational license to take or possess ((food)) fish or ((shellfish)) wildlife for personal use without having in physical possession a valid license. ((A personal use shellfish and seaweed license is not required for private tideland owners or lessees of state tidelands or members of their immediate family to harvest clams, oysters, cockles, borers, or mussels taken for personal use from their own tidelands.
(2) A shellfish and seaweed license must be displayed on outer clothing while harvesting or transporting shellfish in the field.
(3) The department will not replace lost or mutilated personal use licenses.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-059 (Order 94-162), § 220-55-015, filed 11/14/94, effective 12/15/94; 94-01-001, § 220-55-015, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-015, filed 3/20/89; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-015, filed 8/10/79.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 94-01-001, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94)
WAC 220-55-040 ((Free license definitions.)) License, tag and stamp refunds. ((For purposes of free licenses issued by the department:
(1) A person who is blind, or blind person, means a person who has no vision or whose vision with corrective lenses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activities for which eyesight is essential.
(2) Veteran means a veteran of the United States Armed Forces.)) (1) The department will not refund any recreational license or transport tag purchase for which a season or hunt has been scheduled, and the licensee could have participated in the season or hunt, regardless of whether the licensee did in fact participate.
(2) The department will not refund migratory bird stamp purchases.
(3) The department will refund the purchase of a second license when such purchase was made on behalf of the licensee by someone other than the licensee.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-040, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-040, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-040, filed 2/4/88; 86-24-047 (Order 86-191), § 220-55-040, filed 11/26/86; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-040, filed 8/10/79.]
WAC 220-55-050 ((Three consecutive day)) Temporary fishing or hunting license validation date. On a ((three consecutive day personal use food fish or shellfish and seaweed)) temporary fishing or hunting license, the validation date is the first date on which ((an angler)) a licensee may hunt or fish ((for, harvest or possess food fish and shellfish)) and the temporary license expires at midnight of the day after the validation date for temporary fishing licenses and at midnight of the second day after the validation date for three-consecutive-day small game licenses.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-55-050, filed 2/9/96, effective 3/11/96; 94-01-001, § 220-55-050, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-050, filed 8/10/79.]
WAC 220-55-055 ((Personal use license and catch record card expiration.)) Age of purchaser. ((The expiration date for all personal use licenses and catch record cards is December 31st of the year printed on the license or catch record card, except a three consecutive day license expires at midnight of the day after the validation date or December 31st, whichever occurs first, and a disability license expires five years after the date of issue.)) (1) The age at the time of purchase determines the license necessary for the recreational activity.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-55-055, filed 2/9/96, effective 3/11/96; 94-01-001, § 220-55-055, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-55-055, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-055, filed 8/10/79.]
WAC 220-55-060 ((Free personal use)) Reduced fee license issuing procedure. Upon request and presentation of required documentation, a ((free personal use license and catch record)) disability authorization card will be issued by the ((license supervisor of the)) department to any qualified applicant under RCW ((75.25.110)) 77.32.480. ((Persons not required to have a license under RCW 75.25.091 or 75.25.092 will be issued a free license, for their convenience, upon request. A lost, mutilated, or illegible free license will be replaced by the license supervisor upon request.)) Such card entitles the card holder to a reduced fee license which may be purchased at any authorized license dealership or department regional office.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-060, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-060, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-060, filed 2/4/88; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-060, filed 8/10/79.]
WAC 220-55-065 ((Physical disability permit.)) Fishing for shellfish, freshwater fish or saltwater fish by persons of disability. (((1) Persons who are disabled, but are not entitled to a free license under RCW 75.25.110 or WAC 220-55-060, may obtain a physical disability permit upon application to the license supervisor of the department. Application must be made on a form supplied by the department and be accompanied by a statement of condition signed by a physician.
(2) Any personal use licensed fisher or shellfish harvester who has a disability permit and is present at the fishing or harvest site may have another personal use licensed fisher or harvester fish or harvest for the person who is disabled.
(3) A seaweed and shellfish licensee with a disability permit need not be present at the site for another licensee to harvest razor clams, but must be in a direct line of sight or within one-quarter mile of the harvest site if the direct line of sight is obstructed. A person harvesting razor clams for a person who has a disability permit must keep his or her razor clams separate from the razor clams being harvested for the person who is disabled.)) (1) Definitions:
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-065, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-55-065, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-065, filed 2/4/88; 87-09-066 (Order 87-16), § 220-55-065, filed 4/21/87; 80-13-064 (Order 80-123), § 220-55-065, filed 9/17/80; 79-09-021 (Order 79-58), § 220-55-065, filed 8/10/79.]
WAC 220-55-070 Valid catch record card. A catch record card required while fishing for halibut in Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13, sturgeon in Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay or the Columbia River and tributaries to these three systems, or anadromous salmon anywhere in the state (see WAC 220-56-175) shall be invalid unless:
(1) The angler possesses the appropriate ((personal use)) recreational license for the ((fishery)) area in which the angler is participating, if a license is required.
(2) The catch record card number is written in ink in the appropriate space on the back of the ((personal use)) recreational license, if a license is required.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-070, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-55-070, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-070, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-070, filed 2/4/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-070, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-010.]
WAC 220-55-100 ((Personal use food fish license and shellfish and seaweed license dealer.)) Fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit. ((A personal use food fish license and shellfish and seaweed license dealer is any person, business, corporation or governmental agency authorized by the director to issue personal use licenses, recreational fisheries enhancement stamps, and catch record cards.)) Recreational license dealers are to issue a fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit with each annual recreational license sold, except for shellfish-seaweed licenses, and with each trapping license sold. If the fish and wildlife lands vehicle use permit is not issued, it is to be returned to the department with the department's copy of the license, and is due by the 10th of the month following the sale of the license.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-100, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-100, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-040.]
WAC 220-55-105 ((Personal use license dealer--Bonding, prepayment and remittance requirements.)) Requirements of recreational license dealers. (((1) A personal use license dealer who has been authorized less than twenty-four months must either post a surety bond or prepay for licenses and recreational fisheries enhancement stamps. The total value of licenses and stamps issued to bonded dealers will not exceed the amount of the bond.
(2) Personal use license dealers who have been authorized for twenty-four months or longer and who have had no more than three late remittances or more than one audit exception in a twelve-month period and who provide proof of casualty, theft or loss insurance may be issued licenses without bonding or prepayment.
(3) Personal use license dealers who have been issued licenses without bonding or prepayment and thereafter have more than three late remittances in a twelve-month period or two audit exceptions in a twelve-month period will resume status as a new dealer.
(4) Personal use license dealers who make a remittance with insufficient funds must obtain a surety bond or prepay for all further licenses.
(5) Personal use license dealers shall report license sales on forms provided by the department and shall remit receipts from those sales to the department no later than the tenth day of each month following the close of business for the previous calendar month. Receipts from sales of personal use licenses are the property of the state of Washington. Failure to remit receipts from the sales of personal use licenses within sixty days of the sale of the license may result in criminal prosecution pursuant to Title 9A RCW, the Washington Criminal Code.)) (1) The director or his/her designee may deputize persons, firms or corporations as license dealers in such numbers as deemed necessary for the purpose of issuing licenses, permits, tags, stamps and punchcards.
(2) License dealers must sell a minimum of two hundred fifty licenses per year, have a permanent place of business with regular business hours, and have a type of business that supports hunting and fishing activities. Exceptions to this rule may be granted by the director or his/her designee upon written appeal.
(3) All moneys collected from the sale of licenses, stamps, and other department property must be received in the department by the 10th day of the following month in which they were sold. High volume license dealers or dealers with a history of late payments may be required to remit moneys on a more frequent basis.
(4) All records held pursuant to the statutes and regulations dealing with license dealers must be open to inspection by a fish and wildlife officer or department designee at reasonable times.
(5) License dealers who remit payments after the 10th of the month on more than two occasions in one year will be required to obtain a bond equal to the value of their license stock or make electronic fund transfer payment arrangements. "One year" is defined as beginning on the first month in which the license dealer is late making a payment due by the 10th of that month. A dealer who is late a third time, or sporadically thereafter, may lose their license dealership. No license dealer may receive additional license inventory if they are in arrears on license payments.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-105, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-105, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-105, filed 2/4/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-105, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-045.]
WAC 220-55-110 ((Three consecutive day)) Temporary fishing and hunting license and catch record card--License dealer issuance duties. (1) A ((personal use)) recreational license dealer must, at the time of sale of a ((three consecutive day license)) temporary fishing or three-consecutive-day small game license, write the validation date in ink on the license document. The validation date is the first day on which a licensee may fish for, harvest or possess ((food)) fish or ((shellfish)) wildlife.
(2) A ((personal use)) recreational license dealer must, at the time of distribution of a catch record card, record in ink the number of the catch record card in the appropriate space on the personal use food fish license, if a personal use food fish license is required for the fisher.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-55-110, filed 2/9/96, effective 3/11/96; 94-01-001, § 220-55-110, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-110, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-110, filed 2/4/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-110, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-046.]
WAC 220-55-115 ((Personal use)) Recreational license dealer's fees. ((Personal use dealers may retain a license fee of one dollar for each personal use food fish license, personal use shellfish and seaweed license, and recreational fisheries enhancement stamp sold. No dealer's fee may be charged for free licenses issued by dealers to residents seventy years of age or older, or for distributing catch record cards to any fisher.)) Dealer fees are defined as fees in excess of license fees.
(1) License dealers may charge an agent fee of one dollar for the issuance of each license document and fifty cents for the issuance of each separate tag, permit, special hunting permit application, and the state migratory waterfowl stamp sold manually.
(3) License dealers must also collect transaction fees as calculated by the point-of-sale system. These transaction fees are two dollars and fifty cents for five or fewer licenses and license packages, and must be remitted to the department with the license fee remittance.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-115, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-115, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-115, filed 2/4/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-115, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-047.]
WAC 220-55-120 ((Personal use)) Recreational licenses ((and recreational fisheries enhancement)), stamps and tags--((Redemption and)) Inventory return. (((1) Personal use license dealers may redeem prepaid personal use food fish licenses, personal use shellfish and seaweed licenses, and recreational fisheries enhancement stamps for full value by returning unused stock to the department licensing division not later than January 31 of the year following expiration. Dealers who return stock by mail are entitled to a refund if the postmark is no later than January 31st. No redemption will be made for licenses or stamps received or postmarked after January 31st.
(2) Bonded dealers and dealers who are not required to prepay or bond must return all unused personal use licenses and recreational fisheries enhancement stamps by January 31st of the year following expiration. After January 31st any unreturned licenses or stamps will be presumed to have been sold and remittance will be required under WAC 220-55-105.)) Recreational license dealers are required to return all unused licenses and transport tags and unsold migratory bird stamps to the department by April 30th following the license year for which the licenses and transport tags were issued. No refund will be given for migratory bird stamps received after April 30th.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-120, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-120, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-120, filed 2/4/88; 84-05-046 (Order 84-11), § 220-55-120, filed 2/21/84; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-120, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-050.]
WAC 220-55-125 Catch record cards--Accountability and inventory return. A ((personal use)) recreational license dealer issuing catch record cards for salmon, sturgeon, ((and)) halibut, and steelhead is subject to the following rules:
(3) Any dealer terminating business or closing for the license year prior to ((December)) March 31st must return any unused or partially used catch record card books within thirty days of terminating business or closing for the year.
(4) All partially used catch record card books must be returned to the department by ((January 31st)) April 30th of the license year following the year printed on the catch record cards. All complete unused catch record card books, and any catch record cards that are void, lost, destroyed or otherwise missing from a dealership, must be accounted for in writing to the department by ((January 31st)) April 30th of the year following the year printed on the catch record cards.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-01-001, § 220-55-125, filed 12/1/93, effective 1/1/94; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-55-125, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 89-07-071 (Order 89-05), § 220-55-125, filed 3/20/89; 88-05-002 (Order 88-03), § 220-55-125, filed 2/4/88; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-55-125, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80. Formerly WAC 220-105-055.]
WAC 220-55-075	Recreational fisheries enhancement stamp.
WAC 220-55-155	Personal use license dealer's fee.
OTS-2605.3
WAC 232-12-072 Eastern Washington pheasant enhancement--Funding level determination. The department shall deposit into the Eastern Washington pheasant enhancement account 26.06% of the funds received from the sale of small game licenses.
OTS-2539.3
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 97-18-035, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97)
(1) "Snagging" means an effort to take fish with a hook and line in a manner such that the fish does not take the hook voluntarily in its mouth.
(2) "Gaffing" means an effort to take fish by impaling the fish with a hook attached directly to a pole or other device.
(3) "Spearing" and "spear fishing" means an effort to take fish by impaling the fish on a shaft, arrow, or other device.
(4) A "valid" license, permit, tag, stamp or catch record card means a license, permit, tag, stamp, or catch record card that was issued to the bearer for the current season and is required to hunt, fish or possess wildlife and has not been altered except as provided by rule of the commission.
(6) "Falconry" means possession, control, or use of a raptor for the purpose of hunting and free flight training.
(7) "Anadromous game fish" means:
(a) Steelhead trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, defined as any searun rainbow trout over twenty inches in length
(b) Searun cutthroat, Oncorhynchus clarkii
(c) Searun Dolly Varden, Salvelinus malma
(8) "Handgun" means any pistol, revolver or short firearm with a barrel length of less than sixteen inches and does not have a shoulder stock.
(9) "Lure" means a manufactured article constructed of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal, glass, cork, leather, rubber or plastic which does not use scent and/or flavoring to attract fish. "Nonbuoyant lure" means a lure, complete with hooks, swivels or other attachments, that does not float in freshwater.
(10) "Bait" means any substance which attracts fish or wildlife by scent and/or flavor. Bait includes any device made of feathers, hair, fiber, wood, metal, glass, cork, leather, rubber or plastic which uses scent and/or flavoring to attract fish or wildlife.
(11) "Possession limit" means the number of daily limits allowed to be retained in the field or in transit.
(12) "Daily limit" means the maximum number of game fish which a person may legally retain in a single day.
(13) "Boat fishing" means fishing while in or on a boat, raft, or any other floating device.
(14) "Catch-and-release" means a type of angling where none of the fish caught are retained by the angler.
(15) "Fish in possession" means any fish retained, secure from escape, whether dead or alive. Bass or Walleye may be caught, retained, and released alive from a livewell until a daily limit is in possession.
(16) "Mouth" of stream, river, or slough means those waters upstream of a line projected between the outermost uplands at the mouth. Outermost uplands means those lands are not covered by water during an ordinary high water.
(17) Fish length means the length of a fish measured from snout to tip of tail not fork.
(18) Slough means any swamp, marsh, bog, pond, side-channel, or backwater connected to a river by water. Many waters commonly called sloughs are not connected to a river and, therefore, are considered lakes.
(19) "In the field or in transit" means any place other than at the ordinary residence of the harvester. An ordinary residence is a residential dwelling where a person normally lives, with associated features such as address, telephone number, utility account, etc. A motorhome or camper parked at a campsite or a vessel are not considered to be an ordinary residence.
(20) "Seasonal wild steelhead limit" means the maximum number of wild steelhead trout any one angler may retain from May ((1st through the following April 30th)) 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999; May 1, 1999, through March 31, 2000; and thereafter April 1st through the following March 31st.
(21) "Wild steelhead" means a steelhead trout that does not have the adipose or a ventral fin removed and a healed scar at the removal site.
(22) "Fresh" means game fish that are refrigerated, iced, salted, or surface glazed.
(23) "Frozen" means a game fish that is hard frozen throughout.
(24) "Processed" means a game fish that has been processed by heat for human consumption as kippered, smoked, boiled or canned.
(25) "Juvenile" means a person under fifteen years old.
(26) "Wild" when used to describe the difference between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish means a fish with all fins intact. A fish missing an adipose fin or a ventral fin with a healed scar at the location of the missing fin is not a wild fish.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-12-001, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-12-001, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-12-001, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-12-001, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-12-001, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94; 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-12-001, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 89-10-026 (Order 387), § 232-12-001, filed 4/26/89. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 77.16.010. 86-21-017 (Order 280), § 232-12-001, filed 10/6/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-001, filed 10/22/81; 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-001, filed 6/1/81. Formerly WAC 232-12-010.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 252, filed 5/23/85)
WAC 232-12-157 Steelhead ((permit)) catch record card. (1) It is unlawful for a person, except a treaty Indian possessing a valid federal or treaty fishing identification card, to fish for steelhead trout without having in their immediate possession a valid steelhead ((permit)) catch record card.
(2) Upon retaining a steelhead trout over twenty inches in length, the holder of a steelhead ((permit)) catch record card must immediately enter on the ((permit)) catch record card in ink the date of the catch and the river code number as listed on the card.
(3) Every person possessing a steelhead ((permit)) catch record card must, by June 1, following the period for which it was issued, return that ((permit)) catch record card to an authorized license dealer or the department.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 85-12-005 (Order 252), § 232-12-157, filed 5/23/85; 84-03-021 (Order 220), § 232-12-157, filed 1/11/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.020 and 77.12.040. 83-21-003 (Order 218), § 232-12-157, filed 10/6/83. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 82-22-032 (Order 195), § 232-12-157, filed 10/27/82; 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-157, filed 10/22/81; 81-12-029 (Order 165), § 232-12-157, filed 6/1/81. Formerly WAC 232-12-360.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 632, filed 4/14/94, effective 5/1/94)
WAC 232-12-166 Northern squawfish sport-reward fishery Columbia and Snake rivers. The Washington department of fish and wildlife shall administer a bounty voucher program for Northern squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) taken by legal fishing methods, in waters open to fishing, from the mouth of the Columbia River to the boundary markers 650 feet below the fish ladders at Priest Rapids Dam; from the mouth of the Snake River to the boat restricted zone below Hells Canyon Dam, and from (([the])) the backwaters and sloughs as well as up to 400 feet into the tributaries of the reaches listed above on the Columbia and Snake rivers. In addition, the following requirements shall be met to qualify for a voucher:
(a) Each angler must register in person, prior to fishing, at one of the registration stations each fishing day. A fishing day is a 24-hour period from 9:01 p.m. through 9:00 p.m. of the following day;
(b) Each angler, in person must exchange their eligible Northern squawfish for a voucher during the posted hours, and at the same registration station where the angler registered during the same fishing day;
(c) Each Northern squawfish must be eleven inches or longer in total length and presented in fresh condition or alive;
(d) Anglers shall provide information regarding their catch as requested by department personnel at the registration site and mail in survey forms; and
(e) Anglers shall obtain (([a Washington state game fishing license to fish for Northern squawfish] [angling licenses])) a valid Washington state fishing license and must use a single rod, reel, and line with up to three hooks with no more than three points each.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 94-09-019 (Order 632), § 232-12-166, filed 4/14/94, effective 5/1/94; 93-10-013, § 232-12-166, filed 4/23/93, effective 4/30/93.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 267, filed 1/15/86)
WAC 232-12-189 Duplicate licenses, tags, etc.--Rules for issuance. Request for replacement of licenses, permits, tags, stamps or ((punchcards)) catch record cards required by chapter 77.32 RCW, which have been lost, mutilated, or stolen, must be made by the licensee.
Duplicate licenses, permits, tags, stamps and ((punchcards)) catch record cards may be issued at department offices or by ((game)) recreational license dealers.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.32.256. 86-03-054 (Order 267), § 232-12-189, filed 1/15/86. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 81-22-002 (Order 174), § 232-12-189, filed 10/22/81.]
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 98-06-031, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98)
WAC 232-12-619 Permanent Washington state-wide game fish regulations. The following state-wide regulations apply to all waters unless modified under regional regulation exceptions.
(1) Fishing seasons open at 12:01 a.m. on the first day and close at 11:59 p.m. on the last day.
(a) Use a gaff hook to land game fish.
(b) Take bullfrogs except by angling, hand dip netting, spearing (gigging) or with bow and arrow. A hunting license is required to take bullfrogs.
(c) Feed or use any substance to attract game fish unless specifically authorized by special regulations.
(d) Fish for game fish with a bow and arrow or spear.
(e) Possess fish which are under the minimum size or over the maximum size as shown in general or special regional regulations.
(3) ((Annual)) Seasonal wild steelhead limit - steelhead trout only: Each ((adult)) angler who possesses a valid steelhead catch record card may not retain more than thirty steelhead over twenty inches in length ((per year (May 1 to April 30))) May 1, 1998, through April 30, 1999; May 1, 1999, through March 31, 2000; and thereafter April 1st through the following March 31st.
(4) Military personnel, regardless of the length of time in the state of Washington, who are permanently stationed at a military installation within the state, are entitled to purchase a resident license. Military personnel must have a license to fish for game fish anywhere in the state. Dependents must establish a ninety-day residency.
(5) Selective gear rules: In waters designated as being under selective gear rules, only artificial flies with a barbless single hook or lures with a barbless single hook are lawful. It is unlawful to use bait. Fish may be released until the daily limit is retained. It is unlawful to fish from any floating device equipped with a motor, unless specifically allowed under special rules for individual waters.
(6) Night closure: In waters designated as having a night closure, it is unlawful to fish from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise.
(7) Wild cutthroat release: In waters requiring a wild cutthroat release, it is unlawful to possess any cutthroat that does not have a missing adipose fin and a healed scar in the location of the missing fin.
(8) Wild steelhead release: In waters requiring wild steelhead release, it is unlawful to possess any steelhead trout that does not have a missing adipose or ventral fin and a healed scar at the location of the missing fin.
(9) Free fishing weekends: The weekends corresponding with National Fishing Week have been declared as family fishing weekends in Washington. On these weekends a fishing license is not required for any person, regardless of residency or age, to fish for or possess game fish, except that it is unlawful to fish for or possess steelhead trout without the required license and catch record card. During free fishing weekends only the licensing requirement is affected, and all other rules remain in effect.
(10) Trout taken with bait: When fishing with bait, all trout equal to or greater than the minimum size are counted as part of the daily limit, whether kept or released, except steelhead trout may be caught and released while using bait until the daily limit is retained.
(11) Fish taken with artificial flies and lures: Where use of bait is prohibited, or where artificial flies or lures are used voluntarily, fish may be released until the daily limit is retained. If any fish has swallowed the hook or is hooked in the gill, eye or tongue, it should be kept if legal to do so.
(12) Burbot taken with set line: Where use of a set line is allowed for burbot, a single set line identified with the fisher's name and address and a maximum of ten hooks may be used.
(13) Rainbow trout taken from landlocked lakes: Rainbow trout taken from landlocked lakes shall not be considered steelhead and no ((steelhead license or)) catch record card is required.
(14) open seasons:
and reservoirs: year around, unless specified otherwise under exceptions to state-wide rules.
and beaver ponds: JUNE 1 THROUGH OCTOBER 31, unless specified otherwise under exceptions to state-wide rules.
Note:	The date set for "traditional" April openers for Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs for this year and future years is the last Saturday in April.
((Waters managed under April through October seasons are listed under the exceptions to state-wide rules.))
(15) Daily limits and minimum sizes:
bass Five - not more than three over fifteen inches
Bass may be caught, retained, and released alive from a livewell until a daily limit is in possession.
grass carp.... It is unlawful to fish for or retain grass carp.
(except Eastern Brook trout) A total of five trout, of which no more than two may be from Rivers, Streams, and Beaver Ponds.
None in Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs.
No more than two of the trout daily catch limit of 5 may be Steelhead. Eight inches in Rivers, Streams, and Beaver Ponds.
fontinalis)
Five - to be considered part of the trout daily catch limit. None
burbot Five None
catfish Five if taken from lakes, ponds or reservoirs. Twelve inches if taken in lakes, ponds or reservoirs with no more than one greater than 24 inches in length.
(a)	The following game fish species are managed as trout:
Kokanee/Silver trout
Landlocked chinook and coho
(b)	Wild steelhead release is required year-round.
(c)	All waters, state-wide, are closed year around to fishing for or retaining Dolly Varden/Bull Trout.
Where exceptions to the above closure for Dolly Varden/Bull Trout occur under individual listings in the exceptions to state-wide rules, Dolly Varden/Bull Trout count as part of the combined trout daily limit of five.
walleye Five, not more than one over twenty-four inches Eighteen inches
Walleye may be caught, retained, and released alive from a livewell until a daily limit is in possession.
whitefish Fifteen None
game fish No Limit None
bullfrogs No Limit None
(16) Seasonal wild steelhead limits.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to retain more than two wild steelhead from the following watersheds:
(i) Clearwater River - mouth to Snahapish River.
(ii) Hoh River - mainstem, south fork and tributaries thereto.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to retain more than five wild steelhead from all of the following rivers and tributaries thereto:
(i) Bogachiel River.
(ii) Calawah River.
(iii) Dickey River.
(iv) Sol Duc River.
(v) Quillayute River.
(17) Possession limit. Except as otherwise provided, the possession limit is two daily limits in fresh, frozen or processed form.
(18) River mouths. The following river mouth definitions are exceptions to the general river mouth definition:
Abernathy Creek Highway 4 Bridge.
Bear River Highway 101 Bridge.
Bone River Highway 101 Bridge.
Chehalis River Highway 101 Bridge in Aberdeen.
Cowlitz River A line projected across the river between two fishing boundary markers set on each bank of the river approximately one-half mile downstream from the lowermost railroad bridge crossing the Cowlitz River.
Dakota Creek A line from the outermost headland of the south bank to a house at 1285 Runge Avenue, Blaine, Washington, approximately one-quarter mile downstream from the Blaine Road Bridge.
A line projected across the river 400 feet below the lower Tumwater Falls fish ladder.
Drano Lake Highway 14 Bridge.
Duwamish River First Avenue South Bridge.
Elk River Highway 105 Bridge.
Entiat River Highway 97 Bridge.
Hoquiam River Highway 101 Bridge.
Humptulips River Mouth of Jessie
Johns River Highway 105 Bridge.
Boundary markers located at the mouth.
Kennedy Creek An arc 500 yards east of the midpoint of the northbound Highway 101 Bridge.
Kettle River Barstow Bridge.
A line 400 feet west of the fish ladder at the Chittenden Locks.
Lewis River Boundary markers at the mouth.
Salmon River At boundary markers on the river bank downstream from the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery.
Methow River Highway 97 Bridge.
Naselle River Highway 101 Bridge.
North Nemah River Highway 101 Bridge.
Niawiakum River Highway 101 Bridge.
North River Highway 105 Bridge.
Palix River Highway 101 Bridge.
Puyallup River 11th Street Bridge.
Samish River Samish Island Bridge (Bayview-Edison Road).
Sammamish River 68th Ave. N.E. Bridge.
Skagit River A line projected from the terminus of the jetty with McGlinn Island to the white monument on the easterly end of Ika Island, then to a white monument on the westerly end of Craft Island, then to a white monument near the corner of the levee on the westerly side of Dry Slough, and then to a white monument on the easterly side of Tom Moore Slough.
Skamokawa Creek Highway 4 Bridge.
Skookum Creek A line 400 yards below the old railroad bridge.
Snohomish River Burlington Northern Railway Bridges crossing main river and sloughs.
South Nemah River Lynn Point 117 degrees true to the opposite shore.
Spokane River State Route 25 Bridge.
Tucannon Creek State Highway 261 Bridge.
Wallace River The furthest downstream rail road bridge.
Washougal River A straight line projected from the James River pump house southeasterly across the Washougal River to the east end of Highway 14 Bridge at the upper end of Lady Island.
Whatcom Creek A line projected approximately 14 degrees true from the flashing light to the southwesterly end of the Port of Bellingham North Terminal to the southernmost point of the dike surrounding the Georgia Pacific treatment pond.
White Salmon River Markers downstream of the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge.
Wind River Boundary line/markers at mouth.
Willapa River South Bend boat launch.
Yakima River Highway 240 Bridge.
(19) Nonbuoyant lure and night closure restriction: In the following waters and during the periods shown, it is unlawful to use a nonbuoyant lure that has more than one single hook or has a hook measuring more than 3/4 inch point to shank and a night closure is in effect:
Area Time Period
(including all forks)
to Hwy 4 Bridge
Hwy 4 Bridge to
Big Hill Bridge
October 16 - January 31
Mouth to Hwy 6 Bridge
Hwy 6 Bridge to
Humptulips River September 1 - November 30
(including all forks) September 1 - November 30
Nemah River - North
Nemah River - Middle
Fork September 1 - November 30
Dungeness and Gray
Wolf Rivers August 1 - October 15
Kennedy Creek October 1 - December 31
Nooksack River - South
Fork mouth to
Skookum Creek August 1 - October 31
Skookum Creek June 1 - September 30
Big Quilcene River August 1 - December 31
Samish River August 1 - December 31
(including all forks) August 1 - November 30
Whatcom Creek August 1 - December 31
From Mill Creek to
Barrier	Dam August 1 - October 31
temporary rack September 1 - October 31
Lewis River -
From lower Cedar
Creek Boat Ramp
to Colvin Creek
Downstream of Salmon
Falls Bridge September 1 - October 31
to mouth May 8 - June 30
From mouth of Icicle
River to Highway 2
Bridge May 8 - June 15
Skagit River (and
tributaries) Upstream of
Gilligan Creek July 1 - November 30
From mouth to posted
cable markers December 1 - March 31
Capitol Lake August 1 - November 30
Deschutes River August 1 - November 30
Elochoman River September 1 - November 30
Grays River September 1 - November 30
mouth to Highway
164 Bridge August 1 - November 30
McAllister Creek August 1 - November 30
Nisqually River August 1 - November 30
mouth to Carbon River August 1 - November 30
Snohomish River August 1 - November 30
White/Stuck River October 1 - November 30
Toutle River -
Green River (Cowlitz
Co.) mouth to 1,500
feet below hatchery
(20) Freshwater fishing hours: It is unlawful to fish during a night closure. A night closure is in effect for all waters during the period of a nonbuoyant lure restriction.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040 and 75.08.080. 98-06-031, § 232-12-619, filed 2/26/98, effective 5/1/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 232-12-619, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 97-07-076 (Order 97-50), § 232-12-619, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-11-079 (Order 96-45), § 232-12-619, filed 5/13/96, effective 6/13/96; 95-17-063 (Order 95-103), § 232-12-619, filed 8/15/95, effective 9/15/95; 95-05-008 (Order 95-11), § 232-12-619, filed 2/1/95, effective 5/1/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 93-21-070 (Order 617), § 232-12-619, filed 10/20/93, effective 4/16/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.040. 93-10-054 (Order 600), § 232-12-619, filed 4/30/93, effective 5/31/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.055 and 77.12.040. 92-01-084 (Order 524), § 232-12-619, filed 12/16/91, effective 4/16/92.]
WAC 232-12-069	Transport tag fees for black bear and cougar.
WAC 232-12-241	Requirements of license dealers.
OTS-2492.3
WAC 232-12-830 Waters in which either a personal use freshwater or personal use saltwater fishing license is valid. In the following described waters, it is lawful to fish for food fish and gamefish with a personal use freshwater license, saltwater license, or combination license:
(1) Those waters of the Columbia River downstream from a line between Rocky Point on the Washington shore and Tongue Point on the Oregon shore.
(2) Those waters of Grays Harbor described as Catch Record Card Area 2-2 in WAC 220-56-185, and seaward of any river mouth as defined in WAC 232-12-001(16) and 232-12-619(18).
(3) Those waters of Willapa Bay described as Catch Record Card Area 2-1 in WAC 220-56-185, and seaward of any river mouth as defined in WAC 232-12-001(16) and 232-12-619(18).