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WA Rev Code § 77.95.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.050 - "Enhancement project" defined.

RCW 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 screens, streambed clearing, erosion control, habitat restoration, net pens, applied research projects, and any equipment, real property, or other interest necessary to the proper operation thereof.[ 1985 c 458 § 6. Formerly RCW 75.50.060.]
WA Rev Code § 77.95.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.060 - Regional fisheries enhancement group authorized.

RCW 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 groups. The accomplishments of one existing group, the Grays Harbor fisheries enhancement task force, have been widely recognized as being exemplary. The legislature recognizes the potential benefits to the state that would occur if each region of the state had a similar group of dedicated citizens working to enhance the salmon resource.The legislature authorizes the formation of regional fisheries enhancement groups. These groups shall be eligible for state financial support and shall be actively supported by the commission and the department. The regional groups shall be operated on a strictly nonprofit basis, and shall seek to maximize the efforts of volunteer and private donations to improve the salmon resource for all citizens of the state.[ 1995 1st sp.s. c 2 § 38 (Referendum Bill No. 45, approved November 7, 1995); 1993 sp.s. c 2 § 46; 1989 c 426 § 1. Formerly RCW 75.50.070.]NOTES:Referral to electorate—1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 77.04.013.Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 43.17.020.Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 2 §§ 1-6, 8-59, and 61-79: See RCW 43.300.900.Severability—1989 c 426: "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 of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1989 c 426 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 77.95.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.070 - Regional fisheries enhancement groups—Goals.

RCW 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 of the state;(2) Maximize volunteer efforts and private donations to improve the salmon and steelhead resources for all citizens;(3) Assist the department in achieving the goal to double the statewide salmon and steelhead catch by the year 2000; and(4) Develop projects designed to supplement the fishery enhancement capability of the department.[ 2000 c 107 § 105; 1997 c 389 § 5; 1993 sp.s. c 2 § 47; 1989 c 426 § 4. Formerly RCW 75.50.080.]NOTES:Findings—1997 c 389: See note following RCW 77.95.100.Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 2 §§ 1-6, 8-59, and 61-79: See RCW 43.300.900.Severability—1989 c 426: See note following RCW 77.95.060.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.080 - Regional fisheries enhancement groups—Incorporation prerequisites.

RCW 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 desirable for the group to have representation from all categories of fishers and other parties that have interest in salmon within the region, as well as the general public.[ 1990 c 58 § 2. Formerly RCW 75.50.090.]NOTES:Findings—1990 c 58: "The legislature finds that: (1) It is in the best interest of the state to encourage nonprofit regional fisheries enhancement groups authorized in RCW 75.50.070 to participate in enhancing the state's salmon population including, but not limited to, salmon research, increased natural and artificial production, and through habitat improvement; (2) such regional fisheries enhancement groups interested in improving salmon habitat and rearing salmon shall be eligible for financial assistance; (3) such regional fisheries enhancement groups should seek to maximize the efforts of volunteer personnel and private donations; (4) this program will assist the state in its goal to double the salmon catch by the year 2000; (5) this program will benefit both commercial and recreational fisheries and improve cooperative efforts to increase salmon production through a coordinated approach with similar programs in other states and Canada; and (6) the Grays Harbor fisheries enhancement task force's exemplary performance in salmon enhancement provides a model for establishing regional fisheries enhancement groups by rule adopted under RCW 75.50.070, 75.50.080, and 75.50.090 through 75.50.110." [ 1990 c 58 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 77.95.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.090 - Regional fisheries enhancement group account—Revenue sources, uses, and limitations.

RCW 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 expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required for expenditures.A portion of each recreational fishing license fee shall be used as provided in RCW 77.32.440. A surcharge of one hundred dollars shall be collected on each commercial salmon fishery license, each salmon delivery license, and each salmon charter license sold in the state. All receipts shall be placed in the regional fisheries enhancement group account and shall be used exclusively for regional fisheries enhancement group projects for the purposes of *RCW 77.95.110. Except as provided in RCW 77.95.320, funds from the regional fisheries enhancement group account shall not serve as replacement funding for department operated salmon projects that exist on January 1, 1991.All revenue from the department's sale of salmon carcasses and eggs that return to group facilities shall be deposited in the regional fisheries enhancement group account for use by the regional fisheries enhancement group that produced the surplus. The commission shall adopt rules to implement this section pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 2009 c 340 § 4; 2000 c 107 § 106. Prior: 1998 c 245 § 155; 1998 c 191 § 27; 1995 1st sp.s. c 2 § 39 (Referendum Bill No. 45, approved November 7, 1995); prior: 1993 sp.s. c 17 § 11; 1993 c 340 § 53; 1990 c 58 § 3. Formerly RCW 75.50.100.]NOTES:*Reviser's note: RCW 77.95.110 was repealed by 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 81.Findings—2009 c 340: See note following RCW 77.95.320.Effective date—1998 c 191: See note following RCW 77.32.410.Referral to electorate—1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 77.04.013.Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 43.17.020.Finding—Contingent effective date—Severability—1993 sp.s. c 17: See notes following RCW 77.32.520.Finding, intent—Captions not law—Effective date—Severability—1993 c 340: See notes following RCW 77.65.010.Effective date—1990 c 58 § 3: "Section 3 of this act shall take effect January 1, 1991." [ 1990 c 58 § 6.]Findings—1990 c 58: See note following RCW 77.95.080.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.100 - Regional fisheries enhancement groups—Start-up funds.

RCW 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 commission shall develop guidelines for providing funds to the regional fisheries enhancement groups.[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 82; 2000 c 107 § 107; 1997 c 389 § 2. Formerly RCW 75.50.105.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.Findings—1997 c 389: "(1) The legislature finds that:(a) Currently, many of the salmon stocks on the Washington coast and in Puget Sound are severely depressed and may soon be listed under the federal endangered species act.(b) Immediate action is needed to reverse the severe decline of this resource and ensure its very survival.(c) The cooperation and participation of private landowners is crucial in efforts to restore and enhance salmon populations.(d) Regional fisheries enhancement groups have been exceptionally successful in their efforts to work with private landowners to restore and enhance salmon habitat on private lands.(e) State funding for regional fisheries enhancement groups has been declining and is a significant limitation to current fisheries enhancement and habitat restoration efforts.(f) Therefore, a stable funding source is essential to the success of the regional enhancement groups and their efforts to work cooperatively with private landowners to restore salmon resources.(2) The legislature further finds that:(a) The increasing population and continued development throughout the state, and the transportation system needed to serve this growth, have exacerbated problems associated with culverts, creating barriers to fish passage.(b) These barriers obstruct habitat and have resulted in reduced production and survival of anadromous and resident fish at a time when salmonid stocks continue to decline.(c) Current state laws do not appropriately direct resources for the correction of fish passage obstructions related to transportation facilities.(d) Current fish passage management efforts related to transportation projects lack necessary coordination on a watershed, regional, and statewide basis, have inadequate funding, and fail to maximize use of available resources.(e) Therefore, the legislature finds that the department of transportation and the department of fish and wildlife should work with state, tribal, local government, and volunteer entities to develop a coordinated, watershed-based fish passage barrier removal program." [ 1997 c 389 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 77.95.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.130 - Regional fisheries enhancement salmonid recovery account—Created.

RCW 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 law must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. Expenditures from the account may be used for the sole purpose of fisheries enhancement and habitat restoration by regional fisheries enhancement groups.[ 1997 c 389 § 3. Formerly RCW 75.50.125.]NOTES:Findings—1997 c 389: See note following RCW 77.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.140 - Skagit river salmon recovery plan.

RCW 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 restoration and other tasks identified in the plan. The plan shall incorporate the best available technology in order to achieve maximum restoration of depressed salmon stocks. The plan must encourage the restoration of natural spawning areas and natural rearing of salmon but must not preclude the development of an active hatchery program.[ 1995 1st sp.s. c 2 § 41 (Referendum Bill No. 45, approved November 7, 1995); 1993 sp.s. c 2 § 48; 1992 c 88 § 1. Formerly RCW 75.50.130.]NOTES:Referral to electorate—1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 77.04.013.Effective date—1995 1st sp.s. c 2: See note following RCW 43.17.020.Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 2 §§ 1-6, 8-59, and 61-79: See RCW 43.300.900.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.150 - Coordination with regional enhancement groups—Findings.

RCW 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 anadromous fish populations through fish restoration technology.(2) Due to a decrease in recreational and commercial salmon license sales, regional enhancement groups are receiving fewer financial resources at a time when recovery efforts are needed most.(3) To maintain regional enhancement groups as an effective enhancement resource, technical assets of state agencies must be coordinated and utilized to maximize the financial resources of regional enhancement groups and overall fish recovery efforts.[ 1995 c 367 § 1. Formerly RCW 75.50.150.]NOTES:Severability—1995 c 367: "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 of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1995 c 367 § 12.]Effective date—1995 c 367: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately [May 16, 1995]." [ 1995 c 367 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 77.95.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.170 - Salmonid fish passage—Removing impediments—Grant program—Administration—Database directory.

RCW 77.95.170 Salmonid fish passage—Removing impediments—Grant program—Administration—Database directory.(1) The department may coordinate with the recreation and conservation office in the administration of all state grant programs specifically designed to assist state agencies, private landowners, tribes, organizations, and volunteer groups in identifying and removing impediments to salmonid fish passage. The transportation improvement board may administer all grant programs specifically designed to assist cities, counties, and other units of local governments with fish passage barrier corrections associated with transportation projects. All grant programs must be administered and be consistent with the following:(a) Salmonid-related corrective projects, inventory, assessment, and prioritization efforts;(b) Salmonid projects subject to a competitive application process; and(c) A minimum dollar match rate that is consistent with the funding authority's criteria. If no funding match is specified, a match amount of at least twenty-five percent per project is required. For local, private, and volunteer projects, in-kind contributions may be counted toward the match requirement.(2) Priority shall be given to projects that match the principles provided in RCW 77.95.180.(3) All projects subject to this section shall be reviewed and approved by the fish passage barrier removal board created in RCW 77.95.160 or an alternative oversight committee designated by the state legislature.(4) Other agencies that administer natural resource-based grant programs shall use fish passage selection criteria that are consistent with this section when those programs are addressing fish passage barrier removal projects.(5)(a) The department shall establish a centralized database directory of all fish passage barrier information. The database directory must include, but is not limited to, existing fish passage inventories, fish passage projects, grant program applications, and other databases. These data must be used to coordinate and assist in habitat recovery and project mitigation projects.(b) The department must develop a barrier inventory training program that qualifies participants to perform barrier inventories and develop data that enhance the centralized database. The department may decide the qualifications for participation. However, employees and volunteers of conservation districts and regional salmon recovery groups must be given priority consideration.[ 2014 c 120 § 3; 1999 c 242 § 4; 1998 c 249 § 16. Formerly RCW 75.50.165.]NOTES:Findings—Purpose—Report—Effective date—1998 c 249: See notes following RCW 77.55.181.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.190 - Field testing of remote site incubators.

RCW 77.95.190 Field testing of remote site incubators.The department shall field test coho and chinook salmon remote site incubators. The purpose of field testing efforts shall be to gather conclusive scientific data on the effectiveness of coho and chinook remote site incubators.[ 2010 1st sp.s. c 7 § 84; 1995 c 367 § 10. Formerly RCW 75.50.180.]NOTES:Effective date—2010 1st sp.s. c 26; 2010 1st sp.s. c 7: See note following RCW 43.03.027.Severability—Effective date—1995 c 367: See notes following RCW 77.95.150.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.200 - Remote site incubator program—Reports to the fish and wildlife commission.

RCW 77.95.200 Remote site incubator program—Reports to the fish and wildlife commission.(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 suitable for reestablishing self-sustaining, locally adapted populations of coho, chum, or chinook salmon. The initial selection of sites shall be updated annually.(2) The department may only approve a remote site incubator project if the department deems it is consistent with the conservation of wild salmon and trout. The department shall only utilize appropriate salmonid eggs in remote site incubators, and may acquire eggs by gift or purchase.(3) The department shall depend chiefly upon volunteer efforts to implement the remote site incubator program through volunteer cooperative projects and the regional fisheries enhancement groups. The department may prioritize remote site incubator projects within regional enhancement areas.(4) The department may purchase remote site incubators and may use agency employees to construct remote site incubators. (5) The department shall investigate the use of the remote site incubator technology for the production of warm water fish.(6) Annual reports on the progress of the program shall be provided to the fish and wildlife commission.[ 2009 c 333 § 29; 1998 c 251 § 2. Formerly RCW 75.50.190.]NOTES:Finding—1998 c 251: "The legislature finds that trout and salmon populations are depleted in many state waters. Restoration of these populations to a healthy status requires improved protection of these species and their habitats. However, in some instances restoration of self-sustaining populations also requires the reintroduction of the fish into their native habitat.Remote site incubators have been shown to be a cost-effective means of bypassing the early period of high mortality experienced by salmonid eggs that are naturally spawned in streams. In addition, remote site incubators provide an efficient method for reintroduction of fish into areas that are not seeded by natural spawning. The technology for remote site incubators is well developed, and their application is easily accomplished in a wide variety of habitat by persons with a moderate level of training.It is a goal of the remote site incubator program to assist the reestablishment of wild salmon and trout populations that are self-sustaining through natural spawning. In other cases, where the habitat has been permanently damaged and natural populations cannot sustain themselves, the remote site incubator program may become a cost-effective long-term solution for supplementation of fish populations." [ 1998 c 251 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 77.95.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.210 - Sale of surplus salmon eggs—Order of priority.

RCW 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 use in the cultivation of salmon. The department shall not intentionally create a surplus of salmon to provide eggs for sale. The department shall only sell salmon eggs from stocks that are not suitable for salmon population rehabilitation or enhancement in state waters in Washington after the salmon harvest on surplus salmon has been first maximized by both commercial and recreational fishers.(2) The department shall not destroy hatchery origin salmon for the purposes of destroying viable eggs that would otherwise be useful for propagation or salmon recovery purposes, as determined by the department and Indian tribes with treaty fishing rights in a collaborative manner, for replenishing fish runs. Eggs deemed surplus by the state must be provided, in the following order of priority, to:(a) Voluntary cooperative salmon culture programs under the supervision of the department under chapter 77.100 RCW;(b) Regional fisheries enhancement group salmon culture programs under the supervision of the department under this chapter;(c) Salmon culture programs requested by lead entities and approved by the salmon funding recovery board under chapter 77.85 RCW;(d) Hatcheries of federally approved tribes in Washington to whom eggs are moved, not sold, under the interlocal cooperation act, chapter 39.34 RCW; and(e) Governmental hatcheries in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.The order of priority established in this subsection for distributing surplus eggs does not apply when there is a shortfall in the supply of eggs.(3) All sales, provisions, distributions, or transfers shall be consistent with the department's egg transfer and aquaculture disease control regulations as now existing or hereafter amended. Prior to department determination that eggs of a salmon stock are surplus and available for sale, the department shall assess the productivity of each watershed that is suitable for receiving eggs.[ 2001 c 337 § 1; 2000 c 107 § 11; 1988 c 115 § 1; 1983 1st ex.s. c 46 § 25; 1974 ex.s. c 23 § 1; 1971 c 35 § 4. Formerly RCW 75.08.245, 75.16.120.]NOTES:Sale of surplus salmon eggs and carcasses by volunteer cooperative fish projects: RCW 77.100.040.
WA Rev Code § 77.95.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 77 - Fish and Wildlife|Chapter 77.95 - Salmon Enhancement Program.|77.95.220 - Legislative finding.

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 state's salmon rearing facilities is necessary to enhance commercial and recreational fisheries.[ 1993 sp.s. c 2 § 24; 1989 c 336 § 1. Formerly RCW 75.08.400.]NOTES:Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 2 §§ 1-6, 8-59, and 61-79: See RCW 43.300.900.Severability—1989 c 336: "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 of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1989 c 336 § 7.]