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Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-030 - Definitions - Dip bag net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Dip bag net" shall be defined as a section of netting
				  distended by a rigid frame and attached directly to a rigid
				  handle.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 02-08-048 (Order 02-53), §
											220-16-028, filed 3/29/02,
					 effective 5/1/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 83-24-024 (Order 83-200),
					 §
											220-16-028, filed 11/30/83,
					 effective 1/1/84; 79-03-014 (Order 79-11), §
											220-16-028, filed 2/15/79; Order
					 1105, §
											220-16-028, filed 12/28/73; Order
					 810, §
											220-16-028, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-040 - Definitions - Drag seine

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Drag seine" shall be defined as fishing gear consisting of a
				  lead line, cork line, auxiliary lines and a mesh net webbing fashioned in such
				  a manner that it can be used to encircle fish in waters adjacent to any beach,
				  with the catch landed directly on the beach. It shall include gear commonly
				  known as "beach seine" and "smelt drag bag net."
Order 810, §
											220-16-035, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-050 - Definitions - Dressed fish

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A
				dressed fish is defined as one from which the viscera or the viscera and head
				have been removed, unless otherwise defined by department rule.
(2) The length of any dressed fish is defined
				as the shortest distance between the posterior end of the gill opening and the
				fork of the tail.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-060 - Definitions - Drift gillnet - Drift net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Drift gillnet" or "drift net" gear shall be defined as a
				  gillnet of single web construction, not anchored, tied, staked, placed, or
				  weighted in such a manner that it cannot drift.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 92-15-105 (Order
					 92-47), §
											220-16-040, filed 7/20/92,
					 effective 8/20/92; 88-18-066 (Order 88-86), §
											220-16-040, filed 9/2/88; Order
					 810, §
											220-16-040, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-070 - Definitions - Herring rake

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Herring rake" shall be defined as a long-handled,
				  streamlined board, oar-like in shape, with a lower portion of the leading edge
				  studded with sharp-pointed nails upon which the fish are impaled when the rake
				  is forced through the water edgewise.
Order 810, §
											220-16-140, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-080 - Definitions - Lampara

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Lampara gear shall be defined as fishing gear having no purse
				  line or rings, but employing a lead line, cork line, special tag or auxiliary
				  lines attached to the lead line and webbing in such a manner that the fish are
				  encircled in open water. This gear is not lawful for the taking of
				  salmon.
Order 76-148, §
											220-16-065, filed 12/2/76; Order
					 817, §
											220-16-065, filed 5/29/69; Order
					 810, §
											220-16-065, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-100 - Definitions - Net mesh measurement

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The size of a mesh of any net except purse seine net, trawl
				  net, and Hood Canal shrimp pot net shall be defined as the distance between the
				  inside of one knot to the outside of the opposite vertical knot of one mesh
				  when the mesh is stretched vertically, while wet, by using a tension of ten
				  pounds on any three consecutive meshes, then measuring the middle mesh of the
				  three while under tension; purse seine net mesh - See WAC 220-354-100; trawl
				  net mesh - See WAC 220-350-210.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-110 - Definitions - Purse seine

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				"Purse seine" is defined as including all types of fishing gear consisting of a
				lead line, cork line, auxiliary lines, purse line and purse rings and mesh net
				webbing fashioned in such a manner that it is used to encircle fish, and in
				addition prevents their escape under the bottom or lead line of the net by
				drawing in the bottom of the net by means of the purse line so that it forms a
				closed bag.
(2) "Bunt" is defined
				as the portion of the purse seine net located at the end of the net designed to
				form the bag that holds the net's catch after the net is pursed and is the last
				portion of the net to be pulled aboard the catching vessel.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 87-15-059 (Order
					 87-72), §
											220-16-075, filed 7/14/87; Order
					 810, §
											220-16-075, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-120 - Definitions - Reef net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Reef net" shall be defined as a non self-fishing open bunt
				  square or rectangular section of mesh netting suspended between two anchored
				  boats fashioned in such a manner that to impound salmon passing over the net,
				  the net be raised to the surface. The lead or leads of any "reef net" must be
				  floating at all times, except under stress of tidal conditions, and shall not
				  be fixed to any piling whatsoever, nor shall the lead or leads be constructed
				  of any kind of mesh webbing. In the construction of any "reef net" no principle
				  of a fyke net or fish trap may be employed.
Order 810, §
											220-16-080, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-130 - Definitions - Ring net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Ring net" shall be defined to include all fishing gear
				  having a rigid frame measuring no more than ten feet in diameter that is used
				  to take shellfish in a live condition. The sides and all other parts of the
				  gear must lie flat on the bottom in such a manner that the gear does not entrap
				  or restrict the free movement of shellfish until lifted.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 88-10-012 (Order
					 88-14), §
											220-16-085, filed 4/26/88;
					 84-08-014 (Order 84-24), §
											220-16-085, filed 3/27/84; Order
					 810, §
											220-16-085, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-140 - Definitions - Sac-roe herring purposes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Taking or possessing herring for sac-roe purposes is defined
				  as capturing herring which will have the roe (eggs) removed for separate
				  processing or resale. Sac-roe is
not
equivalent to human
				  consumption even though the carcasses may subsequently be used for
				  food.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-150 - Definitions - Set line

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Set line" shall be defined as a stationary, buoyed, and
				  anchored ground line with hooks attached.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 82-14-056 (Order
					 82-72), §
											220-16-090, filed 7/1/82; Order
					 810, §
											220-16-090, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-160 - Definitions - Set net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Set net" shall be defined as a gillnet which is anchored,
				  tied, staked, laid in part on shore or whose lead line is so heavily weighted
				  that it cannot drift; except that set net does not mean a nondrifting gillnet
				  operated in the Deep River, Blind Slough/Knappa Slough or South Channel Select
				  Areas in accordance with an open fishery season and associated gear
				  rules.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 07-09-055 (Order 07-60), §
											220-16-095, filed 4/12/07,
					 effective 5/13/07; Order 810, §
											220-16-095, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-170 - Definitions - Skiff gillnet - Skiff net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Skiff gillnet" or "skiff net" is defined as a gillnet of
				  single web construction with floats along the corkline sufficient to float the
				  net. A skiff gillnet may be laid in part on shore, but may not be anchored,
				  tied, or staked, nor have a lead line so heavily weighted that the net cannot
				  drift.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 92-15-105 (Order
					 92-47), §
											220-16-046, filed 7/20/92,
					 effective 8/20/92.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-180 - Definitions - Snag line

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Snag line" shall be defined as a line with one or more
				  unbaited hooks attached thereto used to the purpose of snagging any species of
				  food fish.
Order 810, §
											220-16-105, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-190 - Definitions - Snag net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Snag net" shall be defined as a single web gillnet,
				  constructed of webbing having mesh of not less than fourteen inches stretch
				  measure and used for the purpose of clearing snags or similar obstructions from
				  gillnet drifts and operated in an area where a gillnet fishery is from time to
				  time lawful.
Order 810, §
											220-16-110, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-200 - Definitions - Trammel net

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Trammel net" shall be defined as a gillnet that is hung with
				  two or more mesh webs substantially parallel to each other, suspended from a
				  single common cork line and having either one or several lead
				  lines.
Order 810, §
											220-16-120, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-210 - Definitions - Trawl gear

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				"Otter trawl" shall be defined as a cone or funnel-shaped net which is towed or
				drawn through the water by one or two vessels. Otter trawl nets may be used
				both on and off the seabed. Otter trawl nets may be fished with or without
				trawl doors, and may employ warps or cables to direct fish. Otter trawl nets
				are restricted to the following three categories:
(a) "Bottom trawl" means an otter trawl in
				which the otter boards or the footrope of the net contact the seabed, and
				includes Danish and Scottish seine gear.
(b) "Roller trawl" or "bobbin trawl" are
				identical, and mean an otter trawl with footropes equipped with rollers or
				bobbins made of wood, steel, rubber, plastic, or other hard material which
				protects the net during fishing on the seabed.
(c) "Pelagic trawl" means an otter trawl in
				which the otter boards may be in contact with the seabed but the foot-rope of
				the net remains above the seabed. Pelagic trawl nets may not have footropes
				protected at the trawl mouth with rollers, bobbins, or discs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-220 - Definitions-Troll line

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Troll line" when relating to its use for commercial purposes
				  shall be defined as a line used to drag a hook or hooks behind a moving fishing
				  vessel that is making way by means of a source of power, other than drifting by
				  means of the prevailing water current or weather conditions. The troll line
				  must be affixed to the vessel and must not be intentionally disengaged from the
				  vessel at any time during the fishing operation.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 83-24-024 (Order
					 83-200), §
											220-16-125, filed 11/30/83,
					 effective 1/1/84; Order 810, §
											220-16-125, filed 4/17/69.
					 Formerly WAC
					 220-16-010
					 (part).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-230 - Definitions-Troll spread

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Troll spread" shall be defined as a single detachable leader
				  connected to the troll line and to an individual lure and/or
				  bait.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-350 - Commercial fisheries-Definitions › Section 220-350-240 - Geographical definitions - Deep River (Wahkiakum County)

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For commercial fisheries, the mouth of the Deep River is
				  defined as the Highway 4 Bridge.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 03-05-061 (Order 03-29), §
											220-16-290, filed 2/18/03,
					 effective 3/21/03.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-010 - Commercial licensing - Business organizations - Operator designation

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Any person that holds a commercial fishing license or
				  delivery license and is a business organization may designate one natural
				  person to act on behalf of the license holder to operate a designated vessel as
				  provided for in this section:
(1) If
				the business is a sole proprietorship, the designated operator must be the sole
				proprietor.
(2) If the business is
				a partnership, the designated operator must be a partner.
(3) If the business is a corporation, the
				designated operator must be a corporate officer.
(4) In addition to the designated operator, a
				license holder that is a business organization may designate up to two
				alternate operators.
(5) A license
				holder that is a business organization may substitute the designated operator
				by surrendering the fishery license card, redesignating the operator under the
				criteria provided for in this section, and paying the replacement license fee
				provided for in
				RCW
				77.65.050.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 34.05.353(1)(b), (c), and
					 (d),
					 77.12.047,
					 77.50.050, and chapters 77.65 and
					 77.70 RCW. 12-09-046 (Order 12-61), §
											220-20-065, filed 4/13/12,
					 effective 5/14/12. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 94-23-059 (Order
					 94-162), §
											220-20-065, filed 11/14/94,
					 effective 12/15/94.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-020 - Display of registration, salmon guide, and angler permit decals

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) At the time a
				vessel is first designated on any license pursuant to WAC 220-351-030, the
				department will issue a permanent vessel registration number and a set of two
				vessel registration decals. The vessel registration decals must be affixed to
				the registered vessel in a permanent manner and be clearly visible from each
				side of the vessel.
(2) Salmon
				guides, upon designating a vessel to be used, will be issued salmon guide
				license decals for that vessel, which decals must be affixed to the vessel in a
				permanent manner and be clearly visible from each side of the vessel. Each
				guide using the vessel must have separate license decals for the vessel. Salmon
				guide license decals will be issued annually upon renewal of the salmon guide
				license.
(3) Angler permit decals
				will be issued annually to each salmon charter licensee upon designation of a
				vessel and the angler permit decals must be affixed to the vessel in a
				permanent manner and be clearly visible from each side of the vessel.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-030 - Vessel designation requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) In any licensed fishery for which a
				vessel is required under chapter 77.65 RCW, or for any delivery of food fish or
				shellfish, or for any charter fishery, it is unlawful to fish for, harvest,
				deliver, or possess food fish or shellfish unless:
(a) The licensee has designated the vessel
				from which the food fish or shellfish are to be taken or delivered;
(b) The department has issued a commercial
				license to the licensee showing the vessel so designated; and
(c) The vessel operator has the commercial
				license in physical possession.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-040 - Commercial fishing license transfer - Notarization

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Any person making application to transfer a commercial
				  fishing license or charter boat angler permit must have the signature of the
				  transferor notarized, and without notarization the department will not transfer
				  a license or angler permit, except the department may transfer the license or
				  angler permit of a decedent without notarization but with appropriate legal
				  certification supporting the transfer.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 88-16-074 (Order
					 88-69), §
											220-20-060, filed
					 8/2/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-050 - Oregon-Washington commercial license reciprocity

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following Oregon licenses are equivalent to Washington
				  licenses and are valid in the concurrent waters of the Columbia River:
(1) An Oregon Columbia River gillnet salmon
				vessel permit issued under ORS 508.775 - ORS 508.796 is equivalent to a
				Washington salmon gillnet fishery license issued under
				RCW
				77.65.160(1)(a) or (c) in
				the concurrent waters of the Columbia River. A person who holds an Oregon
				Columbia River gillnet salmon vessel permit may land salmon and sturgeon in
				Washington that were taken in the Columbia River salmon gillnet salmon
				fishery.
(2) An Oregon ocean
				charter vessel license issued under ORS 830.435 is equivalent to a Washington
				charter license issued under
				RCW
				77.65.150 in the concurrent waters of the
				Columbia River downstream of the bridge at Longview, except that an Oregon
				vessel may not take on or discharge passengers for any purpose from any
				Washington port, the Washington shore, or a dock, landing, or other point in
				Washington.
(3) An Oregon outfitter
				and guide registration issued under ORS 704.020 is equivalent to a Washington
				professional salmon guide license issued under
				RCW
				77.65.370 or to a Washington professional
				game fish guide license issued under
				RCW
				77.65.480(3), in the
				concurrent waters of the Columbia River upstream of the bridge at Longview and
				downstream of the Oregon boundary in Lake Wallula, except that an Oregon vessel
				may not take on or discharge passengers for any purpose from any Washington
				port, the Washington shore, or a dock, landing, or other point in
				Washington.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047 and
					 77.04.020. 08-12-016 (Order
					 08-118), §
											220-20-005, filed 5/27/08,
					 effective 6/27/08. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 07-15-068, §
											220-20-005, filed 7/17/07,
					 effective 8/17/07. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.65.010,
					 77.04.020,
					 77.04.130. 07-03-142, §
											220-20-005, filed 1/23/07,
					 effective 2/23/07.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-070 - Ranking and acceptance of salmon gillnet - Puget Sound and salmon reef net license offers

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The purchase
				of Puget Sound gillnet and reef net licenses will be based upon a random
				drawing of all applicants for a specific license type.
(2) The random drawing will continue until
				all applicants who offered to sell at the department's offered price have been
				rank-ordered. The order of ranking will apply to all phases of the
				buyback.
(3)
Persons
				selected
will be notified by the department that a license offer has
				been accepted by registered mail to the address provided on the offer form. The
				enclosed acknowledgment sent with the acceptance letter must be signed and
				returned to the department within twenty days of the department's mailing date.
				Any acknowledgment received after the twenty-day period is void and the
				acceptance will be withdrawn. Final rankings of all licenses will be available
				upon request to applicants when all appeals have been settled.
(4)
Persons not selected
in
				Phase 1 will be sent an acceptance by mail to the address provided on the offer
				form that their ranking will continue to apply for a Phase 2 and Phase 3
				buyback when they should occur.
(5)
				Persons who apply after 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2001, will be ranked at the bottom
				of the ranked list in the order that the applications were received.
				Applications received on a single day will be ranked by random draw.
(6) Persons who wish to appeal their ranking
				must appeal within twenty days of the mailing date of the registered letter of
				acceptance. Any appeal received after the twenty-day period is void and the
				ranking will stand. Appeals will be referred to an adjudicative proceeding
				resolution.
(7) The department will
				tender the amount of the offer upon receipt of a valid acknowledgment and upon
				resolution of all appeals that affect the ranking of licenses to be purchased
				for that respective gear group.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 01-10-031 (Order 01-66), §
											220-95-032, filed 4/24/01,
					 effective 5/25/01; 00-17-105 (Order 00-148), §
											220-95-032, filed 8/16/00,
					 effective 9/16/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-20-052 (Order
					 98-206), §
											220-95-032, filed 10/1/98,
					 effective 11/1/98; 95-07-012 (Order 95-20), §
											220-95-032, filed 3/3/95,
					 effective 4/3/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-080 - Combined fish guide license

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A combined fish guide license allows the holder to offer or
				  perform the services of a food fish guide and a game fish guide. The fee for a
				  resident combined fish guide license is $640 and the fee for a nonresident
				  combined fish guide license is $1,490. The application fee and surcharge for
				  regional fishery enhancement groups as required by
				  RCW
				  77.95.090 are included in the overall cost of
				  the combined fish guide license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-090 - Bottomfish caught during research - Permits

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Vessels engaged in chartered research for
				the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) or the International Pacific
				Halibut Commission (IPHC) may land and sell bottomfish caught during that
				research without the catch being counted toward any trip or cumulative limit
				for the participating vessel.
(2)
				Vessels that have been compensated for research work by NMFS or IPHC with an
				exempted fishing permit (EFP) to land fish as payment for such research may
				land and sell fish authorized under the EFP without the catch being counted
				toward any trip or cumulative limit for the participating vessel.
(3) Any bottomfish landed during authorized
				NMFS or IPHC research or under the authority of a compensating EFP for
				past-chartered research work must be reported on a separate fish receiving
				ticket and not included on any fish receiving ticket reporting bottomfish
				landed as part of any trip or cumulative limit.
(4) Bottomfish landed under the authority of
				NMFS or IPHC research work or an EFP-compensating research with fish must be
				clearly marked "NMFS Compensation Trip" or "IPHC Compensation Trip" on the fish
				receiving ticket in the space reserved for dealer's use.
(5) The NMFS or IPHC scientist in charge must
				sign the fish receiving ticket in the area reserved for dealer's use if any
				bottomfish are landed during authorized NMFS or IPHC research. If the fish are
				landed under the authority of an EFP as payment for research work, the EFP
				number must be listed in the dealer's use space.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-351 - Commercial fisheries-Permits/licensing › Section 220-351-100 - Crewmember license

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Consistent with
				  RCW
				  77.65.610(3)(a), commercial
				  fishing license holders, except for non-salmon landing licensees fishing for
				  albacore tuna, may obtain a total of four crewmember licenses for use by
				  individuals working on the vessel named in the commercial fishing license if
				  the individuals are not prohibited from obtaining a crewmember license under
				  RCW
				  77.65.610.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-010 - Fish receiving ticket definitions

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The following definitions apply to this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Washington
				Department of Fish and Wildlife, Fish Program - Commercial Harvest Data Team,
				600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, Washington 98501-1091.
(2) "Fish" means food fish classified under
				WAC
				220-300-370,
				game fish classified under WAC
				220-300-380,
				and any other fish species subject to catch or harvest reporting requirements
				under state or federal law.
(3)
				"Fish broker" means a person who facilitates the sale or purchase of raw or
				frozen fish or shellfish on a fee or commission basis, without assuming title
				to the fish or shellfish and is required to have a fish dealer license. A
				broker is not required to have a fish dealer license if the fish or shellfish
				only transit the state of Washington, and no storage, handling, processing, or
				repackaging occurs within the state.
(4) "Fish buyer," "buyer," or "wholesale fish
				buyer" means a person who:
(a) Takes first
				possession or ownership of fish or shellfish directly from a commercial fisher
				that is landed into the state of Washington; or
(b) Takes first possession or ownership of
				raw or frozen fish or shellfish in the state of Washington from interstate or
				foreign commerce; or
(c) Engages in
				the wholesale buying or selling of fish or shellfish harvested by fishers
				exercising treaty rights; or
(d)
				Acts as an agent for a wholesale fish buyer, to include purchasing or receiving
				fish or shellfish on a contractual basis.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-020 - When state of Washington fish receiving tickets are required

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(1) Wholesale fish
				buyers must complete a state of Washington fish receiving ticket for:
(a) All fish and shellfish delivered in the
				state of Washington. This includes fish or shellfish transported into
				Washington from another state, territory, or country as well as fish or
				shellfish landed or harvested in Washington and delivered into interstate or
				foreign commerce. Additionally, any other fish or shellfish landed by the
				fisher and not delivered to the buyer, such as weigh-back, zero-value product,
				or take-home, must also be recorded on a fish receiving ticket.
(b) Raw fish and shellfish that are
				transported into the state of Washington after being previously delivered in
				another state, territory, or country must be recorded using an import
				ticket.
(c) Purchase of fish or
				shellfish from a fisher who is also a dealer, if the fisher/dealer has not
				previously completed a fish receiving ticket or has not provided a copy of the
				fish receiving ticket or ticket number as proof.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-035 - Requirement to prepare fish receiving ticket forms completely and accurately-Determining the appropriate form

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(1) Receivers must completely, accurately,
				and legibly prepare fish receiving tickets using a department-approved
				electronic or department-supplied paper form, as further specified in this
				section.
(2) Receivers must use an
				electronic fish receiving ticket form for the following:
(a) Deliveries from vessels fishing under the
				Pacific Fishery Management Council's Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
				Management Plan and related regulations under 50 C.F.R., Part 660 . This
				requirement includes deliveries from research vessels but excludes deliveries
				of groundfish made under the trip limits for salmon troll vessels.
(b) Deliveries from directed commercial
				halibut vessels fishing under 50 C.F.R., Part 300 or vessels conducting
				research surveys for the International Pacific Halibut Commission if not
				previously delivered in another jurisdiction.
(c) Deliveries of groundfish harvested from
				the offshore waters off Alaska or British Columbia if not previously delivered
				in another jurisdiction.
(d)
				Deliveries of Dungeness crab, ocean pink shrimp, pink shrimp, coonstripe
				shrimp, sidestripe shrimp, or spot shrimp, and any other lawfully landed
				species taken incidentally by vessels fishing and delivering under a coastal
				Dungeness crab license, a Puget Sound Dungeness crab license, an ocean pink
				shrimp delivery license, an ocean pink shrimp single delivery license, a Puget
				Sound shrimp pot license, a Puget Sound shrimp trawl license, or a coastal spot
				shrimp license issued by the department.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-050 - Required information on nontreaty fish receiving tickets (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.04.020,
					 77.12.045,
					 77.12.047, and 50 C.F.R. 660.
					 12-04-028 (Order 12-09), §
											220-69-250, filed 1/26/12,
					 effective 2/26/12. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.04.020,
					 77.12.047,
					 50 C.F.R. §
												660.370, and 50 C.F.R. § 300.63.
					 10-02-002 (Order 09-262), §
											220-69-250, filed 12/23/09,
					 effective 1/23/10. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 07-23-002 (Order 07-279), §
											220-69-250, filed 11/7/07,
					 effective 12/8/07; 07-04-030, §
											220-69-250, filed 1/29/07,
					 effective 3/1/07; 04-17-096 (Order 04-210), §
											220-69-250, filed 8/17/04,
					 effective 9/17/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 00-01-145 (Order
					 99-221), §
											220-69-250, filed 12/20/99,
					 effective 1/20/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.58.040. 86-19-043
					 (Order 86-102), §
											220-69-250, filed 9/12/86.
					 Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 85-11-020 (Order 85-43), §
											220-69-250, filed 5/10/85;
					 85-01-010 (Order 84-214), §
											220-69-250, filed 12/7/84;
					 84-08-014 (Order 84-24), §
											220-69-250, filed 3/27/84;
					 83-24-049 (Order 83-203), §
											220-69-250, filed 12/2/83; Order
					 76-153, §
											220-69-250, filed
					 12/17/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-060 - Completion, submission, distribution, and retention of copies of nontreaty fish receiving tickets

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(1) Original
				receivers must complete state of Washington nontreaty fish receiving tickets by
				recording the delivery amount using the appropriate weight or quantity measure
				for all fish or shellfish at the conclusion of the offload and prior to the
				fish or shellfish being processed or transported away from the delivery
				site.
(2) Fish receiving tickets
				paper forms must be made out in quadruplicate (four copies) at the time of
				delivery of fish or shellfish. Original receivers must use fish receiving
				tickets in numerical sequence, starting with the lowest numbered ticket issued.
				Original receivers reporting using paper forms must:
(a) Mail the state copy (green) of the fish
				receiving ticket to the department of fish and wildlife (department), except
				for original receivers who submit a fish receiving ticket in portable document
				format (PDF) to satisfy quick reporting requirements for salmon and sturgeon
				under WAC
				220-352-315,
				220-352-320,
				220-352-325 and
				220-352-330. The department must
				receive the state copy no later than the sixth working day after the day the
				original receiver completes the fish ticket.
(b) Retain the dealer copies (white and
				yellow) of the fish receiving ticket for his or her records.
(c) The deliverer must retain the fisher copy
				(gold) for his or her records.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-070 - Description of treaty Indian fish receiving ticket and treaty Indian shellfish receiving ticket

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(1) The
				department creates, prepares, prints, and distributes upon request the
				following treaty Indian fish receiving ticket forms :
(a) The treaty Indian fish receiving ticket;
				and
(b) The treaty Indian shellfish
				receiving ticket.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-080 - Required information on treaty Indian fish and shellfish receiving tickets

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(1) It is
				unlawful for a person required to complete a treaty Indian fish receiving
				ticket or a treaty Indian shellfish receiving ticket to fail to enter the
				mandatory information, when applicable, referenced in WAC 220-352-070(2)(a)
				through (l) and (n) through (q) on each treaty Indian fish receiving ticket or
				treaty Indian shellfish receiving ticket, whichever is appropriate.
(2) A valid treaty Indian identification card
				may be used in lieu of WAC 220-352-070(2)(a) and (b).
(3) A valid dealer or buyer card issued by
				the department may be used in lieu of WAC 220-352-070(2)(e) and (f).
(4) Violation of this section is a gross
				misdemeanor, punishable under
				RCW
				77.15.630, Unlawful fish and shellfish catch
				accounting Penalty.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-090 - Distribution of copies of treaty Indian fish receiving tickets

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(1) State of
				Washington treaty Indian fish receiving tickets must be made out in
				quintuplicate (five copies) at the time of landing. It is unlawful for the
				original receiver who completes the fish receiving ticket to fail to distribute
				the copies as follows:
(a) The original
				receiver must mail the state copy (green) and the NWIFC copy (pink) to the
				Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC), P.O. Box 5247, Lacey, Washington
				98509. The NWIFC must receive the state copy and NWIFC copy no later than the
				sixth working day after the day the original receiver completes the fish
				ticket;
(b) The original receiver
				must mail the tribal copy (yellow) with the state and NWIFC copies to the
				Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, P.O. Box 5247, Lacey, Washington 98509.
				However, if the department has a written agreement from a specific tribe and
				buyer indicating the desire to transmit the tribe's copy directly to the
				fisher's tribe, then that one copy may be sent directly to the fisher's
				tribe;
(c) The original receiver
				must retain the dealer copy (white) for his or her records; and
(d) The deliverer must retain the fisher's
				copy (gold) for his or her records.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-100 - Treaty Indian identification cards

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Washington treaty Indians delivering fish or shellfish may
				  use a treaty Indian identification card, properly embossed with the tribe
				  number and treaty Indian identification number, in lieu of hand-written
				  fisherman information except that the fisherman's signature is required on the
				  tribal copy of the treaty Indian fish receiving ticket.
Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.58.040. 86-19-043
					 (Order 86-102), §
											220-69-272, filed 9/12/86.
					 Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 85-11-020 (Order 85-43), §
											220-69-272, filed 5/10/85;
					 83-24-049 (Order 83-203), §
											220-69-272, filed 12/2/83; Order
					 76-153, §
											220-69-272, filed
					 12/17/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-110 - Description of Washington state electronic fish receiving ticket (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.04.020,
					 77.12.045,
					 77.12.047, and 50 C.F.R. 660.
					 12-04-028 (Order 12-09), §
											220-69-246, filed 1/26/12,
					 effective 2/26/12.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-130 - Completion, submission, distribution, and retention of copies of shellfish receiving ticket

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(1) State of
				Washington shellfish receiving tickets paper forms must be made out in
				quintuplicate (five copies) at the time of delivery of shellfish. Original
				receivers must use fish receiving tickets in numerical sequence, starting with
				the lowest numbered ticket issued to the original receiver. The original
				receiver must:
(a)
(i) Mail the state copies (green and pink) to
				the department of fish and wildlife (department) for any shellfish, other than
				geoduck clams from department of natural resources (DNR) geoduck tracts. The
				department must receive the state copies no later than the sixth working day
				after the day the original receiver completes the ticket.
(ii) Mail one state copy (green) to the
				department for any geoduck clams from DNR tracts. The department must receive
				its copy no later than the sixth working day after the day the original
				receiver completes the ticket. The original receiver must give the other state
				copy (pink) to DNR at the time of weigh-out, unless otherwise directed by
				DNR.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-140 - Signatures-Fish receiving tickets

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(1) The
				fisher and original receiver of both treaty and nontreaty fish or shellfish
				must sign the appropriate completed fish receiving ticket paper form to certify
				that all entries on the ticket are accurate and correct.
(2) If an agent of the fisher delivers fish
				or shellfish to the original receiver, the receiver and the agent must complete
				and sign the fish receiving ticket together with the transportation ticket. The
				receiver and fisher shall assume complete responsibility for the correctness of
				all entries on the fish receiving ticket.
(3) Any employee of a licensed wholesale fish
				buyer who is authorized to receive or purchase fish or shellfish for that buyer
				on the premises of the primary business address or any of its plant locations
				as declared on the license application or agreement described under WAC
				220-352-035(3),
				is authorized to initiate and sign fish receiving tickets on behalf of his or
				her employer. The business, firm, or licensed wholesale fish buyer that the
				receivers are operating under is responsible for the accuracy and legibility of
				all documents initiated in their name by any employee or agent.
(4) If an original receiver submits an
				electronic fish receiving ticket form, the fisher and original receiver must
				certify that all entries on the ticket are accurate and correct by either:
(a) Signing the printed and completed copy of
				the fish receiving ticket required under WAC
				220-352-060(4);
(b) Following the terms and conditions for
				signature specified in an electronic fish receiving ticket reporting agreement
				(WAC
				220-352-035(3))
				; or
(c) Signing electronically if
				the electronic form provided by the department directs the fisher and receiver
				to do so.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-150 - Imprinters-Fish receiving tickets

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(1) Fishers and original receivers must
				mechanically imprint the fish receiving ticket paper forms with their
				department issued license cards.
(2) License card information may be recorded
				manually on the fish receiving tickets in the following exceptions:
(a) Oregon licensed fishers delivering fish
				caught in the Columbia River;
(b)
				Purchases made from out-of-state firms; and
(c) Fishers selling on a delivery license who
				have not received a delivery license card from the department at the time of
				their first sale. All subsequent sales require use of a license card.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-352 - Commercial fisheries-Fish receiving tickets, sales, commercial duties, and recordkeeping › Section 220-352-160 - Fish receiving ticket accountability-Paper forms

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(1) When reporting using fish receiving
				ticket paper forms under WAC 220-352-035, receivers must:
(a) Use only current state of Washington fish
				receiving tickets;
(b) Get written
				permission from the department to transfer fish receiving tickets, except if
				the receiver is a wholesale fish buyer transferring to another licensed
				wholesale fish buyer or limited fish seller ;
(c) Notify the department in writing if
				terminating their business and to fail to return all unused fish receiving
				tickets and ticket books to the department within thirty days after termination
				of business;
(d) Return the state
				copy of all fish receiving tickets to the state. All fish receiving tickets
				that are incorrectly made out, voided, or otherwise unused, must be submitted
				to the department accompanying, and in sequence with, other fish receiving
				tickets; and
(e) Account for all
				lost, destroyed, or otherwise missing fish receiving tickets in writing to the
				department.