Wash. Admin. Code § 220-354-200 - Puget Sound salmon-Beach seine-Emerging commercial fishery-Eligibility-Lawful gear
(1) The Puget Sound
beach seine salmon fishery is designated as an emerging commercial fishery for
which a vessel is required. An emerging commercial fishery license and an
experimental fishery permit are required to participate in this
fishery.
(2) The department will
issue six salmon beach seine experimental fishery permits.
(3) The following is the selection process
the department will use to offer a salmon beach seine experimental permit.
(a) Persons who held a salmon beach seine
experimental fishery permit in the previous management year will be eligible
for a permit in the current management year.
(b) The department will work with the
advisory board, per
RCW
77.70.160(1), to establish
criteria by which applicants will qualify to enter the pool. The pool
established by this drawing will be maintained to replace any permit(s) which
are voided.
(4) Permit
holders are required to participate in the salmon beach seine experimental
fishery.
(a) For purposes of this section,
"participation" means the holder of the salmon beach seine experimental permit
is aboard the designated vessel in the open fishery.
(b) If the salmon beach seine experimental
permit holder fails to participate, the salmon beach seine experimental permit
issued to that fisher will be voided, and a new salmon beach seine experimental
permit will be issued through a random drawing from the applicant
pool.
(c) The department may
require permit holders to show proof of participation by maintaining a
department approved log book or registering with state officials each day the
salmon beach seine experimental permit holder participates.
(d) Persons who participate in the fishery
but violate conditions of a salmon beach seine experimental permit will have
their permit voided, and a new salmon beach seine experimental permit will be
reissued through a random drawing from the pool of the voided permit
holder.
(5) In Quilcene
Bay, chum salmon may not be retained by a salmon beach seine experimental
permit holder. Chum salmon in Quilcene Bay must be released alive.
(6) Any person who fails to purchase the
license, fails to participate, or violates the conditions of a salmon beach
seine experimental permit will have his or her name permanently withdrawn from
the pools.
(7) It is unlawful to
take salmon with beach seine gear that does not meet the requirements of this
subsection.
(a) Beach seine salmon nets in
Puget Sound shall not exceed 990 feet in length or 200 meshes in depth, or
contain meshes of a size less than 3 inches or greater than 4 inches.
(b) Mesh webbing must be constructed with a
twine size no smaller than 210/30d nylon, 12 thread cotton, or the equivalent
diameter in any other material.
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