Wash. Admin. Code § 220-360-040 - Trial commercial fishery permits
(1) Applications for trial commercial fishery
permits must specify the species, fishing area, and fishing method to be
used.
(2) The department will
respond to any request for a trial commercial fishery permit within sixty days
of receiving the application.
(3)
Only persons who hold a commercial fishing license under chapter 77.65 RCW for
the gear that will be used with the trial commercial fishery permit, or persons
who own a vessel that holds such a commercial fishing license, are eligible to
hold a trial commercial fishery permit. A trial commercial fishery permit is
supplemental to a commercial fishing license, and may not be used unless the
fisher or the fisher's vessel is currently licensed.
(4) The director will issue a trial
commercial fishery permit for a newly classified species only after the
director has by rule classified the species as a food fish or shellfish in
chapter 220-300 WAC. If emergency classification is required, the director will
issue the trial commercial fishery permit only for the period of emergency
classification, and will not renew the permit unless the department has
received a request for permanent classification at least two weeks before the
end of the permit period.
(5) The
director may redesignate a trial commercial fishery as an emerging or expanding
commercial fishery if the director finds that there is a need to limit
participation. A trial commercial fishery permit for that fishery does not
guarantee future eligibility for an experimental fishery permit.
(6) The director may at any time close a
trial commercial fishery for conservation reasons.
Notes
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