RCW 77.65.200: Commercial fishery licenses for food fish fisheries—Fees—Rules for species, gear, and areas.

(1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for food fish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. As used in this section, "food fish" does not include salmon. The director may issue a limited-entry commercial fishery license only to a person who meets the qualifications established in applicable governing sections of this title.

Fishery

(Governing section(s))

Annual Fee

Application Fee

Vessel

Required?

Limited

Entry?

Resident

Nonresident

(a) Baitfish Lampara

$335

$720

$ 70

Yes

No

(b) Baitfish purse seine

$380

$765

$ 70

Yes

No

(c) Bottom fish jig

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(d) Bottom fish pot

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(e) Bottom fish troll

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(f) Carp

$180

$565

$ 70

No

No

(g) Columbia river smelt

$430

$815

$ 70

No

No

(h) Emerging commercial fishery (RCW 77.70.160 and 77.65.400)

$335

$720

$105

Determined by rule

Determined by rule

(i) Food fish drag seine

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(j) Food fish set line

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(k) Herring dip bag net

$325

$710

$ 70

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.120)

(l) Herring drag seine

$325

$710

$ 70

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.120)

(m) Herring gill net

$325

$710

$105

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.120)

(n) Herring Lampara

$325

$710

$ 70

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.120)

(o) Herring purse seine

$325

$710

$105

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.120)

(p) Herring spawn-on-kelp (RCW 77.70.210)

N/A

N/A

N/A

Yes

Yes

(q) Sardine purse seine (RCW 77.70.480)

$335

$720

$105

Yes

Yes

(r) Sardine purse seine temporary (RCW 77.70.480)

$335

$720

$105

Yes

No

(s) Smelt dip bag net

$180

$565

$ 70

No

No

(t) Smelt gill net

$430

$815

$ 70

Yes

No

(u) Whiting-Puget Sound (RCW 77.70.130)

$345

$730

$105

Yes

Yes

(2) The director may by rule determine the species of food fish that may be taken with the commercial fishery licenses established in this section, the gear that may be used with the licenses, and the areas or waters in which the licenses may be used. Where a fishery license has been established for a particular species, gear, geographical area, or combination thereof, a more general fishery license may not be used to take food fish in that fishery.