RCW 77.65.220: Commercial fishery licenses for shellfish fisheries—Fees—Rules for species, gear, and areas.

(1) This section establishes commercial fishery licenses required for shellfish fisheries and the annual fees for those licenses. 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) Burrowing shrimp

$235

$620

$105

Yes

No

(b) Crab ring net-

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

Puget Sound

(c) Dungeness crab-coastal (RCW 77.70.280)

$345

$730

$105

Yes

Yes

(d) Dungeness crab-

$180

$565

$105

Yes

Yes

Puget Sound

(RCW 77.70.110)

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

$335

$720

$105

Determined

by rule

Determined

by rule

(f) Geoduck (RCW

$ 0

$ 0

$ 70

Yes

Yes

77.70.220)

(g) Hardshell clam

$580

$965

$ 70

Yes

No

mechanical

harvester

(RCW 77.65.250)

(h) Nonspot shrimp

$335

$720

$105

Yes

Yes

pot-Puget Sound

(RCW 77.70.425)

(i) Oyster reserve

$180

$565

$ 70

No

No

(RCW 77.65.260)

(j) Razor clam

$180

$565

$105

No

No

(k) Sea cucumber dive

$280

$665

$105

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.190)

(l) Sea urchin dive

$280

$665

$105

Yes

Yes

(RCW 77.70.150)

(m) Shellfish dive

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(n) Shellfish pot

$180

$565

$ 70

Yes

No

(o) Shrimp pot-

$335

$720

$105

Yes

Yes

Puget Sound

(RCW 77.70.410)

(p) Shrimp trawl-

$335

$720

$105

Yes

Yes

Puget Sound

(RCW 77.70.420)

(q) Spot shrimp-coastal

$335

$720

$ 70

Yes

Yes

(r) Squid

$335

$720

$ 70

Yes

No

(2) The director may by rule determine the species of shellfish 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 shellfish in that fishery.