{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-77.140.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 77.140.010","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.\n(1) \"Commercially caught\" means wild or hatchery-raised salmon harvested in the wild by commercial fishers. The term does not apply to farmed fish raised exclusively by private sector aquaculture.\n(2) \"Fish\" means fresh or saltwater finfish and other forms of aquatic animal life other than crustaceans, mollusks, birds, and mammals where the animal life is intended for human consumption.\n(3) \"Salmon\" means all species of the genus Oncorhynchus, except those classified as game fish in RCW 77.08.020, and includes:\nSCIENTIFIC NAME\nCOMMON NAME\nOncorhynchus tshawytscha\nChinook salmon or king salmon\nOncorhynchus kisutch\nCoho salmon or silver salmon\nOncorhynchus keta\nChum or \"keta\" salmon\nOncorhynchus gorbuscha\nPink salmon\nOncorhynchus nerka\nSockeye or \"red\" salmon\nSalmo salar (in other than\nAtlantic salmon\nits landlocked form)\n(4) \"Shellfish\" means crustaceans and all mollusks where the animal life is intended for human consumption.","path":["Title 77","Chapter 77.140"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=77.140.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T04:16:52Z","sha256":"2d887a9ab99be6be093308945ede3b130adaa2d6e9675a92e321b5f6855549db","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-77.135.240","next":"us-wa/rcw-77.140.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}