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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement oversight committee is created. The director shall appoint at least seven members representing sport fishing interests to the committee from a list of applicants, ensuring broad representation from the sport fishing community. Each member shall serve for a term of two years, and may be reappointed for subsequent two-year terms at the discretion of the director. Members of the committee serve without compensation.
(2) The Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement oversight committee has the following duties:
(a) Advise the department on all aspects of the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program;
(b) Develop recommendations, with assistance from the coordinator, for outcome-based goals and objectives to assess the effectiveness of the program;
(c) Meet with the director each year to review these goals and objectives;
(d) Report annually with the director to the commission on the goals of the program and the effectiveness of the program in meeting those goals;
(e) Review and provide guidance on the annual budget for the recreational fisheries enhancement account;
(f) Select a chair of the committee. It is the chair's duty to coordinate with the department on all issues related to the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program;
(g) Meet at least quarterly with the department's coordinator as identified in RCW 77.105.010 of the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program;
(h) Review and comment on program documents and proposed production of salmon and other species;
(i) Address other issues related to the purposes of the Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement program that are of interest to recreational fishers in Puget Sound; and
(j) Consistent with RCW 43.01.036, make a joint report with the department to the legislature each biennium on the status of the program.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Washington Revised Code Title 77. Fish and Wildlife § 77.105.160. Puget Sound recreational fisheries enhancement oversight committee--Created--Duties--Report to the legislature - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wa/title-77-fish-and-wildlife/wa-rev-code-77-105-160/
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