Concerning technical changes that clarify fish and wildlife enforcement laws.
Summary
Allows the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) to enforce the crime of Unlawful Recreational Fishing during seasons that are closed to the harvest of wild salmon if a person is found in possession of a salmon that does not have a healed scar over the area where the adipose fin was once connected.
Allows the WDFW to enforce the crime of Unlawful Hunting of Wild Birds based on the failure to posses licensure documents that are in a form other than a true license, such as a tag, permit, or stamp.
Specifies that any suspension or revocation of hunting licenses or privileges due to failure to pay a criminal wildlife penalty assessment is in addition to, and runs concurrently with, any other revocation or suspension required under the law.
From the House Bill Report (SB 6400), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗