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Commission briefed on trawl'to'pot conversion for Puget Sound non'spot shrimp; public comment period open
Summary
WDFW staff briefed the Commission on CR 102 implementing legislation that defines non'spot shrimp and creates a voluntary pathway for trawl license holders to convert to pot licenses; the rule package addresses gear, buoy labeling, quota reporting and an alternative gear testing pathway. Public comment for the CR 102 package is open through March 15.
Agency shellfish staff Aaron Dafoe and crustacean biologist Daniel Sun briefed the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission on March 13 on rulemaking (CR 102) to implement legislation that creates a new, pot'only non'spot shrimp license and a voluntary conversion mechanism for existing trawl license holders.
"This legislation implements a conversion mechanism for trawl gear to pot gear," Daniel Sun said, explaining the statutory requirement to define the non'spot shrimp species complex and to put conversion details into the Washington Administrative Code. Sun listed species included in the new complex (for example, dock shrimp, humpy shrimp, ocean and northern pinks) and said…
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