WAC 220-24-010   Unlawful acts.  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess in or transport through the waters of District No. 1 for commercial purposes any chinook salmon taken from said waters, or from the waters of the Pacific Ocean and District No. 2 during the period November 1 through April 30 of the following year and during the period June 16 through June 30, except as provided in WAC 220-24-020.

     (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transport through the waters of District No. 1 for commercial purposes any silver salmon taken from said waters, or from the waters of the Pacific Ocean and District No. 2 from November 1 through June 30 of the year following, except as provided in WAC 220-24-020.

     (3) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the business of canning, packing, processing, freezing, salting, smoking, kippering, preserving in ice, or otherwise involved in dealing in or curing any food fish or shellfish, or in the wholesale selling of food fish or shellfish for commercial purposes, to have in his possession within the boundaries of the state of Washington any fresh chinook salmon during the period November 1 through April 30, of the following year and during the period June 16 through June 30: Provided, That the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to chinook salmon lawfully taken from the concurrent waters of the Columbia River, or as otherwise provided.

     (4) During the period May 1 through June 14, it shall be unlawful to take, fish for or possess salmon with troll gear for commercial purposes except with single, barbless hooks except on bait hooks and artificial salmon plugs. Bait hooks must have a natural bait attached as its primary attraction while fishing. Spoons, wobblers, dodgers and flexible plastic lures must have barbless hooks. For the purpose of this regulation, a single, barbless hook is defined as a hook with one primary point and no secondary points or barbs curving or projected in any opposite direction.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 78-05-067 (Order 78-20), § 220-24-010, filed 4/27/78; Order 76-24A, § 220-24-010, filed 4/23/76; Order 76-24, § 220-24-010, filed 4/20/76; subsection 3 rescinded by Order 758, § 1, filed 10/16/67; Order 726, filed 4/24/67; Orders 398 and 256, subsection 1, filed 3/1/60; Orders 355 and 256, subsection 2, filed 3/1/60; Order 564, subsection 3, filed 11/28/62; Order 542, filed 2/15/62; Orders 480 and 256, filed 3/1/60; Order 569, subsection 4, filed 4/11/63; Order 525, filed 5/3/61; Orders 403 and 256, filed 3/1/60.]