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Chapter 79.135 RCW

AQUATIC LANDS—OYSTERS, GEODUCKS, SHELLFISH, OTHER AQUACULTURAL USES, AND MARINE AQUATIC PLANTS

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HTMLPDF 79.135.001Intent—2005 c 155.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
HTMLPDF 79.135.010Bush act/Callow act lands.
HTMLPDF 79.135.020Sale of reserved or reversionary rights in tidelands.
HTMLPDF 79.135.030Wrongful taking of shellfish from public lands—Civil remedies.
HTMLPDF 79.135.040Aquaculture products—Sale by leaseholder.
LEASING FOR SHELLFISH CULTIVATION/AQUACULTURE USE
HTMLPDF 79.135.100Aquatic lands used for aquaculture production and harvesting—Rents and fees—Limitations on leases.
HTMLPDF 79.135.110Leasing beds of tidal waters for shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture use.
HTMLPDF 79.135.120Leasing lands for shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture use—Who may lease—Application—Deposit.
HTMLPDF 79.135.130Leasing lands for shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture use—Inspection and report by director of fish and wildlife—Rental and term—Commercial harvest of subtidal hardshell clams by hydraulic escalating.
HTMLPDF 79.135.140Leasing lands for shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture use—Survey and boundary markers.
HTMLPDF 79.135.150Renewal lease—Application.
HTMLPDF 79.135.160Leasing lands for shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture use—Reversion for use other than cultivation of shellfish.
HTMLPDF 79.135.170Leasing lands for shellfish cultivation or other aquaculture use—Abandonment—Application for other lands.
GEODUCK HARVEST/CULTIVATION
HTMLPDF 79.135.200Geoduck harvest/cultivation—Survey of navigable waters by private party—Record of survey.
HTMLPDF 79.135.210Geoduck harvesting—Agreements, regulation—Geoduck diver safety program.
HTMLPDF 79.135.220Geoduck harvesting—Designation of aquatic lands.
HTMLPDF 79.135.230Intensive management plan for geoducks.
OYSTER RESERVES
HTMLPDF 79.135.300Lease of tidelands set aside as oyster reserves.
HTMLPDF 79.135.310Inspection by director of fish and wildlife.
HTMLPDF 79.135.320Vacation of reserve—Lease of lands—Designated state oyster reserve lands.
MARINE AQUATIC PLANTS
HTMLPDF 79.135.400Seaweed—Marine aquatic plants defined.
HTMLPDF 79.135.410Seaweed—Personal use limit—Commercial harvesting prohibited—Exception—Import restriction.
HTMLPDF 79.135.420Seaweed—Harvest and possession violations—Penalties and damages.
HTMLPDF 79.135.430Seaweed—Enforcement.
HTMLPDF 79.135.440Native kelp forest and eelgrass meadow health and conservation plan—Reports.
HTMLPDF 79.135.900Savings—1982 1st ex.s. c 21.
HTMLPDF 79.135.901Captions—1982 1st ex.s. c 21.
HTMLPDF 79.135.903Effective date—1982 1st ex.s. c 21 ss 176 and 179.
HTMLPDF 79.135.904Effective date—1982 1st ex.s. c 21.