PDFWAC 220-359-070
Season and gear—Shad.
(1) It shall be lawful to take, fish for and possess shad taken for commercial purposes in Columbia River Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1F, 1G, and 1H during the times and with the gear types as prescribed by emergency rule.
(2) It is unlawful to sell any salmon, steelhead or sturgeon taken during a lawful shad fishery except as allowed by department rule.
(3) It is unlawful to set or operate set net, drift net, or set lines for shad unless the owner's tribal affiliation and enrollment number is placed upon or adjacent to the end corks or set nets and drift nets, on the anchored ends of setlines and submerged nets, and on the anchor floats to which any of these gears are attached.
(4) Violation of this section is punishable as:
(a) A gross misdemeanor or felony under RCW 77.15.550 regarding seasons; and
(b) A gross misdemeanor under RCW 77.15.520 regarding gear.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.090, 77.040.130 [77.04.130], 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. WSR 19-06-018 (Order 19-36), § 220-359-070, filed 2/26/19, effective 3/29/19. Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.013, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047. WSR 17-05-112 (Order 17-04), recodified as § 220-359-070, filed 2/15/17, effective 3/18/17; Order 77-14, § 220-32-056, filed 4/15/77; Order 76-26, § 220-32-056, filed 1:45 p.m., 4/20/76; Order 915, § 220-32-056, filed 3/4/71.]