SSB 5076 — Establishing a Puget Sound nonspot shrimp pot fishery license.

What this bill does

Establishes a limited-entry non-spot shrimp pot-Puget Sound commercial fishing license. Provides an avenue for current holders of shrimp trawl-Puget Sound licenses to voluntarily convert their license to a non-spot shrimp pot-Puget Sound license. Provides that a shrimp trawl-Puget Sound license must be converted to a non-spot shrimp pot-Puget Sound license upon the death of the license holder or upon transfer of the license. Allows Puget Sound shrimp commercial fishery licensees to designate the immediate family of a licensee's spouse as an alternate operator.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 9, 2025
  97 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 19, 2025
  48 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting

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