Section 220-340-460 - Commercial crab fishery-Coastal Dungeness crab logbook requirements(1) It is unlawful for any vessel operator engaged in fishing for Dungeness crab in the coastal commercial fishery without a fully operational electronic monitoring system to fail to have in possession, and to complete a department-issued paper or a department-approved electronic logbook for all fishing activity occurring in Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, the Columbia River, or the Pacific Ocean waters for all crab deliveries to a Washington port. Fully operational means the electronic monitoring system is collecting, storing, and transmitting data per WAC 220-340-420(12). For the purposes of this section, "delivery" is defined as provided in RCW 77.65.210.(2) It is unlawful for any vessel operator engaged in fishing without a fully operational electronic monitoring system to fail to comply with the following method and time frame related to harvest logbook submittal and record keeping: (a) The department must receive a copy of the completed logbook sheets or electronic fields within 10 days following any landing made by a vessel while fishing for Dungeness crab in the coastal commercial fishery without a fully operational electronic monitoring system. Completed Dungeness crab harvest logbooks must be submitted to the Washington department of fish and wil-dlife using a WDFW logbook drop box or the following electronic mail address: coastal.crab.EM@dfw.wa.gov.(b) Vessel operators engaged in fishing for Dungeness crab in the coastal commercial fishery and without a fully operational electronic monitoring system must complete a logbook entry for each day fished prior to offloading. Vessel operators responsible for submitting harvest logbooks to the department must maintain a copy of all submitted harvest logbooks for no less than three years after the fishing activity ended.(c) Vessel operators can obtain paper logbooks by contacting the department's coastal Dungeness crab manager at 360-249-4628 or at coastal.crab.EM@dfw.wa.gov.(3) A violation of this section is an infraction, punishable under RCW 77.15.160.Wash. Admin. Code § 220-340-460
Decodified by WSR 17-05-112, Filed 2/15/2017, effective 3/18/2017. Recodified from § 220-52-041.Amended by WSR 23-22-110, Filed 10/31/2023, effective 12/1/2023, to 1/1/2024