Got the following note this afternoon. Looks like our legislators don't want to let WDFW share any commerical harvest information with the folks who are paying the bills. Hope the House has more sense than the Senate, which passed it 45-0.

This bill has passed the Senate and is currently in the House. Looks like the Tribes will not only be able to continue to have secret NOF meetings but if this bill passes the House then there will be no way for the public to determine how many fish are taken by the Tribes and Non-Tribal fisheries. We’ll be totally in the dark.

SB 5761.E - DIGEST
(AS OF SENATE 2ND READING 3/03/17)
Exempts the following from disclosure under the public
records act: (1) Tribal fish and shellfish harvest
information shared with the department of fish and wildlife;
and
(2) Commercial shellfish harvest information shared with
the department of fish and wildlife.



SB 5761 - 2017-18

Exempting certain confidential fish and shellfish harvest information from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW, the public records act.

Sponsors: McCoy, Hunt, Hasegawa


http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5761&Year=2017




SB 5761 - 2017-18
Exempting certain confidential fish and shellfish harvest information from disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW, the public records act.
Sponsors: McCoy, Hunt, Hasegawa