New bills in Washington Congress

Here's just a couple; we need more guys like Oke.

SB 5062 by Sen. Mark Doumit (D-Cathlamet) and others would create an oversight committee to advise the Department of Fish and Wildlife on all aspects of fisheries enhancement in Puget Sound. The bill also would prohibit the department from using money in its recreational fisheries enhancement account "to backfill shortfalls in other state funding sources." Money in the account comes from sale of saltwater and combination fishing licenses.


SB 5258 by Sens. Mary Margaret Haugen (D-Camano Island) and Sen. Bob Oke (R-Port Orchard) would prohibit commercial bottom trawling in all marine waters east of Port Angeles.

SB 5208 by Oke would send annual resident adult saltwater and shellfish license fees to the state wildlife fund, the destination of other similar license fees, rather than to the state general fund.

SB 5207 by Oke would allow the state to charge $10 for every catch record card issued to a person after the first one. The initial catch record card is "free" with a fishing or shellfishing license.

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