The department shall foster the commercial and recreational use of the aquatic environment for production of food, fibre, income, and public enjoyment from state-owned aquatic lands and from associated waters, and to this end the department may develop and improve production and harvesting of seaweeds and sealife attached to or growing on aquatic land or contained in aquaculture containers, but nothing in this section alters the responsibility of other state agencies for their normal management of fish, shellfish, game, and water.
RCW 79.105.050
Fostering use of aquatic environment—Limitation.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Echo Bay v. Dept. of Natural Resources (2007)
Most recently applied in Echo Bay v. Dept. of Natural Resources (June 2007)
2005 c 155 s 141; 2003 c 334 s 541; 1971 ex.s. c 234 s 8
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.