WAC 246-282-990   Fees.  (1) The required annual shellfish operation license fees for shellstock shippers and shucker-packers due October 1, 2011, shall be reduced by twenty-five percent of the annual shellfish operation license fees in subsection (2) of this section. Beginning July 1, 2012, and for every subsequent year, the full annual shellfish operation license fees in subsection (2) of this section shall be assessed.

     (2) Annual shellfish operation license fees are:


Type of Operation Annual Fee
  Harvester $263
  Shellstock Shipper  
    0 - 49 Acres $297
    50 or greater Acres $476
  Scallop Shellstock Shipper $297
  Shucker-Packer
    Plants with floor space < 2000 sq. ft. $542




Plants with floor space 2000 sq. ft. to 5000 sq. ft. $656
    Plants with floor space > 5000 sq. ft.   $1,210

     (3) The fee for each export certificate is $20.00.

     (4) Annual PSP testing fees for companies harvesting species other than geoduck intertidally (between the extremes of high and low tide) are as follows:

Fee Category
Type of Operation Number of

Harvest Sites		 Fee
Harvester ≤ 2   $173
Harvester 3 or more   $259
Shellstock Shipper ≤ 2   $195
0 - 49 acres
Shellstock Shipper 3 or more   $292
0 - 49 acres      
Shellstock Shipper N/A   $468
50 or greater acres
Shucker-Packer ≤ 2   $354
(plants < 2000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer 3 or more   $533
(plants < 2000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer ≤ 2   $429
(plants 2000 - 5000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer 3 or more   $644
(plants 2000 - 5000 ft2)
Shucker-Packer N/A   $1,189
(plants > 5000 ft2)

     (a) The number of harvest sites will be the total number of harvest sites on the licensed company's harvest site certificate:

     (i) At the time of first licensure; or

     (ii) January 1 of each year for companies licensed as harvesters; or

     (iii) July 1 of each year for companies licensed as shellstock shippers and shucker packers.

     (b) Two or more contiguous parcels with a total acreage of one acre or less is considered one harvest site.

     (5) Annual PSP testing fees for companies harvesting geoduck are as follows:


Harvester Fee
Department of natural resources (quota tracts harvested by DNR contract holders) $9,616
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe $1,221
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe $4,274
Nisqually Indian Tribe $3,968
Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe $3,053
Puyallup Tribe of Indians $6,868
Seattle Shellfish $1,374
Squaxin Island Tribe $3,968
Suquamish Tribe $16,026
Swinomish Tribe $458
SYS Enterprises $611
Taylor Shellfish $2,900
Tulalip Tribe $3,663

     (6) PSP fees must be paid in full to department of health before a commercial shellfish license is issued or renewed.

     (7) Refunds for PSP fees will be given only if the applicant withdraws a new or renewal license application prior to the effective date of the new or renewed license.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 69.30.030 and 43.20.030. 11-19-011, § 246-282-990, filed 9/7/11, effective 10/8/11. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250. 10-19-034, § 246-282-990, filed 9/9/10, effective 10/10/10; 09-19-067, § 246-282-990, filed 9/14/09, effective 10/15/09; 08-13-067, § 246-282-990, filed 6/13/08, effective 7/14/08; 07-17-159, § 246-282-990, filed 8/21/07, effective 9/21/07; 06-15-131, § 246-282-990, filed 7/19/06, effective 8/19/06; 05-17-120, § 246-282-990, filed 8/17/05, effective 9/17/05; 04-15-154, § 246-282-990, filed 7/21/04, effective 8/21/04; 03-18-093, § 246-282-990, filed 9/2/03, effective 10/3/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250 and 34.70.250 [43.70.250]. 03-14-037, § 246-282-990, filed 6/23/03, effective 7/24/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250 and the 2002 supplemental operating budget. 02-15-094, § 246-282-990, filed 7/16/02, effective 8/16/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250, 70.90.150, and 43.20B.250. 01-14-047, § 246-282-990, filed 6/29/01, effective 7/30/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 69.30.030 and 43.20.030. 01-04-054, § 246-282-990, filed 2/5/01, effective 3/8/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.250. 00-02-016, § 246-282-990, filed 12/27/99, effective 1/27/00; 99-12-022, § 246-282-990, filed 5/24/99, effective 6/24/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.020 and 69.30.030. 98-12-068, § 246-282-990, filed 6/1/98, effective 7/2/98. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.203.020 [43.20B.020]. 97-12-031, § 246-282-990, filed 5/30/97, effective 6/30/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20B.020 and 69.30.030. 96-16-073, § 246-282-990, filed 8/6/96, effective 10/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 93-17-096 (Order 389), § 246-282-990, filed 8/17/93, effective 9/17/93; 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-282-990, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.20A.055. 85-12-029 (Order 2236), § 440-44-065, filed 5/31/85; 84-13-006 (Order 2109), § 440-44-065, filed 6/7/84; 83-15-021 (Order 1991), § 440-44-065, filed 7/14/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 c 201. 82-13-011 (Order 1825), § 440-44-065, filed 6/4/82.]