The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

1. (1) "Aquaculture" means the process of growing, farming, or cultivating private sector cultured aquatic products in marine or fresh waters and includes management by an aquatic farmer.
2. (2) "Aquatic farmer" is a private sector person who commercially farms and manages the cultivating of private sector cultured aquatic products on the person's own land or on land in which the person has a present right of possession.

3. (3)

   1. (a) "Private sector cultured aquatic products" are native, nonnative, or hybrids of marine or freshwater plants and animals that are propagated, farmed, or cultivated on aquatic farms under the supervision and management of a private sector aquatic farmer or that are naturally set on aquatic farms which at the time of setting are under the active supervision and management of a private sector aquatic farmer. When produced under such supervision and management, private sector cultured aquatic products include, but are not limited to, the following plants and animals:

      Scientific Name	Common Name
      Enteromorpha	green nori
      Monostroma	awo-nori
      Ulva	sea lettuce
      Laminaria	konbu
      Nereocystis	bull kelp
      Porphyra	nori
      Iridaea
      Haliotis	abalone
      Zhlamys	pink scallop
      Hinnites	rock scallop
      Tatinopecten	Japanese or weathervane scallop
      Protothaca	native littleneck clam
      Tapes	manila clam
      Saxidomus	butter clam
      Mytilus	mussels
      Crassostrea	Pacific oysters
      Ostrea	Olympia and European oysters
      Pacifasticus	crayfish
      Macrobrachium	freshwater prawn
      Salmo and Salvelinus	trout, char, and Atlantic salmon
      Oncorhynchus	salmon
      Ictalurus	catfish
      Cyprinus	carp
      Acipenseridae	Sturgeon

   2. (b) Private sector cultured aquatic products do not include herring spawn on kelp and other products harvested under a herring spawn on kelp permit issued in accordance with RCW 77.70.210.
   3. (c) Private sector cultured aquatic products do not include octopus and a person may not participate in octopus aquaculture in Washington.
4. (4) "Department" means the department of agriculture.
5. (5) "Director" means the director of agriculture.

[ 2024 c 45 s 1; 2003 c 39 s 7; 1989 c 176 s 3; 1985 c 457 s 2.]