RCW 77.15.320 — Unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate fishway for dam or other obstruction—Penalty.

1. (1) A person is guilty of unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate a fishway for dam or other obstruction if the person owns, operates, or controls a dam or other obstruction to fish passage on a river or stream and:

   1. (a) The dam or obstruction is not provided with a durable and efficient fishway approved by the director as required by RCW 77.57.030;
   2. (b) Fails to maintain a fishway in efficient operating condition; or
   3. (c) Fails to continuously supply a fishway with a sufficient supply of water to allow the free passage of fish.
2. (2) Unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate a fishway for dam or other obstruction is a gross misdemeanor. Following written notification to the person from the department that there is a violation, each day of unlawful failure to provide, maintain, or operate a fishway is a separate offense.

[ 2009 c 333 s 4; 2000 c 107 s 241; 1998 c 190 s 54.]