RCW 77.60.040Olympia oysters—Cultivation on reserves in Puget Sound.The legislature finds that current environmental and economic conditions warrant a renewal of the state's historical practice of actively cultivating and managing its oyster reserves in Puget Sound to produce the state's native oyster, the Olympia oyster. The director shall reestablish dike cultivated production of Olympia oysters on such reserves on a trial basis as a tool for planning more comprehensive cultivation by the state.[ 2000 c 107 s 23; 1993 sp.s. c 2 s 40; 1985 c 256 s 2. Formerly RCW 75.24.065.]NOTES:Effective date—1993 sp.s. c 2 ss 1-6, 8-59, and 61-79: See RCW 43.300.900.
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