Pacific States Marine
Fisheries Commission
Annual meeting
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Budget Overview
Phil Anderson | Director
2007-09 Operating Budget
Dollars by fund source in millions
Total
$348 million
Workforce
1,548 FTEs
Local
funding
$50.9
16%
All others
$23.1
7%
State
Wildlife
Account
$63.6
19%
Federal
funding
$100.5
31%
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State
General
Fund
$110.4
34%
WDFW presentation to the PSMFC
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2011-13 Operating Budget
Dollars by fund source in millions
Total
$367 million
Workforce
1,465 FTEs
All others
$40.2
11%
Local
funding
$56.9
16%
Federal
funding
$111.0
30%
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WDFW presentation to the PSMFC
State
General
Fund
$57.7
16%
State
Wildlife
Account
$100.7
27%
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WDFW Revenue Collection
Dollars in millions
$60
Discover Pass
$50
License Fee Increase
$40
Other
$30
Hunting
$20
Fishing
$10
Increase in fishing and
hunting in FY12 is shown
as a separate series
$0
FY 08
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FY 09
FY 10
FY 11
WDFW presentation to the PSMFC
FY 12
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Federal Budget Issues
• Congressman Dicks is retiring:
Significant leadership and advocacy role lost,
which will have significant implications for
federal funding of natural resource priorities
• Upcoming federal budget cuts:
Federal agencies talking about 10-20%
• Federal agency strategy is to first cut pass
through funds to States
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WDFW presentation to the PSMFC
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
State Director MOU
Tri-State Committee
8/26/2012
State
Authority
WDFW presentation to the PSMFC
MSA
Authority
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
PSMFC Sponsored Tri-State Management MOU for the Dungeness Crab Fishery
• The Directors of the three states agreed to
take mutually supportive action to further
the management and maximize the sound
ecological and biological utilization of the
resource
• The intent of the MOU has been
implemented through the Tri-State
Committee and facilitated by PSMFC
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
MSA - Authority of States to Manage Dungeness crab Fishery
• The States may adopt and enforce State laws in
the EEZ adjacent to that State in any Dungeness
crab fishery
• Any law or regulation adopted by a State for a
Dungeness crab fishery shall apply equally to
vessels engaged in the fishery in the EEZ and in
the waters of the State, and without regard to the
State that issued the permit under which a vessel
is operating
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
MSA Limitation on Enforcement of State Limited Access Systems
• Any law of the State that establishes or
implements a limited access system may
not be enforced against a vessel that is
otherwise legally fishing in the EEZ adjacent
to that State and that is not registered
under the laws of that State
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
Limited Entry 200
• In response to the limitations of the MSA,
working with the Tri-State Committee, the
States have each implemented regulations
that restrict the geographic area where
their licenses are valid to those waters
adjacent to their state including the EEZ
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
State Management Authority under MSA - SUNSET
• This section shall have no force or effect on
and after September 30, 2016
• Initial adoption of this section was
significantly influenced by strong industry
support for State management
• Renewal of this section will also be
dependent on coastwide industry support
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Dungeness Crab Fishery
Statement of Concern
• Washington and Oregon each implemented of
pot limit programs that considered out of state
landings (e.g., total pounds landed regardless of the port of
landing counted toward the pot limit awarded to the permit holder).
• California’s pot limit regime, currently under
consideration, only counts landings made into
California.
• Unequal treatment based on port (state) of
landing is causing extreme concern among permit
holders in Washington and Oregon
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