CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1153
Chapter 45, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
OCTOPUS AQUACULTURE
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 6, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 70 Nays 27
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
House of Representatives of the
LAURIE JINKINS State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of certify that the attached is HOUSE
Representatives BILL 1153 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate February 27,
2024 BERNARD DEAN
Yeas 29 Nays 20 Chief Clerk
DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 13, 2024 1:42 PM FILED
March 14, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 HOUSE BILL 1153
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By Representatives Peterson, Fitzgibbon, Berry, Walen, Bateman,
Goodman, Leavitt, Macri, Gregerson, Stonier, Pollet, and Fosse
Prefiled 01/05/23. Read first time 01/09/23. Referred to Committee
on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
1 AN ACT Relating to prohibiting octopus farming; and amending RCW
2 15.85.020.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 Sec. 1. RCW 15.85.020 and 2003 c 39 s 7 are each amended to read
5 as follows:
6 ((Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the)) The
7 definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the
8 context clearly requires otherwise.
9 (1) "Aquaculture" means the process of growing, farming, or
10 cultivating private sector cultured aquatic products in marine or
11 fresh waters and includes management by an aquatic farmer.
12 (2) "Aquatic farmer" is a private sector person who commercially
13 farms and manages the cultivating of private sector cultured aquatic
14 products on the person's own land or on land in which the person has
15 a present right of possession.
16 (3)(a) "Private sector cultured aquatic products" are native,
17 nonnative, or hybrids of marine or freshwater plants and animals that
18 are propagated, farmed, or cultivated on aquatic farms under the
19 supervision and management of a private sector aquatic farmer or that
20 are naturally set on aquatic farms which at the time of setting are
21 under the active supervision and management of a private sector
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1 aquatic farmer. When produced under such supervision and management,
2 private sector cultured aquatic products include, but are not limited
3 to, the following plants and animals:
4 Scientific Name Common Name
5 Enteromorpha green nori
6 Monostroma awo-nori
7 Ulva sea lettuce
8 Laminaria konbu
9 Nereocystis bull kelp
10 Porphyra nori
11 Iridaea
12 Haliotis abalone
13 Zhlamys pink scallop
14 Hinnites rock scallop
15 Tatinopecten Japanese or weathervane
16 scallop
17 Protothaca native littleneck clam
18 Tapes manila clam
19 Saxidomus butter clam
20 Mytilus mussels
21 Crassostrea Pacific oysters
22 Ostrea Olympia and European oysters
23 Pacifasticus crayfish
24 Macrobrachium freshwater prawn
25 Salmo and Salvelinus trout, char, and Atlantic salmon
26 Oncorhynchus salmon
27 Ictalurus catfish
28 Cyprinus carp
29 Acipenseridae Sturgeon
30 (b) Private sector cultured aquatic products do not include
31 herring spawn on kelp and other products harvested under a herring
32 spawn on kelp permit issued in accordance with RCW 77.70.210.
33 (c) Private sector cultured aquatic products do not include
34 octopus and a person may not participate in octopus aquaculture in
35 Washington.
36 (4) "Department" means the department of agriculture.
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1 (5) "Director" means the director of agriculture.
Passed by the House February 6, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 27, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 15.85.020
Bill as Passed Legislature: 15.85.020
Session Law: 15.85.020