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Date
Date Received in Council Office
Agenda Date
Assigned to:
Originator:
Council
8/1/2006
8/8/2006
Introduction
Division Head:
9/12/06
Public Heari F
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor:
Purchasin /Bud et:
Executive:
TITLE OF DOCUMENT.
Ord. Amend. What.Co. Shoreline Mgmt. Program, Sec. 23.100.20.57 Aquaculture Reg.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A
SEPA review required? { ) Yes { ) NO
Should Clerk schedule a hearing 7 { X ) Yes { } NO
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Interim Ordinance Amending the Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program, Section 23.100.20.57, Aquaculture Regulations
COMMITTEE ACTION:
COUNCIL ACTION.
8/08/06: Introduced
9/12/06: Council Adopted 6 -1, Crawford
opposed, Ord. 2006 -036
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Interim Ordinance to amend Shoreline regs.
PROPOSED BY: Brenner, McShane.
and Caskev- Schreiber
SPONSORED BY: Consent
INTRODUCED; August 8, 2006
ORDINANCE NO. 2006 -036
INTERIM ORDINANCE AMENDING THE WHATCOM COUNTY SHORELINE
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, SECTION 23.100.20.57, AQUACULTURE
REGULATIONS
WHEREAS, residents of Whatcom County have made significant sacrifices and
forgone harvest opportunity and restrictions on land and water use; and
WHEREAS, residents have volunteered considerable time, money, and resources
to the restoration of native salmon runs; and
WHEREAS, various economic sectors in Whatcom County such as recreational
and tourism businesses, the fishing industry, and fisheries depend on healthy wild fish
populations; and
WHEREAS, scientific evidence indicates marine net pens degrade the marine
environment through impacts to water quality, sediment quality, and the health of
benthic and pelagic organisms; and
WHEREAS, the goals of federal, state, and local salmon recovery efforts are
jeopardized by the negative impacts of commercial marine salmon net pens; and
WHEREAS, currently there are no commercial marine salmon net pens operating
in Whatcom County and precautionary approaches to marine habitat protection are in
the county's best interest; and
WHEREAS, the Whatcom County Council finds the following facts in support of
this ordinance:
FINDINGS-
The Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board has determined that
escapement of introduced Atlantic salmon are a serious biological pollutant under
the Federal Clean Water Act and the State's Water Pollution Control Act, Chapter
90.48, RCW.
2. Farmed salmon pose a threat to wild salmon stocks through the use of antibiotics
to treat net pens, causing an increase of antibiotic resistant bacteria in a marine
environment.
3. Scientific studies have shown that Atlantic salmon are capable of competing with
native fish species for increasingly scarce quality habitat.
4. The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that over 500,000
Atlantic salmon have escaped from net pens into Washington State's waters in
the last decade and even larger numbers of Atlantic salmon have escaped into
British Columbia's waters.
5. Recent scientific evidence documents the presence of Atlantic salmon in 78 rivers
and streams in British Columbia, and spawning populations have been
documented in three Vancouver Island rivers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council that the
Whatcom County Shoreline Management Program, Section 23.100.20.57 is temporarily
amended as indicated in Exhibit A to this ordinance.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the Whatcom County Council, pursuant to RCW
36.70.795, that this ordinance shall be effective for not longer than six months
following its effective date, but may be renewed for one or more six -month periods if
subsequent public hearings are held and findings of fact are made prior to each
renews `.,,, 11 r i r r r rrriri,��1
12 day of September, 2006.
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Civil Deputy Prosecutor
Laurie Caskey - Schreiber, Council Chair
( APPROVED (} DENIED
Pete Kremen, County Executive
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EXHIBIT A
(SHORELINE REGS.)
23.100.20.57
Commercial salmon net -pen facilities shall not be located eleser than twelve sta
Funs. in Whatcom County waters.