Minutes and audio/video recordings
Meeting location
Yakima Convention Center
10 N 8th Ave Yakima, WA 98901
- Retreat
8:00 - 4:15 – Retreat - Room G1
Commissioners and staff will meet with Triangle Associates to discuss commission processes, procedures, and commissioner roles.
The public is welcome to attend in person for observation. This part of the meeting will not be available virtually.
8:30 - 12:00 – Retreat Continued - Room G1
Commissioners and staff will meet with Triangle Associates to discuss commission processes, procedures, and commissioner roles.
The public is welcome to attend in person for observation. This part of the meeting will not be available virtually.
1:00 - 4:50 – Regular Meeting - Room G2
Hybrid Participation:
If you are interested in providing verbal public comment either online or in-person during a hybrid meeting, please register online. The following registration deadlines are in effect:
- Registration for those wishing to provide comments in-person closes at 8 a.m. each morning the Commission is meeting, or when the day’s meeting begins. Open Public Input is intended for comments on matters not found elsewhere on the agenda with separate public comment periods.
- Registrants will be called upon and typically have three minutes to speak. They can check their registration status by contacting the Commission office.
- If you are unable to participate you can submit your comments on the Commission contact page.
- To listen via phone please dial 1-253-205-0468 and enter webinar ID: 82046687378
1:00 - 1:45 – Regular Meeting - 1. Call to Order
Commissioner’s Discussion
Meeting Minutes Approval
- August 10-12, 2023, hybrid meeting minutes (PDF)
- August 18, 2023, web conference meeting minutes (PDF)
- September 8, 2023, special web conference meeting minutes (PDF)
Committee Report
1:45 - 2:15 – 2. Director's Report
The Director and Region 3 Director, Mike Livingston will brief the Commission on various items.
2:15 - 2:40 – 3. Lands Transaction - Briefing, Public Comment, and Decision
The Commission will consider approval of land transactions recommended by the Department.
Staff Report: Karen Edwards, Real Estate Manager
2:40 - 3:10 – 4. Willapa Bay Salmon Management Draft Policy Review - Decision
The Commission will decide whether to adopt revisions to the Willapa Bay Salmon Management Policy (C-3622). The policy directs salmon fishery management within Willapa Bay.
Staff Report: Kelly Cunningham, Fish Program Director, Marlene Wagner, South Coast Policy Lead, and Dr. Ken Warheit, Fish Health and Molecular Genetics Lab Manager
3:10 - 4:50 – 5. Coastal Crab and Puget Sound Shellfish Rulemaking - Briefing, Public Hearing
Staff will brief the Commission and take public comment on rule proposals for coastal and Puget Sound shellfish.
Staff Report: Heather Hall, Intergovernmental Ocean Policy Manager and Aaron Dufault, Puget Sound Shellfish Manager
- REGULAR MEETING (ROOM G-2)
Hybrid Participation:
If you are interested in providing verbal public comment either online or in-person during a hybrid meeting, please register online. The following registration deadlines are in effect:
- Registration for those wishing to provide comments in-person closes at 8 a.m. each morning the Commission is meeting, or when the day’s meeting begins. Open Public Input is intended for comments on matters not found elsewhere on the agenda with separate public comment periods.
- Registrants will be called upon and typically have three minutes to speak. They can check their registration status by contacting the Commission office.
- If you are unable to participate you can submit your comments on the Commission contact page.
- To listen via phone please dial 1-253-205-0468 and enter webinar ID: 82046687378
8:00 – 6. Open Public Input
The Commission is a direct link between the citizens of Washington and the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Comments on Department programs and topics of concern are welcome during this portion of the meeting. NOTE: During this portion of the meeting, the public is encouraged to comment on issues that do not already have public input time on the agenda.
9:30 - 9:45 – Break
9:45 - 10:30 – 7. Meeting Debrief and Future Meeting Planning
The Commission will discuss items that arise immediately before, during, or after the meeting and consider future agenda planning.