Endangered Species - Definitions - Washington

The definitions in this section apply throughout this title or rules adopted under this title unless the context clearly requires otherwise... 

(15) “Department” means the department of fish and wildlife.

(16) “Director” means the director of fish and wildlife...

(18) “Endangered species” means wildlife designated by the commission as seriously threatened with extinction... 

(45) “Person” means and includes an individual; a corporation; a public or private entity or organization; a local, state, or federal agency; all business organizations, including corporations and partnerships; or a group of two or more individuals acting with a common purpose whether acting in an individual, representative, or official capacity...

(49) “Protected wildlife” means wildlife designated by the commission that shall not be hunted or fished... 

(69) “Unclassified wildlife” means wildlife existing in Washington in a wild state that have not been classified as big game, game animals, game birds, predatory birds, protected wildlife, endangered wildlife, or deleterious exotic wildlife...

(73) “Wildlife” means all species of the animal kingdom whose members exist in Washington in a wild state. This includes but is not limited to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. The term “wildlife” does not include feral domestic mammals, old world rats and mice of the family Muridae of the order Rodentia, or those fish, shellfish, and marine invertebrates classified as food fish or shellfish by the director. The term “wildlife” includes all stages of development and the bodily parts of wildlife members...

Citation: Rev. Code Wash. (ARCW) § 77.08.010.