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(((49))) (48) $852,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 1 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the department to provide 2 additional capacity to the attorney general's office to prosecute 3 environmental crimes. The department must provide an annual report by 4 December 1st of each year, to the appropriate committees of the 5 legislature, on the progress made in prosecuting environmental 6 crimes. 7 (((50))) (49) $4,283,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 8 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely to develop a monitoring and 9 evaluation program for salmon and steelhead hatcheries in western 10 Washington with the goal to improve survival of hatchery fish to 11 adult returns and adaptively manage hatchery programs to better 12 achieve management goals, including rebuilding natural populations 13 for conservation purposes and increasing fishing opportunities. 14 (((51))) (50) $2,392,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 15 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely to conduct fish in/fish out 16 monitoring for the purposes of measuring freshwater systems salmon 17 productivity for purposes of salmon recovery. 18 (((52))) (51) $1,040,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 19 for fiscal year 2023 and $295,000 of the limited fish and wildlife 20 account are provided solely to monitor recreational shellfish harvest 21 in Puget Sound. 22 (((53))) (52) $710,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 23 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely to monitor recreational 24 Dungeness crab harvest along the Washington coast. 25 (((54))) (53) $360,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 26 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the department to 27 complete a statewide prioritization of fish passage barriers in 28 collaboration with regional salmon recovery organizations. 29 (((55))) (54) $494,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 30 for fiscal year 2023 is provided solely for the department to 31 participate in hydropower licensing efforts for the purposes of 32 mitigating impacts to salmon and other fish and wildlife species as a 33 result of new or renewing federal and nonfederal hydropower 34 facilities. 35 (((56))) (55) $90,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 36 fiscal year 2022 and $166,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 37 for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to 38 complete the following activities: 39 p. 1191 ESSB 5187.SL