EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: September 21, 1999.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-32500B; and amending WAC 220-56-325.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: This regulation is needed to ensure an orderly fishery, manage within court-ordered sharing requirements, and to ensure conservation. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent rules.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: September 30, 1999, 12:01 a.m.
September 21, 1999
J. P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-325 and WAC 220-56-310, it is unlawful to fish for shrimp taken for personal use from the following waters of Puget Sound except as provided for in this section:
(1) Effective immediately until further notice it is lawful to harvest shrimp in Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, 10, and the portion of Marine Area 9 south and east of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Double Bluff except that:
(a) It is unlawful to set or pull shrimp gear in waters greater than 150 feet.
(b) Spot shrimp must be returned immediately to the water unharmed.
(2) Effective immediately until further notice, is unlawful to harvest or possess any species of shrimp in Shrimp District 1.
(3) Effective 6:00 p.m. September 30, 1999, it is unlawful to harvest or possess any shrimp in Shrimp District 3.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. September 30, 1999:
| WAC 220-56-32500B | Personal use Puget Sound shrimp fishery--Exceptions to permanent rules for areas outside Hood Canal. (99-105) |