EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: November 24, 1999.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-52-040.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080, 75.30.480.
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 rule is necessary to establish an even flow harvest regime, pursuant to chapter 245, Laws of 1998. It will allow a fishery on harvestable crab stocks. It is being adopted pursuant to agreement with industry and with the coastal tribes. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.
November 24, 1999
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-040, effective December 1, 1999, until further notice it is unlawful for any person to fish more than 500 crab pots in those waters of the Pacific Ocean west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, south of the United States-Canada boundary, north of a line projected due west from the thread of the Columbia River at the mouth of the Columbia River, the waters of Grays Harbor, the waters of Willapa Bay, and the concurrent waters of the Columbia River, and, of the 500 pots, no more than 200 may be fished in Grays Harbor.
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