EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: August 10, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-19000C and 220-56-19000D; and amending WAC 220-56-190.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
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: The harvestable quota of salmon is projected to have been achieved in Catch Record Card Areas 1, 2, 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line and Area 3. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
August 10, 2000
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-190, effective immediately until further notice it is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken from Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4 except as provided for in this section:
Area 1 - Open only August 13, 2000. Daily limit 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook. Release wild coho.
Area 2 and 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line - Open only August 13, 2000. Daily limit 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook. Release wild coho. Open August 13 inside a line from the Westport Light to Grays Harbor Buoy No. 2, to Grays Harbor Buoy No. 3, to the Grays Harbor North Jetty and west of the buoy 13 line.
Area 2-2 east of the Buoy 13 line - Closed except waters of the Westport and Ocean Shores Boat Basins open August 16 until further notice, daily limit six salmon not more than four of which may be adult salmon. Chinook and coho salmon minimum size 12 inches. Single point barbless hooks required.
Area 2-1 - Open August 16 until further notice. Daily limit 6 salmon, not more than 2 of which may be adult salmon. Release wild coho salmon. Single point barbless hooks required.
Area 3 - Open through August 12. Daily limit 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook. Release wild coho.
Area 4 - Open until further notice. Daily limit 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook. Release wild coho. In those waters of Catch Record Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line all chinook salmon must be released immediately.
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The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
| WAC 220-56-19000C | Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons. (00-58) |
| WAC 220-56-19000D | Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons. (00-104) |