EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: August 17, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-19000E; 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 and Area 4 west of the Bonilla Tatoosh line. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 17, 2000, 11:59 p.m.
August 17, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-190, effective 11:59 p.m. August 17, 2000 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 - Closed until further notice.
Area 2 and 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line - Closed until further notice.
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 - Closed until further notice.
Area 4 west of the Bonilla Tatoosh line - closed until further notice.
Area 4 east of the Bonilla Tatooh line - Open until further notice. All chinook salmon must be released immediately. Release wild coho salmon.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-19000E | Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons. (00-145)) |
Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above repealer occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040..