EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: November 9, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000G; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
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 rule is needed to manage the court-ordered sharing requirements. The sport and commercial harvests have exceeded the 50/50 state/tribal allocation. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: November 14, 2000, 4:00 p.m.
November 9, 2000
Sara G. LaBorde
for Jeff P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330 and WAC 220-56-315:
(1) Effective 4:00 p.m. November 14, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for Dungeness crab for personal use in the following areas:
(a) That portion of Marine Area 9 north of the Hood Canal Bridge and south of a northwesterly line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point.
(b) Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal).
(c) All waters of Marine Area 7.
(2) Effective 4:00 p.m. November 17, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for Dungeness crab for personal use in the following areas:
(a) All waters of Marine Area 8-1.
(b) All waters of Marine Area 8-2.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 4:00 p.m. November 14, 2000:
| WAC 220-56-33000G | Personal use crab fishery -- Exceptions to permanent areas and seasons. (00-228) |