EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: November 17, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000H; 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 closures in this emergency rule are necessitated by state/tribal allocation imbalances in Crab Management Regions 1 and 2 East. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.
November 17, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330 and WAC 220-56-315:
(1) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for 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 immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for 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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-33000H | Personal use crab fishery -- Exceptions to permanent areas and seasons. (00-236) |