WSR 01-08-011

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 01-44 -- Filed March 23, 2001, 1:11 p.m. , effective March 28, 2001, 6:00 p.m. ]

Date of Adoption: March 23, 2001.

Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-48-015.

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: These actions are necessitated to prevent unacceptable handling mortality and resource loss when catching and handling soft shelled crab. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: March 28, 2001, 6:00 p.m.

March 23, 2001

J. P. Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-48-01500M   Puget Sound bottom trawl closure in softshell crab areas.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-48-015, effective 6:00 p.m. March 28, 2001 until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess bottomfish taken for commercial purposes with bottom trawl and beam trawl gear in all waters of Marine Fish/Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas 21A and 21B, and the portions of 20A within an area bounded by lines from Lilly Point to Birch Point and from the southwest corner of Point Roberts to Point Whitehorn to where these two lines are intersected by a line south from Kwomais Point in British Columbia and a line from Lilly Point to the north Alden Bank buoy are closed.

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