EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: April 13, 2001.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-52-051 and 220-69-240.
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 2001 State/Tribal Puget Sound Shrimp Harvest Management Plan requires adoption of the harvest seasons and the prohibition on night time fishing contained in this emergency rule. Emergency rapid reporting requirements are necessary as quotas can be far exceeded in one day of fishing. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 16, 2001, 8:00 a.m.
April 13, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Shrimp beam trawl gear:
(a) Crustacean management area 3 - Open 8:00 a.m. on April 16, 2001 until further notice.
(c) It is unlawful to fish for shrimp in Puget Sound with beam trawl gear in waters shallower than 100 feet.
(b) For purpose of shrimp trawl catch reporting, 23A East is that portion of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 23A, east of a line projected true north from the Dungeness lighthouse. 23AWest is that portion of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 23A, west of the line described herein.
(2) It is unlawful to harvest shrimp using shrimp beam trawl gear from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise.
(4) It is unlawful to fish for shrimp in Puget Sound with beam trawl gear in the Discovery Bay Shrimp District, the Port Angeles Shrimp District, the Sequim Bay Shrimp District, the Hood Canal Shrimp District, and the Carr Inlet Shrimp District.
(5) All shrimp taken under this section must be sold to licensed Washington wholesale fish dealers. No fisher may land shrimp without immediate delivery to a licensed wholesale dealer or, if transferred at sea, without transfer to a licensed wholesale dealer.
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Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-69-24000U
Puget Sound shrimp dealer
reporting -- Required information.
Notwithstanding the provisions
of WAC 220-69-240, effective immediately until further notice:
(1) For harvest in Crustacean Management Region 3, catch reports must be made to the Point Whitney Shellfish Laboratory by voice (360) 796-4601, extension 800, or facsimile (360) 586-8408. All reports must specify the serial numbers of the fish receiving tickets on which the previous week's shrimp were sold, and the total number of pounds caught by gear type, Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area, and species listed on each ticket.
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