EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 24, 2001.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000M; 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: Crab hard shell condition meets the criteria for harvest in Hood Canal and in the open portions of Marine Area 8-1 and 8-2. Day restrictions are needed to stay within state/tribal allocations. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
May 26, 2001, 7:00 a.m.
May 24, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in Puget Sound in all waters of Marine Areas, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, except as provided herein;
(2) Effective 7:00 a.m. June 1, 2001, until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays in Marine Area 12 and that portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele point.
(3) Effective immediately until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays in that portion of Marine Area 8-2 south and east of a line from Camano Head to Sandy Point on Whidbey Island
(4) Effective 7:00 a.m. Saturday May 26, 2001 until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, in that portion of Marine Area 8-1 north of a line from Snatelum Pt. (on the southeast corner of Penn Cove) to Rocky Point (on the northwest corner of Camano Island).
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-33000M | Crab -- Areas and seasons. (01-87) |