EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 12, 2001.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-04600Q; and amending WAC 220-52-046.
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: This rule is necessary to avoid harvest of soft-shelled Dungeness 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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.
June 12, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
d) It is unlawful to place gear, fish for or possess Dungeness crab for commercial purposes in the following areas from June 18 through September 15, 2001: Those waters west of straight lines drawn in sequence from south to north between the following coordinates:
| Land description | Coordinate |
| (i) Washington - Oregon border | 46°15.00'N 124°10.00'W |
| (ii) Seaview | 46°20.00'N 124°10.00'W |
| (iii) Willapa Bay entrance | 46°40.00'N 124°10.00'W |
| (iv) N. Willapa Bay spits | 46°43.50'N 124°11.50'W |
| (v) Grayland | 46°50.00'N 124°12.30'W |
| (vi) Grays Harbor | 46°54.70'N 124°16.00'W |
| (vii) Ocean Shores | 47°00.00'N 124°16.00'W |
| (viii) Moclips | 47°15.00'N 124°19.00'W |
| (ix) Cape Elizabeth | 47°20.00'N 124°25.00'W |
| (x) Raft River | 47°27.00'N 124°28.60'W (follow TD 41880 to waypoint # 11 N. Destruction Island ) |
| (xi) N. Destruction Island | 47°42.40'N 124°31.50'W |
| (xii) Lapush | 47°55.00'N 124°46.00'W |
| (xiii) Carol Island | 48°00.00'N 124°49.50'W |
| (xiv) N. Lake Ozette | 48°07.60'N 124°51.40'W |
| (xv) Makah Bay | 48°20.00'N 124°50.00'W |
| (xvi) Cape Flattery | Point on land |
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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.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. September 16, 2001:
| WAC 220-52-04600Q | Crab fishery -- Areas and seasons. |