EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 14, 2001.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-24-02000R; and amending WAC 220-24-020.
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 rules are adopted at the recommendation of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, in accordance with preseason fishing plans. These rules are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
June 16, 2001, 12:01 a.m.
June 14, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1, 2, 3 and that portion of Area 4 west of 125°05'00" W longitude and south of 48°23'00" N latitude open immediately through June 15, 2001. Unlawful to retain coho. No more than 4 spreads per line. Cape Flattery and Columbia River Control Zones closed.
(2) Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 2, 3, and that portion of Area 4 west of 125°05'00" W longitude and south of 48°23'00" N latitude open July 1, 2001 through July 27, 2001. Unlawful to retain wild coho. Gear is restricted to plugs wit a plug body length of six inches or greater, and no more than 4 spreads per line. Cape Flattery Control Zone closed.
(3) Minimum size for chinook salmon is 28 inches in length. No minimum size for pink, sockeye or chum salmon.
(4) Lawful troll gear is restricted to single point, single shank barbless hooks.
(5) It is unlawful for any fisher taking salmon north of the Queets River to fail to land the salmon north of the Queets River and west of Sekiu, or, if the fisher intends to land salmon outside this area, to fail to notify the department before leaving the area. Notification must be made by calling the department at 360-902-2739, and reporting the name of fisher and boat, the area fished, the day leaving the area, and the port of destination.
(6) Fishers must land and deliver their catch within 24 hours of any closure of a fishery provided for in this section, and must land within the Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas fished, or within an adjacent Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area closed to all-citizen troll fishing.
(7) The Cape Flattery Commercial Zone is defined as the area from Cape Flattery (48°23'00" N latitude) to the northern boundary of the U.S. EEZ: and the area from Cape Flattery south to Cape Alava, 48°10'00" N latitude and east of 125°05'00" W longitude.
(8) Columbia Control Zone - An area at the Columbia River mouth, bounded on the west by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 (46°13'35" N. Lat., 124°06'50" W. long.) and the green lighted Buoy #7 (46°15'09' N. lat., 124°06'16" W. long.); on the east, by the Buoy #10 line which bears north/south at 357° true from the south jetty at 46°14'00" N. lat., 124°03'07" West. long. to its intersection with the north jetty; on the north, by a line running northeast/southwest between the green lighted Buoy #7 to the tip of the north jetty (46°14'48" N. lat., 124°05'20" W. long.) and then along the north jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line; and, on the south, by a line running northeast/southwest between the red lighted Buoy #4 and tip of the south jetty (46°14'03" N. lat., 124°04'05" W. long.), and then along the south jetty to the point of intersection with the Buoy #10 line.
(9) Vessels intending to land their catch taken south of Cape Falcon in a Washington port must notify WDFW before traveling north of Cape Falcon by calling 360-902-2181 and report the name of the vessel, the intended port of landing, the estimated time and date of arrival and the catch aboard.
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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 12:01 a.m. June 16, 2001:
| WAC 220-24-02000R | Commercial salmon troll. (01-76) |