EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 21, 2001.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-03000N; and amending WAC 220-52-030.
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 Willapa Spits have readily supported an annual six week fishery since 1989. Annual reported harvest has averaged about 30,000 pounds. The fishery provides an important supply of crab bait to the local Dungeness crab industry and depending on size and condition of the clams, a fresh market restaurant trade. Based on historical catches and on site inspection, there should be adequate clams to support a six week season. Biotoxin levels currently fall below the regulatory threshold. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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 21, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
notice, it is unlawful to dig for or possess razor clams taken for commercial purposes from Washington waters except as provided for in this section:
(1) Those waters and beaches of Razor Clam Area one lying south of the Willapa Bay Ship Channel, west of Ellen Sands and north of the tip of Leadbetter Point, are open to the taking and possession of razor clams for commercial purposes from 12:01 a.m. June 25, 2001 through 11:59 p.m. August 3, 2001:
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears 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. August 4, 2001:
| WAC 220-52-03000N | Razor clams. |