EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 28, 2001.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000S and 220-56-38000B; 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 Marine Areas 12, 8-1, 8-2, 10, a portion of Marine Area 9 and a portion of Marine Area 7. Catch and effort rates are reduced enough to ensure that the season can likely proceed without a weekly hiatus. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
July 1, 2001, 7:00 a.m.
June 28, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(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 immediately 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 in that portion of Marine Area 9 north and west of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Double Bluff and north of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point.
(4) Effective 7:00 a.m. July 1, 2001, until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2.
(5) Effective immediately until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in that portion of Marine Area 7 south and west of a line projected from Village Point, Lummi Island through the navigation buoy just east of Matia Island thence to the buoy at Clements Reef thence to the easternmost point of Patos Island, running along the northern shoreline of Patos Island and from the westernmost point of Patos Island due west to the international boundary; and westerly of a straight line from the northernmost tip of Sinclair Island through Lummi Rocks to Lummi Island; and west of a line projected from the southeast point of Sinclair Island to the ferry dock at Shannon Point.
(6) Effective immediately until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in all waters of Marine Area 10.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 7:00 a.m. July 1, 2001:
| WAC 220-56-33000S | Crab -- Areas and seasons. (01-117) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-38000B | Oysters -- Areas and seasons. (01-35) |