EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: August 30, 2001.
Purpose: Personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000W; 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: A closure is needed in the Dungeness Bay area to protect softshelled crab. Day/limit restrictions are needed in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2 and the Hood Canal area, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
September 4, 2001, 12:01 a.m.
August 30, 2001
Sara G. LaBorde
for Jeff Koenings
Director
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(1) Effective immediately until further notice it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in that portion of Dungeness Bay west of a line from the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse to the Port Williams boat ramp.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m., September 4, 2001, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2, 12 and that portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. September 4, 2001:
| WAC 220-56-33000W | Crab -- Areas and seasons. (01-170) |