EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: September 6, 2001.
Purpose: Personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62000B; and amending WAC 232-28-620.
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 implement recommendations of the North of Falcon subgroup of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Harvestable numbers of salmon remain in ocean quotas.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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 7, 2001, 12:01 a.m.
September 6, 2001
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1 - closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 and south of Tillamook Head and closed from North Head (46°18'00" N) to Klipsan Beach (46°28'12" N).
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2 and Area 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line - Daily limit of two salmon only one of which may be a chinook salmon, except release wild coho salmon - open seven days per week through September 30, 2001.
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The following section of the Administrative Code is repealed
effective 12:01 a.m. September 7, 2001:
| WAC 232-28-62000B | Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (01-121) |