WSR 01-20-067

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 01-220 -- Filed September 28, 2001, 4:44 p.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: September 28, 2001.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-31000R and 220-56-33000Z; 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: Day/limit restrictions are needed in Area 8-1, 8-2, and the Hood Canal area, to stay within state/tribal allocations. Closure in the south portion of Marine Area 8-2 is to protect soft-shelled crab. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.

September 28, 2001

Evan Jacoby

for Jeff Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-31000S   Shellfish -- Daily limits.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-310, effective 12:01 a.m. October 1, 2001 until further notice, it is unlawful to possess more than three Dungeness crab taken from Marine Areas 8-1; that portion of Marine Area 8-2 north of a line that extends from Camano Head to Sandy Point; Marine Area 12; or that portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point.

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NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-33000A   Crab -- Areas and seasons.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in Puget Sound in all Marine Areas except as provided below:

     (1) Effective immediately, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Area 8-1, that portion of Marine Area 8-2 north of a line that extends from Camano Head to Sandy Point, Marine Area 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.

     (2) Effective 12:01 a.m., October 1, 2001, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in that portion of Marine Area 8-2 south and east of a line that extends from Camano Head to Sandy Point.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-56-31000R Crab -- Areas and seasons. (01-188)
WAC 220-56-33000Z Crab -- Areas and seasons. (01-216)

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