WSR 01-21-037

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 01-232 -- Filed October 11, 2001, 8:08 a.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: October 9, 2001.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-31000S and 220-56-33000A; and amending WAC 220-56-310 and 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 and closures are needed to stay within state/tribal allocations and quotas as specified by federal court and Fish and Wildlife Commission policies. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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

October 9, 2001

Sara G. LaBorde

for Jeff Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-31000T   Shellfish -- Daily limits.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-310, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to possess more than three Dungeness crab taken from Marine Area 12 and that portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point.

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NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-33000B   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 on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in Marine Area 12 and that portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point

     (2) Effective 12:01 a.m., October 15, 2001, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in all waters of Marine Areas 7, 8-1, and 8-2.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed: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

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