WSR 14-16-046 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 14-180—Filed July 29, 2014, 2:00 p.m., effective September 1, 2014]
Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62000D and 232-28-62000E; and amending WAC 232-28-620.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 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: The department has adopted permanent rules necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans developed through the North of Falcon season setting process. These rules are responsive to public input and comment received by the department. These rules are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 29, 2014.
Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62000E Coastal salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-620, effective August 1, 2014, it is unlawful to violate the provisions below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1): Open August 1, 2014, until further notice.
(a) Daily limit 6 salmon; no more than 3 adult salmon; release wild Chinook; anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing.
(i) Closed: Effective immediately until further notice, waters south of a line from Needle Point northwesterly to Long Island Shoal light (green) (46°32.32'N, 123°58.59'W) then due west to landfall on the North Beach peninsula at 46°32.32'N.
(ii) Closed: Effective immediately until further notice, waters north of a line from Toke Point channel marker 3 easterly through Willapa Harbor channel marker 13 (green) northeasterly to the power transmission pole located at 46°43.19'N, 123°50.83'W.
(2) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 east of Buoy 13 line):
(a) Effective immediately through August 15: Closed.
(b) August 16 through August 25:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho.
(iii) Waters south of a line running from the south end of the eastern jetty at Ocean Shores Marina to the fishing boundary marker on Sand Island (46°57.52'N, 124°03.36'W) to the Tripod Station on Brackenridge Bluff (46°59.12'N, 124°00.72'W) are closed.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 1, 2014:
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 25, 2014:
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