WSR 18-10-022 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 18-76—Filed April 23, 2018, 4:29 p.m., effective April 23, 2018, 4:29 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Amends recreational bottomfish possession limits. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-314-02000C; and amending WAC 220-314-020. 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: This emergency rule is needed to extend the areas where canary rockfish can be retained to provide for additional recreational angling opportunity and correct a previous emergency rule. There is insufficient time to adopt 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 Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Date Adopted: April 23, 2018.
Amy H. Windrope for Joe Stohr Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-314-02000D Possession limits—Bottomfish.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-314-020, it is unlawful to violate the provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) In Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 3, and 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line: three flatfish (except Pacific halibut) may be retained in addition to the aggregate daily bottomfish limit.
(2) In Catch Record Card Areas 1 and 2: two canary rockfish may be retained as part of the rockfish daily limit.
(3) In Catch Record Card Areas 3 and 4 west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line; effective May 9: two canary rockfish may be retained as part of the rockfish daily limit.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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