EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: August 15, 2000.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing use rules.
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: The above Puget Sound purse seine, gill net, and reef net openings are part of the final agreements reached at the April 7, 2000, meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council in Portland, Oregon. Those agreements were drafted into regulatory format and filed with the Code Reviser's Office under the expedited rule-making process. Rules in that filing do not become effective until September 22, 2000, but several fisheries are scheduled to begin prior to that date. These emergency rules are necessary at this time to harvest surplus salmon before the salmon migrate into their spawning streams losing commercial fishing opportunity.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 16, 2000, 12:01 a.m.
August 15, 2000
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 220-47 WAC, effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, August 16, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to take, fish for, or possess salmon for commercial purposes taken from the following Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas except in accordance with the following open periods, gears, mesh sizes, area, and species restrictions:
Area 6D: Open to skiff gill nets only using 5 inch minimum and 5 1/2 inch maximum mesh from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the following dates: 9/21, 9/22, 9/25, 9/26, 9/27, 9/28, 9/29, 10/2, 10/3, 10/4, 10/5, 10/6, 10/9, 10/10, 10/11, 10/12, 10/13, 10/16, 10/17, 10/18, 10/19, 10/20, 10/23, 10/24, 10/25, 10/26, 10/27.
In Area 6D, it is unlawful to retain chinook salmon at any time, or any chum salmon taken prior to October 16. Salmon that are unlawful to retain must be removed from the net by cutting the meshes ensnaring the fish. Area 6D is closed to commercial salmon fishing within 1/4 mile of each mouth of the Dungeness River.
Area 7: Open for reef nets from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily beginning Sunday, September 10 until Saturday, November 11, but closed until such time as the Fraser River Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission relinquishes control of convention waters, if they have not done so by September 10. It is unlawful to retain chinook salmon at any time. Chum salmon must be released prior to October 1.
Area 7A: Open for reef nets from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily beginning Sunday, September 10 until Saturday, November 11, but closed until such time as the Fraser River Panel of the Pacific Salmon Commission has relinquished control of convention waters, if they have not done so by September 10. It is unlawful to retain chinook salmon at any time. Chum salmon must be released prior to October 1.
Area 7B: Open as follows:
gill nets - open to gill nets using 7 inch minimum mesh during these times:
7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 16 to 9:00 a.m. Thursday August 17
7:00 p.m. Monday, August 21 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 22
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22 to 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 23
7:00 p.m. Monday, August 28 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 29
7:00 p.m. Monday, September 4 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 5
and open to gill nets using 5 inch minimum mesh during these times:
6:00 a.m. Monday, September 11 through 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 13
6:00 a.m. Monday, September 18 through 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 20
purse seine - open to purse seines using the 5-inch strip during these times:
6:00 a.m. Monday, September 11 through 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 13
6:00 a.m. September 18 through 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 20
Area 7C: Open to gill nets using 7 inch minimum mesh during these times:
7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 16 to 9:00 a.m. Thursday August 17
7:00 p.m. Monday, August 21 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 22
7:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 22 to 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 23
7:00 p.m. Monday, August 28 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 29
7:00 p.m. Monday, September 4 to 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 5
Area 9A: Open to gill nets using 5 inch minimum mesh from 7:00 a.m. Sunday, September 17 to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, October 28. Chum salmon must be released prior to October 1. Chum salmon that are unlawful to be retained must be removed from the net by cutting the meshes ensnaring the fish.
Area 12A: Open to beach seines only 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily beginning Monday, August 28 to Friday, September 1; Monday, September 4 to Friday, September 8; Monday, September 11 to Friday, September 15; Monday, September 18 to Friday, September 22; Monday, September 25 to Friday, September 29; Monday, October 2 to Friday, October 6; Monday, October 9 to Friday, October 13.
In Area 12A it is unlawful to retain chinook salmon at any time.
Areas 4B, 5, 6, 6A, 6B, 6C, 7D, 7E, 8, 8A, 9, 10, 10A, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F, 10G, 11, 11A, 12, 12B, 12C, 12D, 13, 13A, 13C, 13D, 13E, 13F, 13G, 13H, 13I, 13J, and 13K, all freshwater areas and exclusion zones provided for in WAC 220-47-307 - Closed.
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