EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
Purpose: Amend fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-25500P; and amending WAC 220-56-255.
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: This rule conforms to federal action taken by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. The recreational halibut quota is sufficient to provide for these seasons. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 28, 2009.
Philip Anderson
Director
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1 - Open May 1, 2009 until further notice, Thursdays through Saturdays only. It is unlawful during any vessel trip to bring into port or land bottomfish except sablefish or Pacific Cod when halibut are on board.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2 - Open May 3 through May 12, 2009, Sundays and Tuesdays only. Open May 17, 2009, until further notice, Sundays only.
(i) Catch Record Card Area 2 (Northern Nearshore fishery) Those waters from 47º25.00'N. latitude (Queets River) south to 46º58.00'N latitude and east of 124º30.00'W longitude, open Thursdays through Sundays and Tuesdays only during the primary season through May 12 and Thursday through Sundays only beginning May 17, 2009. After the primary season the northern nearshore fishery is open Thursdays through Sundays only.
(3) Catch Record Card Areas 3 and 4 - Open May 14 through May 23, 2009, Thursdays and Saturdays only, except closed May 28 through May 30, 2009.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 5 - Open May 21 through July 3, 2009, Thursdays through Mondays only.
(5) Catch Record Card Areas 6 through 11 and 13 - Open through June 5, 2009, Thursdays through Mondays only.
(6) Daily limit one halibut, no minimum size limit. The possession limit is two daily limits of halibut in any form, except the possession limit aboard the fishing vessel is one daily limit.
(7) All other permanent rules remain in effect.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-25500P | Halibut -- Seasons -- Daily and possession limits. (09-57) |