WSR 09-18-081

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 09-191 -- Filed August 31, 2009, 1:39 p.m. , effective August 31, 2009, 1:39 p.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Commercial fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-04000H and 220-52-04000I; and amending WAC 220-52-040.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047, 77.04.020, and 77.70.430.

     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 weekly landing limit and period is necessary to mitigate handling mortality from sorting soft shelled crab and is in conformity with the coastal Dungeness crab summer fishery management plan. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 31, 2009.

Joe Stohr

for Philip Anderson

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-04000I   Coastal crab fishery -- Weekly trip limits.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-040, effective immediately until further notice:

     (1) It is unlawful for any person licensed to fish under a Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license to possess or land crab in excess of 4,500 pounds taken during each of the following coastal crab accounting periods:

     September 1 through September 7, 2009; and

     September 8 through September 15, 2009.

     (2) Any crab taken prior to September 1, 2009, and not landed before 11:59 p.m. August 31, 2009, become part of the September 1 through September 7 accounting period catch.

     (3) It is unlawful for any person taking crab under subsection (1) of this section to fish for crab during any accounting period while having on board any crab taken in a different accounting period.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-52-04000H Coastal crab fishery -- Weekly trip limits.

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective September 16, 2009:


WAC 220-52-04000I Coastal crab fishery -- Weekly trip limits. (09-190)

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