EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 18, 2004.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-32500P, and amending WAC 220-56-325.
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 regulation is needed to ensure an orderly fishery, manage within court-ordered sharing requirements, and to ensure conservation. The state recreational share of spot shrimp has been taken in Marine Areas 8-1, 8-2 and 9. Nonsport shrimp quota is available, however, a depth restriction is needed to protect spot shrimp. There is insufficient time to promulgate 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
May 20, 2004, 5:00 a.m.
May 18, 2004
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
1) Effective immediately, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of the Port Townsend Shrimp District, except as provided for in this section:
(a) All waters of the Port Townsend Shrimp District south of a line from Kala Point to Walan Point are open Thursdays and Saturdays of each week to the harvest of all shrimp, except Spot shrimp.
(b) It is unlawful to possess spot shrimp and all spot shrimp must immediately be returned to the water unharmed.
2) Effective immediately, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of Marine Area 10.
3) Effective 5:00 a.m., Thursday, May 20, 2004, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2, Marine Area 9 outside of the Port Townsend Shrimp District, and Marine Area 11, except as provided for in this section:
(a) Open to the harvest of all shrimp shrimp species except spot shrimp, and all spot shrimp must immediately be returned to the water unharmed.
(b) It is unlawful to set or pull shrimp gear in waters greater than 150 feet deep.
4) It is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp from those waters of Marine Area 12 (Hood Canal) south of the Hood Canal floating bridge except as provided for in this section:
(a) Fishing for shrimp is allowed between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on the following dates: May 22, and 26, 2004.
(b) No shrimp fishers may set gear before 9:00 a.m. or leave shrimp fishing gear in the water after 1:00 p.m. each day of the fishery.
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 5:00 a.m. May 20, 2004:
| WAC 220-56-32500P | Shrimp--Areas and seasons (04-103) |