WSR 00-01-004

PROCLAMATION

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR


[ Filed December 1, 1999, 3:56 p.m. ]


STATE OF EMERGENCY


WHEREAS, the 1999 Fraser River sockeye salmon season was canceled by the Pacific Salmon Commission because of the drastic reduction in the size of the sockeye salmon run;


WHEREAS, the cause of the reduced 1999 Fraser River sockeye salmon run was the 1997 El Nino-induced ocean condition, which has resulted in significant economic injury in Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, and Thurston Counties, as well as a high likelihood that such injury may later be realized in other counties;


WHEREAS, the State of Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division; the Department of Fish and Wildlife; and the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development are coordinating resources to support local officials in alleviating the immediate social and economic impacts to people, property, and businesses, and in assessing the magnitude of the event;


WHEREAS, the severity and magnitude of the impacts from the season closure are beyond the capabilities of the affected political subdivisions.


NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gary Locke, Governor of the State of Washington, as a result of the aforementioned situation and under the provisions of Chapters 43.06 and 38.52 of the Revised Code of Washington, do hereby proclaim that a State of Emergency exists in the counties of Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Pierce, and Thurston, and direct the supporting plans and procedures of the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan be implemented. State agencies and departments are directed to utilize state resources and do everything possible to assist affected political subdivisions in an effort to respond to and recover from the events. Additionally, the State of Washington Military Department, Emergency Management Division; the Department of Fish and Wildlife; and the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development are instructed to coordinate all state assistance to the affected areas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the State of Washington to be affixed at Olympia, this 24th day of November, A.D., Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Nine.
Gary Locke

Governor of Washington

BY THE GOVERNOR:


Tracy Guerin

for Secretary of State

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