EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 12, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000C; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
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: Hard shell criteria have been met in these marine areas to allow recreational crab harvest. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
Immediately.
June 12, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
1) Effective immediately until further notice, Fridays through Mondays only, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2
2) Effective immediately, until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Areas 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13.
3) Effective 7:00 a.m. June 18, 2003, until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in the San Juan Islands portion of Marine Area 7 south and west of a line projected from Village Point, Lummi Island through the navigation buoy just east of Matia Island thence to the buoy at Clements Reef thence to the easternmost point of Patos Island, running along the northern shoreline of Patos Island and from the westernmost point of Patos Island due west to the international boundary; and westerly of a straight line from the northernmost tip of Sinclair Island through Lummi Rocks to Lummi Island; and west of a line projected from the southeast point of Sinclair Island to the ferry dock at Shannon Point.
4) Effective 7:00 a.m. June 21, 2003, until further notice, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal use in Marine Areas 4 (east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line), 5, and 6.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative
Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-33000C | Crab -- Areas and seasons. (03-125) |