PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: August 2, 2003.
Purpose: Amend bottom fish possession rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-235.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-13-083 on June 16, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
Thirty-one days after filing.
August 5, 2003
Susan Yeager
for Will Roehl, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
OTS-6415.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 03-24, filed 2/14/03,
effective 5/1/03)
WAC 220-56-235
Possession limits--Bottomfish.
It is
unlawful for any person to take in any day more than the
following quantities of bottomfish for personal use. The
possession limit at any time shall not exceed the equivalent
of two daily limits in fresh, frozen or processed form. Unless otherwise provided bottomfish fishing is open the
entire year.
(1) Coastal (Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4) - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:
(a) Lingcod - 2 fish minimum length 24 inches.
(b) Rockfish - 10 fish of which no more than 1 may be a canary rockfish. Release all yelloweye rockfish.
(c) Surfperch (excluding shiner perch) - 15 fish.
(d) Wolfeel - 0 fish from Catch Record Card Area 4.
(e) Cabezon - 2 fish east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.
(2) Inner Puget Sound (Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13):
(a) Catch Record Card Areas 5 and 6 - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:
| Rockfish, except canary and yelloweye rockfish except | 1 fish | ||
| May 1 through September 30 in Marine Area 5 west of Slip Point | 3 fish of which no more than 1 may be other than black rockfish, and release canary and yelloweye rockfish | ||
| Surfperch | 10 fish | ||
| Pacific cod | 2 fish | ||
| Pollock | 2 fish | ||
| Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | ||
| Lingcod | 1 fish | ||
| Wolf-eel | 0 fish | ||
| Cabezon | 2 fish | ||
| Pacific hake | 2 fish |
| Rockfish, except canary and yelloweye rockfish | 1 fish | ||
| Surfperch | 10 fish | ||
| Pacific cod | 2 fish | ||
| Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | ||
| Lingcod | 1 fish | ||
| Wolf-eel | 0 fish | ||
| Cabezon | 2 fish | ||
| Pollock | 2 fish | ||
| Pacific hake | 2 fish |
| Rockfish, except canary and yelloweye rockfish | 1 fish | ||
| Surfperch | 10 fish | ||
| Pacific cod | 0 fish | ||
| Pollock | 0 fish | ||
| Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | ||
| Lingcod | 1 fish | ||
| Wolf-eel | 0 fish | ||
| Cabezon | 2 fish | ||
| Pacific hake | 0 fish |
(e) The daily limit taken by spear fishing may include no more than one lingcod. There is no size restriction on the one lingcod allowed in the daily limit if taken by spear fishing.
(f) It is unlawful to retain cabezon taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 from December 1 through April 30.
(g) It is unlawful to retain six-gill shark taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(h) It is unlawful to retain canary ((or yelloweye))
rockfish taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(i) It is unlawful to ((land)) retain yelloweye rockfish
taken ((for personal use into any port in)) from Catch Record
Card Areas 1((-)) through 13. ((It is unlawful to land canary
rockfish taken for personal use into any port in Catch Record
Card Areas 1-13 unless the adjacent waters are open to
retention of canary rockfish, and a landing may not exceed the
allowable catch from the adjacent waters.))
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 03-05-057 (Order 03-24), § 220-56-235, filed 2/14/03, effective 5/1/03; 02-09-001 (Order 02-53A), § 220-56-235, filed 4/3/02, effective 5/4/02; 01-06-036 (Order 01-24), § 220-56-235, filed 3/5/01, effective 5/1/01. Statutory Authority: 2000 c 107 § 7. 00-17-016 (Order 00-139), § 220-56-235, filed 8/3/00, effective 9/3/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-235, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-235, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-15-032 (Order 98-119), § 220-56-235, filed 7/7/98, effective 8/7/98; 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-235, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-56-235, filed 2/9/96, effective 5/1/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-235, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-235, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-235, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-235, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-235, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-235, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-235, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-235, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-235, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-235, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-235, filed 3/17/83; 80-07-017 (Order 80-45), § 220-56-235, filed 6/11/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-235, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]