EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: November 25, 2003.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-72-011, 220-72-089, and 220-72-090.
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: The confirmation of this disease into additional areas requires further prompt action to halt and/or minimize the further spread of the disease. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 3, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
Immediately.
November 25, 2003
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) Carr Inlet -
(a) Burley Lagoon -- inside and northerly of the Purdy bridge.
(b) Minter Creek -- inside and westerly of a line projected from:
Point No. 1 from the mainland at 122°41'00" W Long. due south to
Point No. 2 at 47°21'00" N. Lat.
122°41'00" W. Long. thence to
Point No. 3 at 47°21'00" N. Lat. then projected true west to the mainland.
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(1) Strait of Juan de Fuca, Dungeness Bay -- inside and westerly of a line projected from the tip of Dungeness Spit due south to the mainland.
(2) Orcas Island,
(a) Deer Harbor -- inside and northerly of a line projected between Pole Pass Point and Steep Point.
(b) West Sound -- inside and northerly of a line projected between Caldwell Point and the most southerly point of land west of the community of Orcas.
(c) East Sound -- inside and northerly of a line projected between Diamond Point and the most south-westerly point on Orcas Island at Obstruction Pass.
(3) Westcott Bay -- inside and westerly of a line projected between the most southerly point of White Point and the most northerly point of Delacombe Point.
(4) Bellingham and Samish Bays - southerly and inside of a line projected between Lummi Point and Gooseberry Point and easterly and inside of line projected between Carter Point and William Point.
(5) Minter Creek -- inside and westerly of a line projected from:
Point No. 1 from the mainland at 122°41'00" W Long. due south to
Point No. 2 at 47°21'00" N. Lat.
122°41'00" W. Long. thence to
Point No. 3 at 47°21'00" N. Lat. where it reaches the mainland.
(6) McMicken Island - inside and westerly of a line projected between Dougall Point and Wilson Point.
(7) Oakland Bay - inside and northerly of a line projected across Oakland Bay at 47°14'30" N. Lat. and inside and southerly of a line projected from:
Point No. 1 from the mainland on the west side of Oakland Bay at 47°15'00 due east to
Point No. 2 at 47°15'00" N. Lat.
123°04'00" W. Long. thence to
Point No. 3 at 123°04'00" N. Lat. where it reaches the mainland.
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(a) North Puget Sound, Strait of Juan de Fuca and San Juan Islands -- easterly of a line projected true north of Cape Flattery to the international boundry line, northerly of a line projected from the northern most tip of Tala Point to the western most tip of Foulweather Bluff, and northerly of a line projected from the eastern most point of Apple Cove Point to the western most point of Edwards Point.
(b) South Puget Sound -- inside and southerly of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
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Reviser's note: The spelling 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.