EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 26, 2004.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-25500M; and amending WAC 220-56-255.
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: There is sufficient quota to reopen the fishery for one day only on May 29 in Catch Record Card Areas 3 and 4. The fishery will then close and is scheduled to reopen June 15 when the second portion of the quota becomes available. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.
May 26, 2004
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Catch Record Card Areas 3 and 4: Open 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. May 29.
The following area southwest of Cape Flattery is closed to halibut fishing at all times: Those waters within an eastward facing "C" shaped closed area defined as: Beginning at 48°18'N, 125°18'W, thence to 48°N18', 124°59'W, thence to 48°11'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°11'N, 125°11'W, thence to 48°04'N, 125°11'W, thence to 48°04'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°00'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°00'N, 125°18'W, thence to the point of origin.
(2) Catch Record Area 5: Open May 27 through August 14 - Closed 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday of each week during the open period.
(3) Catch Record Card Areas 6-11 and Catch Record Card Area 13: Open through July 24 - Closed 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday of each week during the open period.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 12: Closed.
(5) Daily limit one halibut. The possession limit is two daily limits of halibut in any form, except the possession limit aboard the fishing vessel is one daily limit.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-25500M | Halibut seasons -- Daily and possession limits. |