EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-32500A [220-56-32500Z]; and amending WAC 220-56-325.
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: This regulation is needed to ensure an orderly fishery, manage within court-ordered sharing requirements, and to ensure conservation. The state recreational share of spot prawns will be taken by this Wednesday in the Hood Canal and Discovery Bay shrimp districts, and by Saturday in Marine Area 8. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 17, 2005.
B. J. Bjork
for Jeff Koenings
Director
1) Effective 1:00 p.m. May 18, 2005, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of the Hood Canal Shrimp District.
2) Effective 3:00 p.m. May 18, 2005, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of the Discovery Bay Shrimp District.
3) Effective 3:00 p.m. May 21, 2005, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of Marine Area 8.
4) Effective immediately, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess shrimp taken for personal use in all waters of Marine Areas 9, 10 and 11.
5) Effective immediately, it is lawful for divers using scuba gear to capture and possess shrimp in Marine Area 8-2 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on May 18, 2005.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-32500Z | Shrimp -- Areas and season (05-95) |