EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-47-311 and 220-47-411.
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: These regulations implement expanded fishing opportunity in Areas 7 and 7A made by the co-managers, to enhance the chance of taking the United States share of chum salmon. These emergency rules are necessary to initiate fisheries. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 27, 2005.
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
Areas 7 and 7A:
Purse Seines - (a) Open in Area 7 and 7A to the purse seine vessels using the 5-inch strip during the following hours and dates, provided it is unlawful to retain Chinook or Coho salmon, and any Chinook or Coho salmon caught must be released immediately.
If fishing with an operating recovery box:
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 10/27, 10/28
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 10/31, 11/1, 11/2, 11/3, 11/4, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11
If fishing without an operating recovery box:
7:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. 10/27, 10/28
7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 10/31, 11/1, 11/2, 11/3, 11/4, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11
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Nightly opening refer to the start date.
7 /7A | 8AM | - | 8PM | 10/27, 10/28 | 6 1/4" |
7AM | - | 7PM | 11/31, 11/1, 11/2, 11/3, 11/4, 11/7, 11/8, 11/9, 11/10, 11/11 | 6 1/4" |
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Reviser's note: The typographical 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.