PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: WAC 220-56-235 Possession limits -- Bottomfish, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council has changed the size limit for lingcod in Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1 through 3. The proposed action will be complimentary to federal rules and will provide for coordinated enforcement in these areas. The council process has provided for extensive public input on these actions.
No written comments were received. The commission has delegated rule-making authority on this issue to the director, pursuant to RCW 77.65.200.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-235 (Amending Order 04-218, filed 8/17/04, effective 9/17/04).
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.65.200.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-08-012 on March 23, 2007.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 5, 2007.
Loreva M. Preuss
for Jeff Koenings
Director
OTS-9646.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 04-218, filed 8/17/04,
effective 9/17/04)
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)):
(i) Minimum length 22 inches in Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 3.
(ii) Minimum length 24 inches in Catch Record Card Area 4.
(b) Rockfish - 10 fish. Release all canary and 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | 1 fish May 1 through September 30 | |
| 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 in Area 9 May 1 through September 30 and in Areas 8-1, 8-2, 10, 11 and 13 when lingcod or salmon seasons are open. Rockfish closed in Area 12 | 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) It is unlawful to possess lingcod taken by angling less than 26 inches in length or greater than 40 inches in length.
(f) 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.
(g) It is unlawful to retain cabezon taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 11 and 13 from December 1 through April 30.
(h) It is unlawful to retain six-gill shark taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(i) It is unlawful to retain canary or yelloweye rockfish taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(j) It is unlawful to take rockfish by spear fishing in Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13.
(k) In Catch Record Areas 5 through 11 and 13, the daily limit for rockfish is the first legal rockfish caught, except in Area 5 west of Slip Point the daily limit for rockfish is the first three legal rockfish caught, provided that no more than one of the three may be other than black rockfish. After the daily limit of rockfish is caught, all subsequent rockfish must be released.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 04-17-098 (Order 04-218), § 220-56-235, filed 8/17/04, effective 9/17/04; 04-07-009 (Order 04-39), § 220-56-235, filed 3/4/04, effective 5/1/04; 03-16-100 (Order 03-178), § 220-56-235, filed 8/6/03, effective 9/6/03; 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.]