WSR 08-14-002

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 08-144 -- Filed June 19, 2008, 8:45 a.m. , effective June 25, 2008, 6:00 p.m. ]


     Effective Date of Rule: June 25, 2008, 6:00 p.m.

     Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-04600U; and amending WAC 220-52-040, 220-52-046, and 220-69-240.

     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 limited commercial fishery in these marine fish–shellfish management and catch reporting areas are to take advantage of harvest opportunity and to maintain commercial harvest allocation plans. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 3, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 19, 2008.

Phil Anderson

for Jeff Koenings

Director


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-04000Y   Commercial crab fishery -- Exceptions to permanent rules for pot limits.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-040, effective 6:00 p.m. June 25, 2008 through 9:00 p.m. June 27, 2008 it is unlawful for any person to fish for crabs for commercial purposes with more than 25 pots per license in all waters of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas 24A, 24B, 24C and 26A-E. Buoy tags are not required during this period.

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NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-04600W   Crab fishery -- Seasons and areas.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-046, effective 6:00 p.m. June 25, 2008 through 9:00 p.m. June 27, 2008, a person may fish for Dungeness Crab for commercial purposes in Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas 24A, 24B, 24C and 26A-E.

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NEW SECTION
WAC 220-69-24000M   Duties of commercial purchasers and receivers.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-69-240, purchasers are not required to phone in crab landings.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 6:00 p.m. June 25, 2006:

WAC 220-52-04600U Crab fishery -- Seasons and areas, order number 08-49.

     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.

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