EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: May 1, 2010.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-255.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.
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 rule conforms to federal action taken by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. The recreational halibut quota is sufficient to provide for these seasons. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: April 13, 2010.
Lori Preuss
for Philip Anderson
Director
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1 - Open May 1, 2010 until further notice, Thursdays through Saturdays only. It is unlawful during any vessel trip to bring into port or land bottomfish except sablefish or Pacific Cod when halibut are on board.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2 - Open May 2, 2010 until further notice, Sundays and Tuesdays only, except closed Tuesday May 25, 2010; see (i) and (ii) below for additional details.
(i) Catch Record Card Area 2 (Northern Nearshore fishery) Those waters from 47º31.70'N. latitude south to 46º58.00'N latitude and east of a line approximating the 30 fathom depth contour as defined by the following coordinates, open May 2, 2010, seven days per week until further notice:
47º31.70 N. lat, 124º37.03 W. long
47º25.67 N. lat, 124º34.79 W. long
47º12.82 N. lat, 124º29.12 W. long
47º58.00 N. lat, 124º24.24 W. long
(ii) Lingcod may be taken, retained and possessed seaward
of the 30 fathom line on any day open to the primary halibut
fishery as described in (2) above.
(3) Catch Record Card Areas 3 and 4 - Open May 13 through May 22, 2010, Thursdays and Saturdays only. The following area southwest of Cape Flattery is closed to fishing for halibut at all times:
Beginning at 48º18' N., 125º18' W.; thence to
48º18'N., 124º59'W.; thence to
48º11'N., 124º59'W.; thence to
48º11'N., 125º11'W., thence to
48º04'N., 125º11'W.; thence to
48º04'N., 124º59'W.; thence to
48ºN., 124º59'W.; thence to
48ºN., 125º18'W.; thence to point of origin.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 5 - Open May 28 through May
30, 2010, Friday through Sunday only. Open June 3 through
June 19, 2010, Thursdays through Saturdays only.
(5) Catch Record Card Areas 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 - Open May 1 through May 22, 2010, Thursdays through Saturdays only. Open May 28 through May 30, 2010, Friday through Sunday only.
(6) Daily limit one halibut, no minimum size limit. The possession limit is two daily limits of halibut in any form, except the possession limit aboard the fishing vessel is one daily limit.
(7) All other permanent rules remain in effect.
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