Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2012.

     Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62000R; and amending WAC 232-28-620.

     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: Sufficient quota and guidelines remain in ocean areas to allow expanded salmon angling opportunity. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 30, 2012.

Philip Anderson

Director

     (1) Catch Record Card Area 1:

     (a) Open through September 2 - Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release wild coho.

     (b) September 3 through September 30 - Daily limit of 2 salmon.

     (c) Closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 during all open periods. See WAC 220-56-195.

     (2) Catch Record Card Area 2:

     (a) Open September 1 through September 23 - Daily limit of 2 salmon, only one of which may be a coho.

     (b) Open through September 23 - Grays Harbor Control Zone, described in WAC 220-56-195(11) - Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling. Area 2 rules apply.

     (3) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1):

     (a) Open until further notice - Daily limit of six salmon, not more than three of which may be adult salmon. Release chum and wild Chinook. Anglers in possession of a valid two-pole endorsement may use up to two lines while fishing.

     (4) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line):

     Immediately through September 23 - Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling. Area 2 rules apply.

     (5) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 east of the Buoy 13 line):

     (a) Immediately through September 15 - Closed.

     (b) Open September 16 until further notice - Daily limit 3 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon and not more than two may be wild coho salmon. Release chum.

     (6) Catch Record Card Area 3: Open until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release wild coho.

     (7) Catch Record Card Area 4: Open until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum and wild coho salmon. Release Chinook salmon caught east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.

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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed 12:01 a.m. September 1, 2012:

WAC 232-28-62000R

Coastal salmon -- Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (12-192)