WSR 14-12-021 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-123—Filed May 23, 2014, 4:56 p.m., effective May 23, 2014, 4:56 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000M; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 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: This emergency rule is needed to set the 2014 summer recreational crab fishery in waters of Puget Sound. Also, the season start date and weekly schedule in Marine Area 13 was adjusted to provide additional harvest opportunity in the summer months. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 23, 2014.
Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-33000M Crab—Areas and seasons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in Puget Sound in all waters of Marine Areas, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, except as provided below:
(1) Marine Area 13: Effective June 1, 2014, through 11:59 p.m. September 1, 2014, it is permissible to fish for crab seven days a week.
(2) Effective July 3 through September 1, 2014, it is permissible to fish for crab Thursdays through Mondays in Marine Area 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, and Areas 5, 6, 8-1, 8-2, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
(3) Effective July 17 through 11:59 p.m. September 29, 2014, it is permissible to fish for crab Thursdays through Mondays in those waters of Marine Area 7 south and west of a line projected from Village Point, Lummi Island, through the navigation buoy just east of Matia Island, thence to the buoy at Clements Reef, thence to the easternmost point of Patos Island, thence running along the northern shore of Patos Island to the westernmost point of Patos Island, thence due west to the international boundary and south of a line that extends from Point Francis on Portage Island, through the marker just north of Inati Bay on Lummi Island to Lummi Island.
(4) Effective August 15 through 11:59 p.m. September 29, 2014, it is permissible to fish for crab Thursdays through Mondays in those waters of Marine Area 7 north and east of a line projected from Village Point, Lummi Island through the navigation buoy just east of Matia Island thence to the buoy at Clements Reef thence to the easternmost point of Patos Island, running along the northern shoreline of Patos Island and from the westernmost point of Patos Island due west to the international boundary and north of a line that extends from Point Francis on Portage Island, through the marker just north of Inati Bay on Lummi Island to Lummi Island.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective September 30, 2014:
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