WSR 14-16-024 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 14-181—Filed July 25, 2014, 10:48 a.m., effective August 1, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62000F; and amending WAC 232-28-620.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, 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: The department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans agreed to with resource comanagers at the North of Falcon proceedings. These emergency rules are necessary to comply with agreed to management plans, and are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 25, 2014.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62000F Coastal salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-620, effective August 1 through August 31, 2014, it is unlawful to violate the provisions below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1: Open until further notice: Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon, release wild coho.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2: Open until further notice: Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon, release wild coho.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 3: Open until further notice: daily limit of 2 salmon, release wild coho.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 4: Open until further notice: daily limit of 2 salmon, release wild coho. Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock are closed through July 31. Waters south of a line from Kydaka Point to Shipwreck Point are closed.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective September 1, 2014:
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