WSR 15-14-054 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-190—Filed June 25, 2015, 10:54 a.m., effective July 5, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: July 5, 2015.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-52-040.
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: The weekly landing limit and period is necessary to mitigate handling mortality from sorting soft shelled crab and provide for an orderly fishery. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 25, 2015.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-04000E Coastal crab fishery—Weekly trip limits
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-040:
(1) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful for any person licensed to fish under a Dungeness crab-coastal fishery license to possess or land crab in excess of 2,500 pounds taken during each of the following coastal crab accounting periods:
July 5 – July 11, 2015
July 12 – July 18, 2015
July 19 – July 25, 2015
July 26 – August 1, 2015
August 2 – August 8, 2015
August 9 – August 15, 2015
August 16 – August 22, 2015
August 23 – August 29, 2015
August 30 – September 5, 2015
September 6 – September 12, 2015
September 13 – September 15, 2014
(2) Any crab taken prior to July 5, 2015, and not landed before 11:59 p.m. July 4, 2015, become part of the July 5 through July 11, 2015 accounting period catch.
(3) It is unlawful for any person taking crab under subsection (1) of this section to fish for crab during any accounting period while having on board any crab taken in a different accounting period.
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. |