WSR 16-14-016 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 16-150—Filed June 24, 2016, 9:46 a.m., effective June 24, 2016, 9:46 a.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for Puget Sound.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62100D, 220-56-51000D and 232-28-62100E; and amending WAC 232-28-621.
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: An emergency rule is needed to reopen areas that had been closed to fishing. State and tribal fishery managers agreed to Puget Sound fishing seasons for 2016 and NOAA has approved the permit to allow salmon and steelhead fishing. Harvestable surplus is available for recreational fishing. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 24, 2016.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62100E Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-621, effective immediately through June 30, 2016, it is unlawful to violate the provisions below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect.
(1) Tulalip Terminal Area Fishery (Catch Record Card Area 8-2): release coho and wild Chinook.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 11: release coho.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 13: release coho.
(4) Sinclair Inlet Year-round piers (Catch Record Card Area 10): release wild coho.
(5) Year-round piers (Catch Record Card Area 9, 10, 11, 13), excluding Sinclair Inlet year-round piers: release coho.
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed::
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective July 1, 2016:
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. | ||||||||||