WSR 16-16-112 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 16-191—Filed August 2, 2016, 4:16 p.m., effective August 5, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: August 5, 2016.
Purpose: Amend Puget Sound saltwater recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62100F; 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: Preliminary estimates indicate that landed catch of Chinook in Marine Area 9 will exceed the preseason expectations without modification to the fishery. This emergency rule is needed to close the recreational salmon fishery to control impacts on stocks of concern and ensure compliance with conservation objectives and agreed-to management plans. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 2, 2016.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62100G Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-621: effective August 5, 2016, until further notice:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 5: Immediately through August 15: release coho. August 16 until further notice: closed.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 6: Immediately through August 15: release coho. August 16 until further notice: closed.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 7: Immediately until further notice: release coho.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 8-1: Closed.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 8-2: Closed, except in Tulalip Bay. Tulalip Bay: release coho and wild Chinook.
(6) Catch Record Card Area 9: Closed to fishing for salmon through August 15, except Edmonds Public Fishing Pier: Daily limit of 2 salmon. No more than 1 may be a Chinook. Release coho. Release chum through August 15, 2016.
(7) Catch Record Card Area 10: Immediately through August 15: 2 salmon limit; no more than one may be a Chinook; release coho, chum and wild Chinook. August 16 until further notice: closed. Sinclair Inlet: Immediately until further notice: 3 salmon limit; release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(8) Catch Record Card Area 11: Immediately through August 31: release coho. September 1 until further notice: closed.
(9) Catch Record Card Area 12 (north of Ayock Point): Immediately through August 15: closed. August 16 until further notice: 4 salmon limit; release chum and Chinook.
(10) Catch Record Card Area 12 (south of Ayock Point): Immediately until further notice: 4 hatchery Chinook may be harvested as part of the daily limit.
(11) Catch Record Card Area 13: Immediately through August 31: release coho. September 1 until further notice: closed.
(12) Year-round Piers (Edmonds Public Fishing Pier, Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest Pier, Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier, Redondo Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, Fox Island Public Fishing Pier): Immediately through August 31: release coho. September 1 until further notice: closed.
(13) Year-round Piers located in Sinclair Inlet (Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk, Illahee State Park): release wild coho.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 5, 2016:
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