WSR 17-03-058 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-05—Filed January 10, 2017, 11:19 a.m., effective January 10, 2017, 11:19 a.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amends recreational salmon rules for Puget Sound.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62100P and 232-28-62100Q; 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: Washington department of fish and wildlife and tribal comanagers agreed to a limited number of Chinook encounters retaining or releasing fish that anglers are allowed in Marine Areas 7 through 10. Marine Area 9 preliminary estimates indicate that there is a high risk of reaching the allowable limit of total Chinook encounters prior to the scheduled end of the season. This emergency rule is needed to modify these fisheries to stay within the agreed to number of encounters and increasing the possibility of providing season-long fisheries which will provide additional angling opportunity. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: January 10, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62100R Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-621, it is unlawful to violate the provisions below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect.
(1) Marine Areas 7: Effective immediately until further notice:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon, no more than 1 Chinook. Release coho and wild Chinook.
(2) Marine Areas 8-1 and 8-2: Effective immediately until further notice:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon, no more than 1 Chinook. Release coho and wild Chinook.
(3) Marine Area 9: Effective immediately until further notice:
(a) Closed.
(4) Marine Area 10: Effective immediately until further notice:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon, no more than 1 Chinook. Release coho and wild Chinook.
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. REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
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