WSR 17-17-122 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-209—Filed August 21, 2017, 4:45 p.m., effective August 21, 2017, 4:45 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing. Purpose: Amends rules for Puget Sound recreational salmon fishery. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000H; and amending WAC 220-313-060. 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. This emergency rule is 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 Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 21, 2017. J. W. Unsworth Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000I Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-313-060, effective immediately until further notice, the following rules apply:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 5: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum, Chinook, and wild coho. No additional pink or sockeye salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 7: Excluding Bellingham Bay: Release coho. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 8-2:
(a) Tulalip Bay: Chinook and coho can be kept as part of the salmon daily limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(b) It is permissible to fish from shore in waters on Whidbey Island from Possession Point (Catch Record Card Area 8-2 and 9 border) north to the northern boundary of Possession Point Waterfront Park: Daily limit of 2 hatchery coho. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 9:
(a) Closed to salmon angling except it is permissible to fish from shore in Area 9 and waters south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum, Chinook, and wild coho. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(b) Closed to salmon angling east of a line from Teekalet Bluff extending north to a line with the intersection of NE Cliffside Road and Hood Canal Drive NE.
(c) Edmonds Fishing Pier is open year-round: Daily limit of 2 salmon. No more than one may be a Chinook. Coho may be kept as part of the daily salmon limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 10:
(a) Area 10 and Sinclair Inlet: No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(b) It is permissible to fish for salmon in free-flowing freshwaters downstream of Chico Creek mouth.
(c) Duwamish Waterway downstream from an east-west line through the southernmost tip of Harbor Island to a line extending from Jack Block Park through the northernmost tip of Harbor Island extending to shore northeast of the North Waterway (47°35.47'N, 122°20.58'W): Night closure, anti-snagging rule and only fish hooked inside the mouth may be retained.
(d) August 25 through August 27: those waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point to a line from Jack Block Park through the northernmost tip of Harbor Island extending to shore northeast of the North Waterway: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum, Chinook and wild coho. Bait is permitted and single-point hooks larger than one-half inch from the point to the shank may be used.
(e) Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest Pier, Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk and Illahee State Park Pier is open year-round: Daily limit of 2 salmon. No more than one may be a Chinook. Coho may be kept as part of the daily salmon limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(6) Catch Record Card Area 11:
(a) Coho can be kept as part of the daily limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(b) Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier, Redondo Pier and Point Defiance Boathouse Dock is open year-round: Daily limit of 2 salmon. No more than one may be a Chinook. Coho may be kept as part of the daily salmon limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(7) Catch Record Card Area 12 (south of Ayock Point): It is unlawful to fish from any Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery structure except persons with disabilities who permanently use a wheelchair and who have a designated harvester card under WAC 220-220-240 may fish from the ADA–access site at the Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery as long as persons follow all applicable department rules.
(8) Catch Record Card Area 13:
(a) Hatchery coho can be kept as part of the daily limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
(b) Fox Island Public Fishing Pier is open year-round: Daily limit of 2 salmon. No more than one may be a Chinook. Coho may be kept as part of the daily salmon limit. No additional pink salmon limit in addition to the daily limit.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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