WSR 18-11-048 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-93—Filed May 9, 2018, 3:26 p.m., effective June 16, 2018] Effective Date of Rule: June 16, 2018. Purpose: Amends recreational fishing rules for the Skagit River. Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-312-04000I; and amending WAC 220-312-040. 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: This emergency rule is needed because the department of fish and wildlife 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 necessary to comply with agreed-to management plans, and is interim until permanent rules take effect. 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 Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1. Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 9, 2018. Joe Stohr Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-04000I Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-04000E and WAC 220-312-040, effective June 16, 2018:
Skagit River, from the Highway 536 Bridge at Mt. Vernon to the mouth of Gilligan Creek:
(a) Salmon open June 16 through July 15, 2018:
(i) Daily limit 3, minimum length 12 inches.
(ii) Release all salmon other than sockeye.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective July 16, 2018:
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. | ||||