WSR 18-18-018
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-212—Filed August 24, 2018, 2:42 p.m., effective August 26, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: August 26, 2018.
Purpose: Amends recreational Puget Sound salmon rules.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000T; and amending WAC 220-313-060.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047.
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 to restrict the retention of Chinook salmon in Marine Area 11 because preliminary estimates indicate that anglers have harvested over ninety-five percent of the summer quota through August 23, 2018. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 24, 2018.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000UPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-313-060, the following rules apply effective August 26, 2018:
(1) Marine Area 5
(a) Open through September 30. Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum, Chinook and wild coho. 2 Additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(2) Marine Area 6
(a) Open through September 30, 2018: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum, Chinook and wild coho. 2 Additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit.
(3) Marine Area 7
(a) Open through September 3, 2018: Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release chum. 2 Additional sockeye salmon may be retained as part of the daily limit. Closed to salmon fishing in the Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca closure area described in WAC 220-313-020(7).
(b) Open September 4 through September 30, 2018:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release chum and Chinook.
(c) Closed to salmon fishing in Samish Bay area described in WAC 220-313-020(7).
(d) Waters of Bellingham Bay described in WAC 220-313-020(1): Open through September 30, 2018: Daily limit of 4 salmon; no more than 2 may be Chinook salmon.
(4) Marine Area 8-1
(a) Open through September 30, 2018: Daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook.
(5) Marine Area 8-2
(a) Open through September 23, 2018: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release Chinook.
(6) Marine Area 9
(a) Open through September 30, 2018: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release Chinook, chum and wild coho.
(b) Edmonds Fishing Pier: Open year-round. Daily limit of 2 salmon; No more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release chum from through September 30, 2018.
(7) Marine Area 10
(a) Open through August 31, 2018: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release chum and Chinook.
(b) Open September 1, 2018, until further notice: Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release Chinook. Release chum September 1 through September 15, 2018.
(c) Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point: Closed through August 31, except: In years ending in odd numbers: Those waters north of a line from Jack Block Park through the north tip of Harbor Island to shore northeast of the North Waterway (47°35.47'N, 122°20.58'W), open through August 31, 2018 from Friday through Sunday of each week only. Daily limit of 2. Release Chinook, chum and wild coho.
(d) Waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south of the Manette Bridge in Bremerton, south of a line true west from Battle Point, and west of a line drawn true south from Point White: Open through September 30, 2018. Daily limit of 3 salmon. Release wild Chinook and wild coho. Release chum through September 15, 2018.
(8) Marine Area 11
(a) Open through September 30, 2018: Daily limit 2 salmon. Release Chinook.
(b) Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier, Redondo Pier, and Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, open year-round: Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(9) Marine Area 12
(a) Open through September 30, 2018, in waters south of Ayock Point except waters listed in this subsection: Daily limit of 4 salmon. Release chum and wild Chinook.
(b) Waters within a 2,000-foot arc seaward of yellow buoys at the mouth of Finch Creek at Hoodsport Salmon Hatchery: Daily limit of 4 salmon. Release chum and wild Chinook. It is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken from these waters from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. 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.
(c) Waters north of a true east line from the mouth of Turner Creek to the Toandos Peninsula and south of a line true east of Broad Spit, open through August 31, 2018: Daily limit 4, no min. size. Release all salmon other than coho.
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 section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 26, 2018:
WAC 220-313-06000T
Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (18-203)