WSR 19-16-089
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 19-179—Filed August 1, 2019, 11:39 a.m., effective August 1, 2019, 11:39 a.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amends recreational Puget Sound salmon rules.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000E and 220-313-06000F; 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: This rule is needed to close the waters of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Olele Point to Foulweather Bluff while Chinook retention is allowed in the remaining portion of Marine Area 9. This conservation measure is needed to comply with measures agreed to with comanagers at the North of Falcon proceedings. This emergency rule also covers other Puget Sound areas for permanent rules agreed to at the North of Falcon proceedings until those 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 1, 2019.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000FPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-313-060, effective immediately:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 6: Immediately through August 12, 2019:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(b) Release chum, wild Chinook and wild coho.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 7:
(d) Immediately through August 12: Closed.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 9:
(a) Immediately through August 3, 2019:
(i) Waters of Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point: Closed to fishing for salmon.
(ii) Daily limit of 2 salmon of which one may be a hatchery Chinook.
(iii) Release wild Chinook, chum, and wild coho.
(b) August 4 through August 12, 2019
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon;
(ii) Release Chum, wild coho, and Chinook
(4) Catch Record Card Area 10: Immediately through August 12, 2019:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook salmon.
(b) Release chum and wild Chinook.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 11: Immediately through August 12, 2019:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon of which one may be a hatchery Chinook.
(b) Release wild Chinook.
(c) Fishing for salmon from a vessel is prohibited Thursdays and Fridays of each week.
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:
WAC 220-313-06000E | Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (19-173) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed August 13, 2019:
WAC 220-313-06000F | Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. |