WSR 19-24-035
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 19-297—Filed November 25, 2019, 3:35 p.m., effective November 26, 2019]
Effective Date of Rule: November 26, 2019.
Purpose: Amend Puget Sound commercial salmon fishery rules.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-354-16000B, 220-354-16000C and 220-354-12000U; and amending WAC 220-354-160 and 220-354-120.
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 close commercial purse seine and gillnet salmon fisheries in Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B beginning November 26, 2019. In season observations indicate lower than normal chum returns to this date. These conservation measures are necessary to ensure that hatchery broodstock and escapement goals are met. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: November 25, 2019.
Nate Pamplin
for Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-354-16000CPuget Sound salmon—Gillnet—Open periods.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-354-160, effective November 26 through December 6, 2019:
Areas | Open Periods |
7B: | Closed | 11/26 – 11/29 12/2 – 12/6 |
Note: That portion of Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B east of a line from Post Point to the flashing red light at the west entrance to Squalicum Harbor, (the Whatcom Creek Hatchery Zone), is closed to gillnets.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-354-12000UPuget Sound salmon—Purse seine—Open periods.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-354-160, effective November 26 through December 6, 2019:
Areas | Open Periods |
7B: | Closed | 11/26 – 11/29 12/2 – 12/6 |
Note: That portion of Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B east of a line from Post Point to the flashing red light at the west entrance to Squalicum Harbor, (the Whatcom Creek Hatchery Zone), is closed to purse seines.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective November 26, 2019:
WAC 220-354-16000B | Puget Sound salmon—Gillnet—Open periods. (19-288) |
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed effective December 7, 2019:
WAC 220-354-12000U | Puget Sound salmon—Purse seine—Open periods. |
WAC 220-354-16000C | Puget Sound salmon—Gillnet—Open periods. |