[Order 20-159—Filed August 13, 2020, 12:13 p.m., effective August 13, 2020, 12:13 p.m.]

Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.

Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is a matter of housekeeping. WSR 20-17-008 unintentionally opened salmon fishing in the waters Catch Record Card Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point. This rule is needed to close those waters.

Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000U and 220-313-06000W; 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 a matter of housekeeping. The previous filing of this emergency rule WSR 20-17-008, unintentionally opened a portion of Catch Record Card Area 9 that was intended to be closed to salmon fishing per the North of Falcon List of Agreed to Fisheries, through August 15, 2020. It is needed to clarify the portion of Area 9 that is intended to be open as those waters of Area 9 north of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point and that waters of Marine Area 9 south of said line are to remain closed by permanent rule.

Immediate adoption of this rule is necessary for the preservation of public health, safety, or general welfare. Observing the requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 13, 2020.

WAC 220-313-06000WPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.

Effective immediately through September 30, 2020, the following provisions of WAC 220-313-060 regarding salmon seasons for Marine Areas 9, 10, and 11 shall be modified as described below. All other provisions of WAC 220-313-060 not addressed herein, or unless otherwise amended by emergency rule, remain in effect:

(1) Catch Record Card Area 9: Waters of Area 9 north of a line from Foulwether Bluff to Olele Point: Effective immediately through August 15, 2020: Salmon; Chinook minimum size 22 inches. Other salmon species no minimum size. Daily limit 2. Release wild Chinook, chum, and wild coho.

(2) Catch Record Card Area 10:

(a) Entire Area except East Elliot Bay Fishery: Effective immediately through August 31, 2020: Salmon; Chinook minimum size 22 inches. Other salmon species no minimum size. Daily limit 2. Release wild Chinook and chum.

(b) East Elliot Bay Fishery, waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from Duwamish Head to Pier 91 up to the mouth of the Duwamish River (an east-west line through the southernmost tip of Harbor Island): Effective August 14 through 12:00 p.m. (noon) August 17, 2020: Salmon; Chinook minimum size 22 inches. Other salmon species no minimum size. Daily limit 2. Release chum.

(3) Catch Record Card Area 11: Effective immediately through September 30, 2020: Salmon; Chinook minimum size 22 inches. Other salmon species no minimum size. Daily limit 2. Release wild Chinook.

Reviser's note: The spelling 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.

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective immediately:

Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (20-153)

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective October 1, 2020:

Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (20-159)