WSR 21-16-102
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 21-138—Filed August 3, 2021, 3:38 p.m., effective August 6, 2021]
Effective Date of Rule: August 6, 2021.
Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open recreational salmon seasons in Catch Record Card Area 2, seven days per week.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealed WAC 220-313-07500B; and amending WAC 220-313-075.
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 expand recreational fishing opportunity by opening an additional two days of salmon fishing each week in Marine Area 2. Sufficient quota remains available to allow additional fishing opportunity while still meeting the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan goal of continuing recreational salmon fishing into September. These rules are also adopted at the recommendation of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and have been adopted for federal waters by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 3, 2021.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-07500CPacific Ocean salmon—Seasons—Closed areas.
Effective August 6 through September 15, 2021 the provisions of WAC 220-313-075 regarding recreational salmon seasons for Marine Areas 1 through 4 shall be as described below. All other provisions of WAC 220-313-075 not addressed herein remain in effect unless otherwise amended:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1:
Open immediately through September 15, 2021:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook.
(b) Release wild coho.
(c) Chinook minimum length 22 inches.
(d) Coho minimum length 16 inches.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2:
Open immediately through September 15, 2021:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook.
(b) Release wild coho.
(c) Chinook minimum length 22 inches.
(d) Coho minimum length 16 inches.
(e) Immediately through August 8, 2021 the Grays Harbor Control Zone is open. See WAC 220-306-040
(3) Catch Record Card Area 3:
Open immediately through September 15, 2021:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(b) Release wild coho.
(c) Chinook minimum length 24 inches.
(d) Coho minimum length 16 inches.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 4:
Open immediately through September 15, 2021:
(a) Daily limit of 2 salmon; no more than one may be a Chinook.
(b) Release wild coho and chum.
(c) Chinook minimum length 24 inches.
(d) Coho minimum length 16 inches.
(e) No chinook retention in waters east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.
REPEALER
The following section of Washington Administrative Code is repealed, effective August 6, 2021:
WAC 220-313-07500B | Pacific Ocean salmon—Seasons—Closed areas. (21-124) |