Subject of Possible Rule Making: Amendments to Washington department of fish and wildlife's (WDFW) coastal commercial salmon fishing rules, resulting from the 2022 North of Falcon recommendations.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Coastal commercial salmon fishing rules are based on North of Falcon recommendations that change from year to year to reflect resource availability and to achieve conservation goals. Amendments to coastal commercial salmon fishing rules are needed to implement the agreed upon changes.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries and the National Marine Fisheries Service. These agencies, as well as WDFW, the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, and the Pacific Salmon Commission, all provide input and take part in the North of Falcon meetings and recommendations.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Kelly Henderson, phone 855-925-2801 project code 3643, email 2022NOFCoastalCommercial101@PublicInput.com, website https://publicinput.com/2022NOFCoastalCommercial101, background https://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/management/north-falcon; or Barbara McClellan, 48 Devonshire Road, Montesano, WA 98563, phone 360-249-1213, fax 360-249-1229, email Barbara.Mcclellan@dfw.wa.gov.

Additional comments: Assistance for language translation, alternate format or reasonable accommodation: Contact Title VI/ADA compliance coordinator, phone 360-902-2349, TTY 1-800-833-6388 or 711, email Title6@dfw.wa.gov. For more information, see https://wdfw.wa.gov/accessibility/requests-accommodation.