WAC | Rule Title or Subject | Agency Contact | Tentative Timeline | ||||
CR-101 | CR-102 CR-105 | CR-103 | Short Description | ||||
220-500 | Collection of wildlife parts | Scott Bird Scott.bird@dfw.wa.gov | August 1, 2021 | Amend rules to prohibit the collection of shed animal parts on Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW) lands or public lands. | |||
Title 220 | Consolidating hearing rules into one chapter | Scott Bird Scott.bird@dfw.wa.gov | January 23, 2019 | To better inform the public and satisfy the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act under chapter 34.05 RCW, WDFW needs to consolidate and clarify its administrative hearing rules into one chapter. | |||
220-200-100 and 220-610-010 | Periodic status review: Columbia white tailed deer and Cascade red fox | Heather Bonagofski Heather.bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | August 30, 2022 | December 20, 2022 | ~February 2023 | Reclassify the Columbian white-tailed deer to sensitive or threatened. Classify the Cascade red fox as endangered. | |
220-200-100 and 220-610-010 | Periodic status review: White Pelican | Heather Bonagofski Heather.bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | January 2023 | ~March 2023 | Reclassify the white pelican to sensitive. | ||
220-415 | 2023 Hunting season | Heather Bonagofski Heather.bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | November 29, 2022 | February 15, 2023 | April 2023 | WDFW is considering rule changes for annual hunting regulations. This year's rule-making decision has been delegated to the director. | |
Title 220 | Fish passage | Gabrielle Stilwater Gabrielle.stilwater@dfw.wa.gov | June 17, 2020 | ~April 2023 | ~June 2023 | Implement the Fishways, flow, and screening statute (chapter 77.57 RCW), and 2019 ESHB 1109 (chapter 415, Laws of 2019). | |
220-220-010, 220-220-020, 220-310-020, 220-413-020, 220-413-100, 220-416-060 | WDFW mobile licensing and catch cards | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | January 12, 2023 | ~March 2023 | April 2023 | Revisions will clarify the process for possession and compliance with licensing and harvest reporting requirements through the use of both paper or electronic mobile documentation. | |
220-660-050 | Fish habitat enhancement project hydraulic project approvals (HPA) | Theresa Nation theresa.nation@dfw.wa.gov | February 2023 | April 2023 | Amendments to incorporate SSB 5381 regarding HPA permitting of fish habitat enhancement projects. | ||
220-358-060 | Commercial eulachon fishing | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | August 2, 2022 | October 19, 2022 | February 2023 | Amend commercial eulachon fishing regulations. | |
220-330-110, 220-330-140, 220-340-130, 220-340-170 | Recreational clam and oyster seasons (2023); updates to oyster drill and European green crab restricted areas | Camille Speck Camille.Speck@dfw.wa.gov Chris Eardley Christopher.Eardley@dfw.wa.gov | October or early November 2022 | January 18, 2023 | ~March 2023 | Amend recreational clam and oyster seasons and oyster drill and European green crab restricted areas (both delegated for director's approval). | |
220-352-245 | Guide logbook | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | August 2, 2022 | October 19, 2022 | February 2023 | Amend rules regarding reporting requirements for freshwater game fish guide. | |
220-314-020 | Coastal recreational bottomfish 2023 | Lorna Wargo Lorna.Wargo@dfw.wa.gov | ~January 2023 | ~March 2023 | Amend rules affecting the coastal recreational bottomfish fishery so that it is consistent with regulations adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council. | ||
220-340-430 and 220-330-020 | Coastal Dungeness crab line marking and electronic monitoring | Heather Hall heather.hall@dfw.wa.gov | May 3, 2023 | June 21, 2023 | October 9, 2023 | Amend rules regarding line marking requirements for the coastal commercial Dungeness crab fishery and require electronic monitoring components be operational on all coastal commercial crab vessels. Amend rules to allow experimental gear testing in the coastal recreational Dungeness crab fishery when authorized under a permit issued by the director. | |
220-353-050 | Commercial fixed gear rockfish landings condition | Whitney Roberts Whitney.Roberts@dfw.wa.gov | December 7, 2022 | ~February 2023 | ~March 2023 | Amend rule to add certain bottomfish to the list of commercially taken species that are permitted to be possessed, transported through the waters of the state, and landed in the dressed condition. | |
220-200-160, 220-200-170, 220-200-180, 220-200-190 | Special use permits | Katherine Waldrop katherine.waldrop@dfw.wa.gov | May 3, 2022 | ~February 2023 | ~March 2023 under director | Amendments to existing rules and establishing new rules associated with program modifications and accessibility permits for hunters and fishers with disabilities. | |
220-450 | Dog aversion training | Heather Bonagofski Heather.bonagofski@dfw.wa.go[v] | December 8, 2020 | HOLD | Rule changes to govern the for-profit use of specific wildlife species for dog aversion training. | ||
200-500 | Recreational easements on private land | Heather Bonagofski Heather.bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | August 30, 2022 | January 18, 2023 | ~March 2023 | Director decision scheduled for February. | |
220-440-210 | Black bear timber damage depredation permits | Heather Bonagofski Heather.bonagofski@dfw.wa.gov | February 28, 2019 | Holding until the small business economic impact statement has been contracted and finished. | |||
220-370 | Amend aquaculture regulations | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | March 30, 2018 | ||||
220-610-010 and 220-200-100 | Periodic status review, gray wolf | Julia Smith julia.smith@dfw.wa.gov | October 1, 2018 | ~May 2023 | Periodic status review for the gray wolf. | ||
220-354 | North of Falcon coastal commercial fisheries | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | January 10, 2023 | ~May 2023 | ~June 2023 | Amendments resulting from stakeholder recommendations made during the 2023 North of Falcon process. | |
220-354 | North of Falcon Puget Sound commercial fisheries | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | January 10, 2023 | ~May 2023 | ~June 2023 | Amendments resulting from stakeholder recommendations made during the 2023 North of Falcon process. | |
220-312 and 220-313 | North of Falcon recreational fisheries | Kelly Henderson Kelly.Henderson@dfw.wa.gov | January 10, 2023 | ~May 2023 | ~June 2023 | Amendments resulting from stakeholder recommendations made during the 2023 North of Falcon process. |