WSR 23-11-072
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 23-72—Filed May 16, 2023, 4:39 p.m., effective May 26, 2023]
Effective Date of Rule: May 26, 2023.
Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open salmon seasons in Catch Record Card Areas 8-2 and 10.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-313-060.
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 necessary to set salmon seasons in Catch Record Card Areas 8-2 and 10, agreed to with comanagers during the 2023 North of Falcon season setting process and as listed in the 2023 list of agreed fisheries.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 16, 2023.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000QPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Effective May 26 through September 4, 2023, the following provisions of WAC 220-313-060 regarding salmon seasons for the area of Catch Record Card Area 8-2 known as the Tulalip Terminal Area (defined herein); and effective June 1 through July 12, 2023, the following provisions of WAC 220-313-060 regarding salmon seasons for the section of Catch Record Card Area 10, 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 8-2; the Tulalip Terminal Area:
(a) Tulalip Terminal Area is defined as: Waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point and not including waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point.
(b) Salmon: Effective May 26 through September 4, 2023:
(i) Open from 12:00 a.m. Friday through 11:59 a.m. Monday each week, except closed June 10:
Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.
(ii) Closed from 12:00 p.m. Monday through 11:59 p.m. Thursday each week.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 10, except waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point, waters of Shilshole Bay southeast of a line from Meadow Point to West Point, Bremerton Boardwalk, Illahee State Park Pier, Seacrest Pier, and Waterman Pier:
Salmon: Effective June 1 through July 12, 2023: Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.