WSR 24-11-145
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 24-75—Filed May 21, 2024, 5:09 p.m., effective May 24, 2024]
Effective Date of Rule: May 24, 2024.
Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is to open recreational salmon seasons in the Catch Record Card Area 8-2 Tulalip Terminal Area and Catch Record Card Area 11.
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 Area 8-2 Tulalip Terminal Area and Catch Record Card Area 11, as agreed to during the 2024 North of Falcon season setting process. These rules are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 21, 2024.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000VPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Effective immediately, through September 2, 2024, salmon rules for Catch Record Card Area 8-2 Tulalip Terminal Area and Catch Record Card Area 11, shall be modified as described herein. 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 24 through September 2, 2024:
(i) Open from 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 a.m. Monday each week, except closed June 1, 2024: Daily limit 2.
(ii) Closed from 12:00 p.m. Monday through 12:00 a.m. Friday each week.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 11, except year-round piers (Des Moines Pier, Les Davis Pier, and Point Defiance Boathouse Dock):
(a) Effective June 1 through June 4, 2024: Salmon: Closed.
(b) Effective June 5 through June 30, 2024:
(i) Salmon: Open Wednesdays through Saturdays only:
Daily limit 2 including no more than 1 hatchery Chinook. Release wild Chinook and chum.
(ii) Commencement Bay (east of a line from Cliff House Restaurant to Sperry Ocean Dock): Closed to fishing for or retention of salmon.