WSR 24-18-089
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 24-169—Filed August 30, 2024, 11:21 a.m., effective September 3, 2024]
Effective Date of Rule: September 3, 2024.
Purpose: The purpose of this emergency rule is reduce the salmon daily limit in Catch Record Card Area 8-2.
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 reduce daily salmon limits in Catch Record Card Area 8-2. The coho catch in August has greatly exceeded the preseason projected catch for the entire month. Even larger catches are expected in the September marine and freshwater sport fisheries. The daily retention limit is being reduced to allow the fishery to continue without putting other fisheries or attainment of conservation objectives at risk. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 30, 2024.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000EPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Effective September 3 through September 24, 2024, salmon rules for Catch Record Card Area 8-2, except the Tulalip Terminal Area (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) and Tulalip Bay (waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point), 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:
Catch Record Card Area 8-2, except the Tulalip Terminal Area and Tulalip Bay:
Salmon: Daily limit 1. Release Chinook and chum.