WSR 98-17-054
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 98-162--Filed August 14, 1998, 3:10 p.m., effective August 15, 1998, 12:01 a.m.]
Date of Adoption: August 13, 1998.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-32500U; and amending WAC 220-56-325.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
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: These regulations are needed to ensure an orderly fishery, manage within court-ordered sharing requirements, and to ensure conservation. There is insufficient time to promulgate 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule: August 15, 1998, 12:01 a.m.
August 13, 1998
Mike Kuttel
for Bern Shanks
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-32500V Shrimp - Areas and seasons. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-325 and WAC 220-56-310, effective 12:01 a.m. August 15, 1998:
(1) It is unlawful to fish for or possess spot shrimp taken for personal use from Catch Record Card Areas 8-1 and 8-2, that portion of Catch Record Card Area 9 south and east of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Double Bluff, Catch Record Card Area 10, and Shrimp District one (waters south of a line from McMurdy Point on the Quimper Peninsula to the northern tip of Protection Island then to Rocky Point on the Miller Peninsula and all waters of Discovery Bay). All spot shrimp taken in the above described waters must be returned immediately to the water unharmed.
(2) It is lawful to fish for and possess all species of shrimp taken for personal use in Shrimp District three (port Angeles Harbor inside Ediz Hook west of a line from the tip of Ediz Hook to the ITT Rayonier Dock) except that:
(a) Spot shrimp may be retained on Saturdays only as part of the personal daily limit of ten pounds of shrimp. Spot shrimp caught on all other days must be returned immediately to the water unharmed.
(b) There is no minimum size for spot shrimp in Shrimp District three.
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REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 11:59 p.m. August 14, 1998:
WAC 220-56-32500U Shrimp--Areas and seasons. (98-145)