PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: July 21, 2000.
Purpose: Adopt personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-235 and 220-56-250.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Section 7, chapter 107, Laws of 2000.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-10-038 on April 25, 2000.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
August 3, 2000
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff P. Koenings
Director
OTS-4263.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 00-29, filed 3/29/00,
effective 5/1/00)
WAC 220-56-235
Possession limits--Bottomfish.
It is unlawful for any person to take in any day more than the following quantities of bottomfish for personal use. The possession limit at any time shall not exceed the equivalent of two daily limits in fresh, frozen or processed form. Unless otherwise provided bottomfish fishing is open the entire year.
(1) Coastal (Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4):
(a) Lingcod - ((2)) 1 fish minimum length 24 inches.
(b) Rockfish - 10 fish of which no more than 2 may be canary rockfish and no more than 2 may be yelloweye rockfish.
(c) Surfperch (excluding shiner perch) - 15 fish.
(d) Wolfeel - 2 fish east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.
(e) Cabezon - 2 fish east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line.
(f) All other species - no limit.
(2) Inner Puget Sound (Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13):
(a) Catch Record Card Areas 5 and 6 - 15 fish in the aggregate of all species and species groups of bottomfish, which may include no more than:
| Rockfish | 1 fish | ||
| Surfperch | 10 fish | ||
| Pacific cod | 2 fish | ||
| Pollock | 2 fish | ||
| Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | ||
| Lingcod | 1 fish | ||
| Wolf-eel | 2 fish | ||
| Cabezon | 2 fish | ||
| Pacific hake | 2 fish |
| Rockfish | 1 fish | ||
| Surfperch | 10 fish | ||
| Pacific cod | 2 fish | ||
| Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | ||
| Lingcod | 1 fish | ||
| Wolf-eel | 0 fish | ||
| Cabezon | 2 fish | ||
| Pollock | 2 fish | ||
| Pacific hake | 2 fish |
| Rockfish | 1 fish | ||
| Surfperch | 10 fish | ||
| Pacific cod | 0 fish | ||
| Pollock | 0 fish | ||
| Flatfish (except halibut) | 15 fish | ||
| Lingcod | 1 fish | ||
| Wolf-eel | 0 fish | ||
| Cabezon | 2 fish | ||
| Pacific hake | 0 fish |
(e) The daily limit taken by spear fishing may include no more than one lingcod. There is no size restriction on the one lingcod allowed in the daily limit if taken by spear fishing.
(f) It is unlawful to retain cabezon taken from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 from December 1 through April 30.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-235, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00; 99-15-081 (Order 99-102), § 220-56-235, filed 7/20/99, effective 8/20/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-15-032 (Order 98-119), § 220-56-235, filed 7/7/98, effective 8/7/98; 97-07-078 (Order 97-53), § 220-56-235, filed 3/19/97, effective 5/1/97; 96-05-004 (Order 96-13), § 220-56-235, filed 2/9/96, effective 5/1/96; 95-04-066 (Order 95-10), § 220-56-235, filed 1/30/95, effective 5/1/95; 94-14-069, § 220-56-235, filed 7/1/94, effective 8/1/94; 93-08-034 (Order 93-20), § 220-56-235, filed 3/31/93, effective 5/1/93; 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-235, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-235, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 90-06-026, § 220-56-235, filed 2/28/90, effective 3/31/90; 89-07-060 (Order 89-12), § 220-56-235, filed 3/16/89; 88-10-013 (Order 88-15), § 220-56-235, filed 4/26/88; 85-09-017 (Order 85-20), § 220-56-235, filed 4/9/85; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-235, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-235, filed 3/17/83; 80-07-017 (Order 80-45), § 220-56-235, filed 6/11/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-235, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]
It is unlawful to take, fish for or possess lingcod for personal use except during the seasons and within the areas herein provided:
(1) Coastal area (a) Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 3 - ((open the entire year)) April 1 through September 30, (b) Catch
Record Card Area 4 - April 16 through ((November)) September 30.
(2) Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 - May 1 through June 15 by angling and May 21 through June 15 by spear fishing.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080, 77.12.040. 00-08-038 (Order 00-29), § 220-56-250, filed 3/29/00, effective 5/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 92-11-012 (Order 92-19), § 220-56-250, filed 5/12/92, effective 6/12/92; 91-08-054 (Order 91-13), § 220-56-250, filed 4/2/91, effective 5/3/91; 89-10-032 (Order 89-26), § 220-56-250, filed 4/27/89; 84-09-026 (Order 84-22), § 220-56-250, filed 4/11/84; 83-07-043 (Order 83-16), § 220-56-250, filed 3/17/83; 82-07-047 (Order 82-19), § 220-56-250, filed 3/18/82; 80-07-017 (Order 80-45), § 220-56-250, filed 6/11/80; 80-03-064 (Order 80-12), § 220-56-250, filed 2/27/80, effective 4/1/80.]