WSR 01-17-073

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 01-170 -- Filed August 16, 2001, 9:20 a.m. , effective August 18, 2001, 8:00 p.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: August 15, 2001.

     Purpose: Personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000V; and amending WAC 220-56-330.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

     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: Crab hard shell condition meets the criteria for harvest in all marine areas, except the Dungeness Bay area described above. Day restrictions are needed to stay within state/tribal allocations. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 18, 2001, 8:00 p.m.

August 15, 2001

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-33000W   Crab -- Areas and seasons.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330, it is lawful to fish for crab for personal us in Puget Sound in all Marine Areas except as provided below:

     (1) Effective 8:00 p.m. August 18, 2001 until further notice it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use in that portion of Marine Area 6 west of a line from the Dungeness Spit Lighthouse to the Port Williams boat ramp.

     (2) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for crab for personal use on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in Marine Area 12 and that portion of Marine Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point.

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     Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
REPEALER


     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 8:00 p.m. August 18, 2001:


WAC 220-56-33000V Crab -- Areas and seasons. (01-154)

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