PERMANENT RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 7, 2002.
Purpose: Adopt new personal use rules.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 02-10-124 on May 1, 2002.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
June 12, 2002
Debbie Nelson
for Russ Cahill, Chair
Fish and Wildlife Commission
OTS-5550.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-193
Closed season -- Endangered Species Act fish
classified as threatened.
(1) It is unlawful to fish for or
possess any fish listed as threatened in 50 C.F.R. §17.11,
pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act, unless fishing
for or possession of such fish is specifically allowed under
federal or state law.
(2) Each fish possessed in violation of this section shall be treated as a separate offense.
(3) Violation of this section is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree, unless such fish are taken in the amounts, place, or manner to constitute unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree, or unless such fish are designated as protected or endangered under state law.
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(2) Each fish possessed in violation of this section shall be treated as a separate offense.
(3) Violation of this section is punishable under RCW 77.15.380, unlawful recreational fishing in the second degree, unless such fish are taken in the amounts, place, or manner to constitute unlawful recreational fishing in the first degree, or unless such fish are designated as protected or endangered under state law.
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