EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: November 12, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-23000C; and amending WAC 220-56-230.
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: Both lingcod and canary rockfish have been declared overfished species by the National Marine Fisheries Service. These rules are consistent with federal regulations. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
November 13, 2003, 12:01 a.m.
November 12, 2003
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) It is unlawful to fish for or possess bottomfish in those waters of Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4 outside of three miles.
(2) It is unlawful to retain Canary rockfish in those waters of Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative
Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. January 1, 2004:
| WAC 220-56-23000C | Bottomfish -- Closed areas. |