Effective Date of Rule: April 19, 2006, 8:00 a.m.

     Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-04600M; and amending WAC 220-52-046.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.240.

     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: Negotiated season provide for this increased area of harvest opportunity. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: April 14, 2006.

J. P. Koenings

Director

Quinault:

     Effective 8:00 a.m. April 19, 2006 it is unlawful for any person or vessel that is designated on a Coastal Dungeness Crab License to deploy, maintain, operate, or control more than 100 pots per license within the following area, except as otherwise prohibited (see below), defined by the following coordinates:

•	Northeast Corner (Raft River):	47°.28.00 N - 124° 20.70 W
•	Northwest Corner:	47°.28.00 N - 124°33.00 W
•	Southwest Corner:	47°08.00 N - 124°23.50 W
•	Southeast Corner (Copalis River):	47°08.00 N - 124°11.20 W

     Prior to any person deploying crab pots within this area, the license holder must register with the Department of Fish and Wildlife.

     Within the area defined above, it is unlawful for any person to fish for Dungeness crab in the area described as the area shoreward of the 20-fathom depth curve from the Quinault River to the Copalis River as defined by the following coordinates:

•	Northeast Corner (Quinault River):	47°21.00 N - 124°18.00 W
•	Northwest Corner:	47°21.00 N - 124°27.00 W
•	Southwest Corner:	47°08.00 N - 124°19.00 W
•	Southeast Corner: (Copalis River):	47°08.00 N - 124°11.20 W

Quileute:

     Closed until 8:00 a.m. May 1, 2006. Effective 8:00 a.m. May 1 through 7:59 a.m. June 1, 2006 it is unlawful for any person or vessel that is designated on a Coastal Dungeness Crab license to deploy, maintain, operate, or control more than 100 pots per license within the area described as the area shoreward of a line approximating the 30-fathom depth curve between Destruction Island and Cape Johnson defined by the following coordinates:

•	Northeast Corner (Cape Johnson):	47º58.00 N - 124º40.40 W
•	Northwest Corner:	47º58.00 N - 124º49.00 W
•	Southwest Corner:	47º40.50 N - 124º40.50 W
•	Southeast Corner (Destruction Island):	47º40.50 N - 124º24.43 W

[]

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 8:00 a.m. April 19, 2006:

WAC 220-52-04600M

Coastal crab seasons. (Order 06-51)

© Washington State Code Reviser's Office