WSR 14-22-037 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-318—Filed October 28, 2014, 4:44 p.m., effective October 28, 2014, 4:44 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing for Puget Sound salmon.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-47-31100J, 220-47-40100J and 220-47-41100B; and amending WAC 220-47-311, 220-47-401, and 220-47-411.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 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: The nontreaty share of chum in Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 7 and 7A is expected to be harvested by the date of this closure. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 3, Amended 0, Repealed 3.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: October 28, 2014.
Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-47-31100J Purse seine—Open periods.
Notwithstanding the provisions WAC 220-47-311, effective 1:00 p.m. October 29 through November 8, 2014, it is unlawful to fish for, or possess salmon taken for commercial purposes with purse seine gear in Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 7 and 7A.
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. NEW SECTION
WAC 220-47-40100J Reef nets—Open periods.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-47-401, effective midnight October 29 through November 8, 2014, it is unlawful to fish for, or possess salmon taken for commercial purposes with reef net gear in Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 7 and 7A.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-47-41100B Gillnet—Open periods.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-47-411, effective midnight October 29 through November 8, 2014, it is unlawful to fish for, or possess salmon taken for commercial purposes with gillnet gear in Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 7 and 7A.
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed effective 12:01 a.m. November 9, 2014:
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