WSR 15-11-018 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-112—Filed May 11, 2015, 1:36 p.m., effective May 11, 2015, 1:36 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-620.
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 department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans agreed-to with resource comanagers at the North of Falcon proceedings. These emergency rules are necessary to comply with agreed-to management plans, and are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: May 11, 2015.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62000J Coastal salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-620, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to violate the provisions below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1:
(a) Effective immediately through May 29: Closed.
(b) From May 30 through June 12: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon, release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) From June 13 until further notice: Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon, release wild coho.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2:
(a) Effective immediately through May 29: Closed.
(b) From May 30 through June 12: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon, release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) From June 13 until further notice: Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon, release wild coho.
(3) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1):
(a) Effective immediately through May 29: Closed.
(b) From May 30 through July 15: Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling; Area 2 rules apply.
(4) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 west of Buoy 13 line):
(a) Effective immediately through May 29: Closed.
(b) From May 30 until further notice: Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling; Area 2 rules apply.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 3:
(a) Effective immediately through May 29: Closed, except open May 15-16, and May 22-23. When open, daily limit of 2 salmon, release coho and wild Chinook.
(b) From May 30 through June 12: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon, plus two additional pink salmon, release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) From June 13 until further notice: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon, release wild coho.
(6) Catch Record Card Area 4:
(a) Effective immediately through May 29: Closed, except open May 15-16, and May 22-23. When open, daily limit of 2 salmon, release coho and wild Chinook.
(b) Form May 30 through June 12: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon, plus two additional pink salmon, release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) From June 13 until further notice:
(i) Open; daily limit of 2 salmon, release wild coho.
(ii) The waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock are closed through July 31.
(iii) The waters south of a line from Kydaka Point to Shipwreck Point are closed.
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. |