WSR 17-20-094
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 17-275—Filed October 3, 2017, 3:06 p.m., effective October 7, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: October 7, 2017.
Purpose: Amend recreational crab fishing rules in Puget Sound.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-330-04000B; and amending WAC 220-330-040.
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: This emergency rule is needed to reopen the recreational crab fishery in the specified marine areas and adjust the open days per week to allow for inclement winter weather. Available harvest shares allow the areas to be opened in this rule. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: October 3, 2017.
James B. Scott, Jr.
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-330-04000B CrabAreas and seasons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-330-040:
(1) Effective October 7 through December 31, 2017 it is permissible to fish for crab for personal use seven days a week in the following Marine Areas:
a) Marine Areas 4 east of the Tatoosh-Bonilla line
b) Marine Area 5
c) Marine Area 6
d) Marine Area 7
e) Marine Area 8-1
f) Marine Area 8-2
g) Marine Area 9, except the waters between the Hood Canal Bridge to a line connecting Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point.
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.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective January 1, 2018:
WAC 220-330-04000B
Crab—Areas and seasons.