WSR 18-18-010
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-210—Filed August 23, 2018, 4:29 p.m., effective August 23, 2018, 4:29 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amends recreational coastal saltwater salmon rules.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-07000H; and amending WAC 220-313-070.
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: Sufficient quota remains for both Chinook and coho in Catch Area 2 to open salmon fishing seven days per week and to include two Chinook in the daily limit. These rules are adopted at the recommendation of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 23, 2018.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-07000ICoastal salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-313-070, 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) Immediately until further notice: Closed.
(b) Closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 during all open periods. See WAC 220-313-020.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2:
(a) Immediately through September 3:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho.
(iii) The Grays Harbor Control Zone is closed. Grays Harbor Control Zone – The area defined by a line drawn from the Westport Lighthouse (46°53.18'N latitude, 124°07.01'W longitude) to Buoy #2 (46°52.42'N latitude, 124°12.42'W longitude) to Buoy #3 (46°55.00'N latitude, 124°14.48'W longitude) to the Grays Harbor north jetty (46°55.36'N latitude, 124°10.51'W longitude).
(b) September 4 until further notice - Closed.
(3) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1):
(a) Immediately until further notice:
(i) Daily limit of 6 salmon; no more than 3 may be adult salmon of which only 1 may be a coho.
(ii) Release wild Chinook.
(iii) The Willapa Bay Control Zone is closed. The Willapa Bay Control Zone area is defined as waters east of a line drawn from Leadbetter Point (46°39.20'N, 124°3.516'W) due west to 46°39.20'N, 124°5.3'W then due north to the westerly most landfall on Cape Shoalwater (46°44.66'N, 124°5.3'W) and west of a line drawn from Leadbetter Point (46°39.20'N, 124°3.516'W) through green marker 11 to landfall.
(iv) Anglers may fish with two poles provided they possess a valid two-pole endorsement.
(v) Waters north of a line from Toke Point channel marker 3 easterly through Willapa Harbor channel marker 13 (green) then, northeasterly to the power transmission pole located at 46°43.19'N, 123°50.83'W are closed through September 30.
(4) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 east of the Buoy 13 line):
(a) Immediately until further notice:
(i) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(ii) Release wild coho.
(iii) Waters south of a line running from the south end of the eastern jetty at Ocean Shores Marina to the fishing boundary marker on Sand Island (46°57.52'N, 124°03.36'W) to the Tripod Station on Brackenridge Bluff (46°59.12'N, 124°00.72'W) are closed.
(b) The Westport Boat Basin and Ocean Shores Boat Basin are open until further notice.
(i) Daily limit of 6 salmon; no more than 4 may be adult salmon.
(ii) Release Chinook.
(iii) Night closure and anti-snagging rule in effect.
(5) Grays Harbor (Catch Record Card Area 2-2 west of the Buoy 13 line):
(a) Immediately until further notice: Closed.
(6) Catch Record Card Area 3:
(a) Immediately through September 3:
(iv) Daily limit of 2 salmon.
(v) Release wild coho.
(b) September 4 until further notice: Closed.
(7) Catch Record Card Area 4:
(a) Immediately until further notice: Closed.
Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-313-07000H
Coastal salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (18-194)