WSR 20-14-031
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 20-115—Filed June 24, 2020, 11:15 a.m., effective July 1, 2020]
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2020.
Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to adjust Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing seasons in Catch Record Card Areas 7, 8-1, 9, 10, and 11 to be consistent with the seasons developed during the 2020 North of Falcon (NOF) process.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-340-12000E; and amending WAC 220-340-120.
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 rule opens the Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing seasons, effective July 1, 2020, as developed and agreed to with the tribal comanagers during the 2020-2021 NOF process concluding in mid-April.
While the state's permanent rules were adopted on June 22, 2020, they do not go into effect until after these fisheries are scheduled to open. To maintain the general public welfare of pursuing these valuable opportunities, while remaining consistent with NOF conservation objectives, this emergency rule is needed to bridge the gap between the opening date of July 1, 2020, and the date the state's permanent rule becomes effective.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 24, 2020.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000SPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Effective July 1 through July 31, 2020, the following provisions of WAC 220-313-060 regarding salmon seasons for the Marine Areas 7, 8-1, 9, 10, and 11 shall be modified as described below. All other provisions of WAC 220-313-060 not addressed herein, or unless otherwise amended by emergency rule, remain in effect:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 7: July 1 through July 31, 2020: Daily limit 2, of which up to 1 may be a Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 8-1: July 1 through July 31. 2020: Closed.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 9: July 16 through July 31, 2020: Daily limit 2, of which up to 1 may be a Chinook. Release chum, wild coho, and wild Chinook.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 10:
(a) July 1 through July 15, 2020: Daily limit 2. Release Chinook and chum.
(b) July 16 through July 31, 2020: Daily limit 2, of which up to 1 may be a Chinook. Release chum and wild Chinook.
(c) East Elliot Bay: Waters of Elliott Bay between a line from Duwamish Head to Pier 91 up to the mouth of the Duwamish River including Harbor Island (Duwamish Waterways): July 29 through July 31, 2020: Daily limit 2. Release chum.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 11: July 1 through July 31, 2020: Daily limit 2, of which up to 1 may be a Chinook. Release wild Chinook.
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 August 1, 2020:
WAC 220-313-06000S | Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. |