WSR 20-16-060
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 20-136—Filed July 28, 2020, 2:56 p.m., effective July 31, 2020]
Effective Date of Rule: July 31, 2020.
Purpose: The purpose of this rule is to close recreational Chinook harvest in Marine Area 5, beginning July 31, 2020.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000S and 220-313-06000T; and amending WAC 220-313-060.
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 close retention of Chinook in Marine Area 5 as Chinook encounters are expected to reach the preseason agreed to threshold of seven thousand thirty-two by the end of the day July 30, 2020. Current encounter estimates, as of July 26, 2020, are at six thousand six hundred sixty-two fish (ninety-five percent of threshold). Hatchery coho retention will remain open.
This rule also repeals emergency rules for Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing that were filed under WSR 20-14-031 as interim rules until such time as they became permanent. These rules became permanent July 26, 2020, under WSR 20-14-052.
Immediate adoption of this rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare. Observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
There is insufficient time to file 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 28, 2020.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000TPuget Sound salmonSaltwater seasons and daily limits.
Effective July 31 through August 15, 2020, the following provisions of WAC 220-313-060 regarding salmon seasons for Marine Area 5 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:
Catch Record Card Area 5: Daily limit 2. Release Chinook, chum, and wild coho.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective July 31, 2020:
WAC 220-313-06000S
Puget Sound salmonSaltwater seasons and daily limits. (20-115)
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 16, 2020:
WAC 220-313-06000T
Puget Sound salmonSaltwater seasons and daily limits. (20-136)