WSR 25-11-069
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 25-86—Filed May 20, 2025, 7:59 a.m., effective May 20, 2025, 7:59 a.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: This emergency rule is needed to open salmon seasons in the Tulalip Terminal Area and Marine Area 13.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-313-06000M; and amending WAC 220-313-060.
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 necessary to set salmon seasons for the Tulalip Terminal Area as agreed [to] during the North of Falcon season setting process. These rules are interim until permanent rules are in place. This rule also opens salmon seasons in Marine Area 13 following receipt of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's 2025-2026 biological opinion authorizing Puget Sound salmon fisheries by repealing the emergency closure.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 20, 2025.
Kelly Susewind
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-313-06000NPuget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Effective May 23 through September 1, 2025, salmon rules for Catch Record Card Area 8-2 Tulalip Terminal Area shall be modified as described in this section. All other provisions of WAC 220-313-060 not addressed in this section, or unless otherwise amended by emergency rule, remain in effect:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 8-2; the Tulalip Terminal Area:
(a) Tulalip Terminal Area is defined as: Waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point and not including waters east of a line drawn from Mission Point to Hermosa Point.
(b) Salmon:
(i) Open from 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 a.m. Monday each week, except closed June 21;
(ii) Daily limit 2. Release chum and pink.
REPEALER
The following section of Washington Administrative Code is repealed, effective immediately:
WAC 220-313-06000N | Puget Sound salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits. (25-78) |