EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 13, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-25500H; and amending WAC 220-56-255.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 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: There is sufficient quota of halibut to liberalize season dates from five days a week to seven days a week and allows halibut fishing on Friday and Saturday in those waters of Marine Area 2. There is insufficient time to promulgate 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
June 27, 2003, 12:01 a.m.
June 13, 2003
Evan Jacoby
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) Catch Record Card Area 1 - Open immediately until further notice. The daily limit in Area 1 is the first halibut over 32 inches in length brought aboard the vessel.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2:
(a) Those waters south of the Queets River, north of 47° and east of 124°40'W - Open immediately until further notice. The daily limit is one halibut of any size.
(b) All other waters in Area 2 - Open immediately until further notice.
(i) Effective immediately through 11:59 p.m. June 26, closed from 12:01 a.m. of each Friday through 11:59 p.m. of each Saturday. The daily limit is one halibut of any size.
(ii) Effective 12:01 a.m. June 27, 2003 until further notice, open seven days a week. The daily limit is one halibut of any size.
(3) Catch Record Card Areas 3 and 4 - Open June 18 through June 21, 2003, the daily limit is one halibut of any size. The following area southwest of Cape Flattery is closed to halibut fishing at all times:
Those waters within an eastward facing "C" shaped closed area defined as: Beginning at 48°,18'N, 125°18'W, thence to 48°18'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°11'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°11'N, 125°11'W, thence to 48°04'N, 125°11'W, thence to 48°04'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°00'N, 124°59'W, thence to 48°00'N, 125°18'W, thence to the first coordinate.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 5: Open immediately through August 1, 2003 - except closed from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday of each week during the open period. The daily limit is one halibut of any size.
(5) Catch Record Card Areas 6-13: Open immediately through July 18, 2003 - except closed from 12:01 a.m. Tuesday through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday of each week during the open period. The daily limit is one halibut of any size.
(6) The possession limit is two daily limits of halibut in any form, except the possession limit aboard the fishing vessel is one daily limit.
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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:
| WAC 220-56-25500H | Halibut -- Seasons -- Daily and possession limits. (03-120) |