WSR 15-15-164 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-219—Filed July 21, 2015, 4:17 p.m., effective July 21, 2015, 4:17 p.m.] Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62000J; and amending WAC 232-28-620.
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 change is necessary to remain within Chinook catch guidelines for Areas 3 and 4. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 21, 2015.
James B. Scott, Jr.
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62000K Coastal salmon—Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-620, 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 3: From July 24 through September 30: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon, plus two additional pink salmon; release wild coho.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 4:
(a) Effective immediately until further notice, the waters south of a line from Kydaka Point to Shipwreck Point are closed.
(b) From July 24 through September 21: Open; daily limit of 2 salmon of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon, plus two additional pink salmon; release wild coho.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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. | ||||