WSR 97-05-025
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
(Fisheries)
[Order 97-17--Filed February 10, 1997, 2:45 p.m.]
Date of Adoption: February 10, 1997.
Purpose: Commercial fishing regulations.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-07300Q; and amending WAC 220-52-073.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
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: Harvestable amounts of green sea urchins remain in Sea Urchin Districts 3 and 4.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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: Immediately.
February 10, 1997
Dirk Brazil
for Bern Shanks
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-07300R Sea urchins. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-073, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to take or possess sea urchins taken for commercial purposes except as provided for in this section:
(1) Green sea urchins: Sea Urchin Districts 3 and 4 are open only on February 12 and 13, 1997 The minimum size for green sea urchins is 2.25 inches in diameter exclusive of the spines.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to dive for any purpose from a commercially-licensed fishing vessel, designated for use with a sea urchin fishery license, except vessels actively fishing geoducks under contract with the Washington Department of Natural Resources, on the following dates:
February 10 and 11, 1997.
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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 220-52-07300Q Sea urchins (97-14)