Purpose: Personal use rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-325.

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: These regulations are needed to ensure an orderly fishery, manage within court-ordered sharing requirements, and to ensure conservation. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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.

May 8, 1998

Larry Peck

for Bern Shanks

Director

WAC 220-56-32500S  Shrimp--Areas and seasons. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-325 and WAC 220-56-310 it is unlawful to fish for or posses shrimp from those waters of Shrimp District one and Shrimp District three except as provided for in this section:

(1) Effective June 6, 1998, until further notice, fishing is allowed for all species of shrimp in Shrimp District one except that:

(a) Spot shrimp may be retained on Saturdays only as part of the daily bag limit.

(b) The daily bag limit is 10 pounds of which, on Saturdays, no more than 50 may be spot shrimp. Spot shrimp caught on all other days must be returned immediately to the water unharmed.

(2) Effective May 9, 1998, until further notice, fishing is allowed for all species of shrimp in Shrimp District three except that:

(a) Spot shrimp may be retained on Saturdays only as part of the daily limit of 10 pounds of shrimp. Spot shrimp caught on all other days must be returned immediately to the water unharmed.

(b) There is no minimum size for spot shrimp in Port Angeles Harbor.

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Reviser's note: The spelling 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.