Purpose: Personal use rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000G; and amending WAC 220-56-330.

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: There is a harvestable surplus Dungeness crab in the areas opened under this regulation. Test fishing data indicates the majority of crab in areas opened under these regulations are in a hardshell condition and crab pot fishing at this time will not result in wastage of resource damage. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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: July 2, 1998, 8:00 a.m.

July 1, 1998

Larry W. Peck

for Bern Shanks

Director

WAC 220-56-33000H  Crab--Areas and seasons. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330, effective 8:00 a.m. July 2, 1998 until further notice, it is lawful to fish for and possess crab taken for personal use with shellfish pot gear in Catch Record Card Area 7 within San Juan County, and those waters east of a line extending from the pilings one mile west of the Mount Baker Plywood smoke stack in northern Bellingham Bay to the boulder at Point Francis; thence to the northern end of Inati Bay on Lummi Island; thence from Carter Point at the southern end of Lummi Island to Clark Point on the northern end of Guemes Island; and thence to Shannon Point on Fidalgo Island. All waters of Catch Record Card Areas 8-1, 8-2, and waters of Catch Record Card Area 9 within Port Townsend Bay south of a line from Point Hudson to Marrowstone Point,

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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 effective 8:00 a.m. July 2, 1998:

WAC 220-56-33000G Crab--Areas and seasons. (98-100)