Purpose: Personal use rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-19000Q; and amending WAC 220-56-190.

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: This regulation implements federal recommendations from the north of Falcon process of the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. They are interim until permanent rules take effect. They provide for harvest of salmon while protecting weak and mixed stocks. They have been agreed upon by all parties in United States v. Washington.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, amended 0, repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.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: August 3, 1998, 12:01 a.m.

July 30, 1998

Larry Peck

for Bern Shanks

Director

WAC 220-56-19000Q  Coastal salmon--Seasons and limits. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-190, effective 12:01 a.m. August 3, 1998 until further notice it is unlawful to fish for or possess salmon taken for personal use from Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4 except as provided for in this section: (1) Area 1 - Special daily limit of two salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, except release wild coho salmon. Special cumulative limit of four salmon in any Sunday through the following Thursday period - Sunday through Thursdays only, August 3 through September 24, 1998 except closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 as defined in WAC 220-56-195. (2) Area 2 - Special daily limit of two salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon. Special cumulative limit of four salmon in any Sunday through the following Thursday period - Sunday through Thursdays only, August 3 through September 24, 1998 except closed 0-3 miles offshore.

(3) Area 3 - Special daily limit of two salmon - August 3 through September 24, 1998.

(4) Area 4

(a) Waters west of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line - Closed until further notice.

(b) Waters east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line - Special daily limit of two salmon, except release chinook salmon - August 3 through September 24, 1998.

(5) Size limits - Chinook salmon minimum size 24 inches in length. Coho salmon minimum size 16 inches in length.

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REPEALER

The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 11:59 p.m. September 24, 1998:

WAC 220-56-19000Q Coastal salmon--Seasons and limits.