WSR 98-17-088
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Filed August 18, 1998, 4:59 p.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Transfer of shellfish aquaculture products and defining the green crab as a deleterious and exotic species.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 75.08.080.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Green crab have invaded Washington's marine waters and these rules will be necessary to minimize further population expansion while controlling and monitoring those populations to protect native fauna and the shellfish industry.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: The National Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service is coordinating activities at the federal and interstate level.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Bruce Crawford, (360) 902-2325 or fax (360) 902-2944 by October 20, 1998.
August 18, 1998
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator