Date of Adoption: August 2, 1999.

Purpose: Personal use rules.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-19100J; and amending WAC 220-56-191.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.

Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that state or federal law or federal rule or a federal deadline for state receipt of federal funds requires immediate adoption of a rule.

Reasons for this Finding: All sections being adopted in this emergency order have been recommended by the North of Falcon subgroup of the Pacific Fishery Management Council and agreed to at 1999 North of Falcon meetings. These regulations have been promulgated as permanent rules, but will not take effect until late August. These emergency rules are necessary until permanent rules take effect for the conservation needs of Puget Sound salmon stocks.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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

August 2, 1999

Jeff P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck

Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-191, effective August 1, 1999, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for salmon for personal use from Catch Record Card Areas 5 through 13 except as provided in this section:

(a) Catch Record Card Areas 5 and 6 - open effective August 1 until further notice with a special daily limit of two salmon, except chinook, chum and wild coho salmon must released immediately, and Dungeness Bay inside a line from Dungeness spit light to the No. 2 red buoy to the Port Williams boat ramp is closed.

(b) Catch Record Card Area 7 - open effective August 1 until further notice with a special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, except Samish Bay south of a line projected due east from Fish Point is closed..

(c) Catch Record Card Area 8-2 - open effective August 1 until further notice:

(i) Waters adjacent to Tulalip Bay west of a line from Mission Point to Hermosa Point and within 2,000 feet of shore between pilings at old Bower's Resort site on the south and fishing marker 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point - open only 12:01 a.m. each Friday through 11:59 a.m. the following Monday. Special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon.

(ii) All other waters of Area 8-2 - special daily limit of two salmon, except chinook salmon must be released immediately.

(d) Catch Record Card Area 9 - open effective August 1 until further notice with a special daily limit of two salmon, except chinook salmon and chum salmon must be released immediately.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, while angling from the Edmonds Fishing Pier, special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon, and the two-ounce weight restriction does not apply.

(e) Catch Record Card Area 10 - open effective August 1 until further notice:

(i) Waters of the Richmond Beach and North Beach areas east of a line from Point Wells to Meadow Point are closed to salmon angling.

(ii) Waters of Shilshole Bay east of a line from Meadow Point to West Point are closed to salmon angling.

(iii) Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point are closed to salmon angling except while angling from the Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86 and from the Seacrest Pier. While angling from these two piers: special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may a chinook, and the two-ounce weight restriction does not apply.

(iv) Waters of Sinclair Inlet south of a line drawn due east from Illahee State Park to Bainbridge Island and west of a line drawn due south from Point White and southerly of the Manette Bridge - special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon, and the two-ounce weight restriction does not apply.

(v) Other waters of Area 10 - special daily limit of two salmon, except chinook salmon must be released immediately.

(f) Catch Record Card Area 11 - open effective August 1 until further notice with a special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon, and pink salmon must be release immediately.

(i) Notwithstanding the provision of this section, while angling from the Dash Point Dock and Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon.

(g) Catch Record Card Area 12 - open effective August 1 until further notice:

(i) Waters south of Ayock Point - special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon, and chum and pink salmon must be released immediately.

(ii) Waters north of Ayock Point - special daily limit of four salmon, except chinook, chum, and pink salmon must be released immediately.

(h) Catch Record Card Area 13 - open effective August 1 until further notice with a special daily limit of two salmon, not more than one may be a chinook salmon, and wild coho must be released immediately.

(i) Minimum size for chinook salmon is 22 inches, but there is no minimum size limit for other salmon.

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Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 220-56-19100J

Puget Sound salmon seasons.