EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: October 20, 2000.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-44-050.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
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 rules were adopted by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council, and provide for harvest of available stocks of bottom fish, while reserving brood stock for future fisheries. The rules are incorporated by reference because of undue length, and problems in publishing such rules in the Washington State Register. There is insufficient time to permanent rules and to provide for a fishery.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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.
October 20, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-44-050, effective immediately until further notice it is unlawful to possess, transport through the waters of the state, or land in any Washington state port bottom fish taken from Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas 58B, 59A, 59B, 60A, 61, or 63 in excess of the amounts or less than the minimum sizes established by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council and published in the Federal Register at:
| Federal Register Cite | Published | Effective |
| 65 FR 221 | 1/4/00 | 1/1/00 |
| 65 FR 4169 | 1/26/00 | |
| 65 FR 17805 | 4/5/00 | 4/1/00 |
| 65 FR 25881 | 5/4/00 | 5/1/00 |
| 65 FR 33423 | 5/23/00 | |
| 65 FR 45308 | 7/21/00 | 7/18/00 |
| 65 FR 59752 | 10/6/00 | 10/2/00 |
Discrepancies will be resolved in favor of the Federal Register.
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