PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Commercial fishing rules.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The current language describing groundfish trawl fisheries closures in the southern Strait of Georgia does not provide adequate information on what will cause the fishery to close. Additional specificity will increase enforcement capability.
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 Lew Atkins, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091, phone (360) 902-2651. Contact by February 19, 2001, expected proposal filing is February 21, 2001.
December 19, 2000
Evan Jacoby
Rules Coordinator