Date of Adoption: July 6, 2001.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-62100B; and amending WAC 232-28-621.

     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: It is estimated that the 2000 chinook quota will be reached by date. Restricting the retention of chinook is required in accordance with the preseason fishing agreement negotiated in the North of Falcon preseason planning process. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent rules.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 9, 2001, 11:59 p.m.

July 6, 2001

J. P. Koenings

Director

     In all fisheries provided for in this section the minimum size for chinook is 22 inches and there is no minimum size for other salmon.

     (1) Catch Record Card Area 5 -

     (a) Open until further notice, daily limit of 2 salmon, except release chinook, chum and wild coho.

     (2) Catch Record Card Areas 6 -

     (a) Closed until further notice.

     (3) Catch Record Card Area 7:

     (a) Open until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than 1 of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (4) Catch Record Card Area 8-1:

     (a) Closed until further notice

     (5) Catch Record Card Area 8-2:

     (a) Closed until further notice, except:

     (b) 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 on the south and a 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. Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than 1 of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (6) Catch Record Card Area 9:

     (a) Closed until further notice, except:

     (b) Open until further notice while fishing from the Hood Canal Bridge Fishing pontoon - Daily limit of 2 salmon, except release chinook salmon.

     (c) Open until further notice while fishing from the Edmonds Public Fishing Pier - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (7) Catch Record Card Area 10:

     (a) Open until further notice. - Daily limit of 2 salmon except release chinook and chum salmon, and:

     (i) Immediately until further notice, Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point is closed, except waters east of a line from Pier 91 to Duwamish Head open July 20 through July 22, 2001 and open July 27 through July 29, 2001 - Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, release chum.

     (ii) Immediately until further notice, Shilshole Bay east of a line from Meadow Point to West Point is closed.

     (iii) Immediately until further notice, waters of Sinclair Inlet and Port Orchard south of the Manette Bridge, south of a line projected true west from Battle Point and west of a line projected true south from Point White - Open. Daily limit of 2 salmon. Chinook salmon may be retained in the daily limit.

(b) Open until further notice while fishing from the Elliott Bay public fishing pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest Pier, Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk, and Illahee State Park Pier – Open. Daily limit of 2 salmon not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (8) Catch Record Card Area 11.

     (a) Open until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon, release pink salmon.

     (b) Open until further notice while fishing from the Dash Point Dock, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier and the Redondo Pier - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon.

     (9) Catch Record Card Area 12:

     (a) Open until further notice waters south of Ayock Point - Daily limit of 4 salmon, not more than 2 of which may be a chinook salmon and release chum salmon.

     (10) Catch Record Card Area 13:

     (a) Open until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon, release wild coho.

(b) Open until further notice while fishing from the Fox Island Public Fishing Pier - Daily limit of 2 salmon, not more than one of which may be a chinook salmon, except release wild coho salmon.

     (11) In the above waters there are specified closures as provided for in WAC 220-56-128 and 220-56-195. Additionally, there are gear and area restrictions at Shilshole Bay, the Duwamish Waterway, Budd Inlet, Titlow Beach and the Elliott Bay, Les Davis, and Des Moines public fishing piers. See specific sections in chapter 220-56 WAC for salmon angling restrictions at these locations.

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     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 11:59 p.m. July 9, 2001:

WAC 232-28-62100B

Puget Sound salmon seasons. (01-56)

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