EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: April 5, 2002.
Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 220-52-051 and 220-52-075.
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: The 2002 state/tribal Strait of Juan de Fuca shrimp harvest management plan requires adoption of harvest seasons and the prohibition on night time fishing contained in this emergency rule. The revisions to commercial shrimp logs are necessary to improve harvest data. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
April 16, 2002, 8:00 a.m.
April 5, 2002
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Shrimp beam trawl gear:
(a) Crustacean management area 3 outside of the shrimp districts - Open until further notice.
(2) For purposes of shrimp trawl catch reporting: 23A East is that portion of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 23A, east of a line projected true north from the Dungeness lighthouse; and 23A West is that portion of Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area 23A, west of the line described herein.
(3) It is unlawful to harvest shrimp using shrimp beam trawl gear from one hour after official sunset to one hour before official sunrise.
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-07500D
Shellfish harvest logs.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of WAC 220-52-075, effective immediately until
further notice:
Vessel operators engaged in commercial harvest of shrimp, other than ocean pink shrimp with beam trawl or shrimp trawl gear must record the vessel identity, date, location fished, trawl width, Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Area, depth fished, latitude and longitude to the nearest hundredth of a minute at the beginning of each tow, tow speed, duration of tow and estimated weight of shrimp of each species caught for each tow before leaving the site where the catch was taken or before commencing a new tow, whichever occurs first. It shall be unlawful to fail to permanently record this information into the department-supplied harvest log before leaving each catch site. The fish receiving ticket serial number must be recorded onto the harvest log at the time of sale, or before leaving the last catch site of the day if the vessel operator holds a wholesale dealer license and is the original receiver of the catch. Harvest logs must be maintained and submitted in ascending consecutive order of harvest log serial numbers. Harvest logs must be submitted for each month in which fishing activity occurs and must be received by the department within ten days following any month in which fishing occurs.
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