WSR 03-09-123

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 03-70 -- Filed April 22, 2003, 4:51 p.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: April 18, 2003.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-23500Q; and amending WAC 220-56-235.

     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: This rule is necessary to prohibit the possession of yelloweye rockfish in Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4 and to remain consistent with federal rules. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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

April 18, 2003

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-23500R   Possession limits -- Bottomfish.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-235, effective immediately until further notice, in those waters of Catch Record Card Areas 1 through 4 the daily bag limit is 15 bottomfish of all species combined. This includes sublimits of no more than 10 rockfish of which no more than one may be a canary rockfish, except it is unlawful to possess yelloweye rockfish.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-56-23500Q Possession limits -- Bottomfish. (03-50)

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