WSR 06-15-028

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 06-162 -- Filed July 7, 2006, 4:27 p.m. , effective July 7, 2006 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend commercial fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-52-04600R and 220-52-04600S; and amending WAC 220-52-046.

     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 avoid harvest of soft-shelled Dungeness crab. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: July 7, 2006.

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-52-04600S   Coastal crab fishery -- Seasons and areas.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-52-046, effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful for non-Indian commercial fisheries to fish for or possess crab for commercial purposes, or place gear, in the following areas during the periods indicated:

     (1) It is unlawful to place gear, fish for or possess Dungeness crab for commercial purposes in the following areas from July 23 through September 15, 2006: Those waters west of straight lines drawn in sequence from south to north between the following coordinates:


Land description Coordinate
(a) Washington - Oregon border 46°15.00'N 124°10.00'W
(b) Seaview 46°20.00'N 124°10.00'W
(c) Willapa Bay entrance 46°40.00'N 124°10.00'W
(d) N. Willapa Bay Spits 46°43.50'N 124°11.50'W
(e) Grayland 46°50.00'N 124°12.30'W
(f) Grays Harbor 46°54.70'N 124°16.00'W
(g) Ocean Shores 47°00.00'N 124°16.00'W
(h) Moclips 47°15.00'N 124°19.00'W
(i) Cape Elizabeth 47°20.00'N 124°25.00'W
(j) Raft River 47°27.00'N 124°28.60'W

(follow TD 41880 to waypoint # 11 N.

Destruction Island)
(k) N. Destruction Island 47°42.40'N 124°31.50'W
(l) Lapush 47°55.00'N 124°46.00'W
(m) Carol Island 48°00.00'N 124°49.50'W
(n) N. Lake Ozette 48°07.60'N 124°51.40'W
(o) Makah Bay 48°20.00'N 124°50.00'W
(p) Cape Flattery Point on land

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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.
REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-52-04600R Coastal crab fishery -- Seasons and areas. (06-145)

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective September 16, 2006:


WAC 220-52-04600S Coastal crab fishery -- Seasons and areas.

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