WSR 16-20-097
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 16-273-Filed October 4, 2016, 4:25 p.m., effective October 7, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: October 7, 2016.
Purpose: Amend Puget Sound recreational crab fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-33000A; and amending WAC 220-56-330.
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 emergency rule is needed to reopen the recreational crab fishery in the specified marine areas and adjust the open days per week to allow for inclement winter weather. Available harvest shares allow the areas to be opened in this rule. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 4, 2016.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-33000A Crab-Areas and seasons.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-330:
(1) Effective October 7 through December 31, 2016, it is permissible to fish for crab for personal use seven days a week in that portion of Marine Area 9 north of the Hood Canal Bridge to a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point line and Marine Area 12.
(2) Effective October 15 through December 31, 2016, it is permissible to fish for crab for personal use seven days a week in Marine Areas 4 east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line, 5, 6, 7, 8-1, 8-2, that portion of 9 north of the line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point, and 10.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective January 1, 2017:
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WAC 220-56-33000A |
Crab-Areas and seasons. |
