WSR 16-14-057
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 16-165-Filed June 30, 2016, 11:31 a.m., effective July 1, 2016]
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2016.
Purpose: Amend freshwater recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-55-220, 220-56-124, 220-56-180, 220-56-195, and 232-28-621.
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 department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans agreed-to with resource comanagers at the North of Falcon proceedings. These emergency rules are necessary to comply with agreed-to management plans, and are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 5, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 30, 2016.
James B. Scott, Jr.
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-55-22000A Two-pole endorsement.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-55-220, effective July 1, 2016, until further notice anglers who possess a valid two-pole endorsement may fish for salmon with two lines in Marine Area 12 south of Ayock point, excluding Hoodsport Hatchery Zone.
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 220-56-12400Q Seasons and areas-Hoodsport Hatchery.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-124, effective July 1, 2016, until further notice anglers may harvest up to 4 hatchery Chinook as part of their daily limit.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-18000A Salmon statewide rules.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-180, effective July 1, 2016, until further notice Chinook salmon must not be less than 20 inches in length in Marine Area 12 south of Ayock Point, excluding Hoodsport Hatchery Zone.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-19500B Closed areas-Saltwater salmon angling.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-195, effective July 1 through July 31, 2016 Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca is open to salmon fishing.
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-62100F Puget Sound salmon-Saltwater seasons and daily limits.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-621: effective July 1, 2016, until further notice:
(1) Catch Record Card Area 5: July 1 through August 15: release coho. August 16 until further notice: closed.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 6: July 1 through August 15: release coho. August 16 until further notice: closed.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 7: July 1 through July 31: 2 hatchery Chinook may be harvested as part of the daily limit; release coho and wild Chinook; Southern Rosario Strait and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca closure as described in WAC 220-56-195(7) is rescinded. August 1 until further notice: release coho.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 8-1: Closed.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 8-2: Closed, except in Tulalip Bay. Tulalip Bay: release coho and wild Chinook.
(6) Catch Record Card Area 9: July 1 through August 15: release coho. July 16 through August 15: no more than one may be a Chinook. August 16 until further notice: closed. South of a line from Olele Point to Foulweather Bluff: closed.
(7) Catch Record Card Area 10: July 1 through July 15: 2 salmon limit; release coho, Chinook and chum. July 16 through August 15: 2 salmon limit; no more than one may be a Chinook; release coho, chum and wild Chinook. August 16 until further notice: closed. Sinclair Inlet: July 1 until further notice: 3 salmon limit; release wild Chinook and wild coho.
(8) Catch Record Card Area 11: July 1 through August 31: release coho. September 1 until further notice: closed.
(9) Catch Record Card Area 12 (north of Ayock Point): July 1 through August 15: closed. August 16 until further notice: 4 salmon limit; release chum and Chinook.
(10) Catch Record Card Area 12 (south of Ayock Point): July 1 until further notice: 4 hatchery Chinook may be harvested as part of the daily limit.
(11) Catch Record Card Area 13: July 1 through August 31: release coho. September 1 until further notice: closed.
(12) Year-round Piers (Edmonds Public Fishing Pier, Elliott Bay Fishing Pier at Terminal 86, Seacrest Pier, Dash Point Dock, Les Davis Pier, Des Moines Pier, Redondo Pier, Point Defiance Boathouse Dock, Fox Island Public Fishing Pier): July 1 through August 31: release coho. September 1 until further notice: closed.
(13) Year-round Piers located in Sinclair Inlet (Waterman Pier, Bremerton Boardwalk, Illahee State Park): release wild coho.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-13800A Exposed tideland closures.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 220-56 WAC, effective July 1, 2016, through September 30, 2016, free-flowing freshwater is closed to fishing for finfish downstream of the mouth of the Dewatto, Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hamma Hamma, and Skokomish rivers.
