WSR 06-16-013 PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
[ Filed July 21, 2006, 1:47 p.m. ] Subject of Possible Rule Making: Definitions.
Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 77.12.047.
Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The ease of measuring the length of certain fish species may be facilitated by providing an alternative definition of length thereby reducing handling time and reducing the variance of the measured length where length is a component of the harvest/management strategy for conservation.
Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.
Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.
Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Lew Atkins, Fish Program Assistant Director, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98504-1091, phone (360) 902-2651. Contact by September 15, 2006. Expected proposal filing on or after September 20, 2006.
July 21, 2006
Morris W. Barker
Rules Coordinator
