11-18-022

WSR 11-18-022

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 11-210 -- Filed August 26, 2011, 5:14 p.m. , effective August 27, 2011, 12:01 a.m. ]

     Effective Date of Rule: August 27, 2011, 12:01 a.m.

     Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-56-250.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.

     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 reduce impacts to overfished bottomfish species: Yelloweye and canary rockfish. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 26, 2010 [2011].

Lisa M. Veneroso

for Philip Anderson

Director

NEW SECTION
WAC 220-56-25000N   Lingcod -- Areas and seasons.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-56-250, effective 12:01 a.m. August 27, 2011, until further notice, it is unlawful to take or fish for lingcod in that portion of Marine Area 1 from 46?N 38'10" to 46?N 28'00".

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