Semi-annual rule-making agenda

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Semi-annual Rule-making Agenda: January - June 2023

* Dates are tentative.

WAC
Chapter
Rule Title or Subject Agency Contact Preproposal
(CR-101)
Proposed (CR-102) or Expedited
(CR-105)
Permanent
(CR-103P)
Description
WAC 220-500 Collection of Wildlife Parts Scott Bird August 1, 2021     Amend rules to prohibit the collection of shed animal parts on DFW lands or public lands.
WAC Title 220 Consolidating Hearing Rules into One Chapter Scott Bird January 23, 2019     To better inform the public and satisfy the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act under RCW chapter 34.05, the department needs to consolidate and clarify its administrative hearing rules into one chapter.
WAC 220-200- 100 and 220- 610-010 Periodic Status Review Columbia White Tailed Deer and Cascade Red Fox Heather Bonagofski August 30, 2022 December 20, 2022 ~February 2023 Reclassify the Columbian white-tailed deer to sensitive or threatened. Classify the Cascade red fox as endangered.
WAC 220-200- 100 and 220- 610-010 Periodic Status Review: White Pelican Heather Bonagofski January  2023 ~March, 2023   Reclassify the White pelican to sensitive
WAC 220-415 2023 Hunting Season Heather Bonagofski November 29, 2022 February 15, 2023 April 2023 The Department is considering rule changes for annual hunting regulations. This year's rule making decision has been delegated to the Director.
WAC 220 Fish Passage Gabrielle Stilwater June 17, 2020 ~April 2023

~June 2023

Implement the Fishway, Flow and Screening statute (RCW 77.57), and the 2019 Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1109 (Laws of 2019, chapter 415)
WAC 220-220-010, 220-220-020, 220-310-020, 220-413-020, 220-413-100, 220-416-060 WDFW Mobile Licensing and Catch Cards Kelly Henderson January 12, 2023 ~March 2023 April 2023 Revisions will clarify the process for possession and compliance with licensing and harvest reporting requirements through the use of both paper or electronic mobile documentation.
WAC 220-660-050 Fish Habitat Enhancement Project HPAs Theresa Nation   February 2023 April 2023 Amendments to incorporate SSB 5381 regarding HPA permitting of Fish Habitat Enhancement Projects
WAC 220-358-060 Commercial Eulachon Fishing Kelly Henderson August 2, 2022 October 19, 2022 February 2023 Amend commercial Eulachon fishing regulations
WAC 220-330-110, WAC 220-330-140, WAC 220-340-130, WAC 220-340-170 Recreational clam & oyster seasons (2023); Updates to Oyster Drill and European Green Crab Restricted Areas Camille Speck
Chris Eardley
October or early November 2022 January 18, 2023 ~March 2023 Amend recreational clam & oyster seasons and Oyster Drill and European Green Crab Restricted Areas. (Both delegated for Director's approval.)
WAC 220-352-245 Guide Logbook Kelly Henderson August 2, 2022 October 19, 2022 February 2023 Amend rules regarding reporting requirements for freshwater game fish guide
WAC 220-314-020 Coastal Recreational Bottomfish 2023 Lorna Wargo   ~January, 2023 ~March 2023 Amend rules affecting the coastal recreational bottomfish fishery so that it is consistent with regulations adopted by the Pacific Fishery Management Council.
WAC 220-340-430 WAC 220-330-020 Coastal Dungeness Crab Line Marking and Electronic Monitoring Heather Hall May 3, 2023 June 21, 2023 October 9, 2023 Amend rules regarding line marking requirements for the coastal commercial Dungeness crab fishery and require electronic monitoring components be operational on all coastal commercial crab vessels. Amend rules to allow experimental gear testing in the coastal recreational Dungeness crab fishery when authorized under a permit issued by the director.
WAC 220-353-050 Commercial Fixed Gear Rockfish Landings Condition Whitney Roberts December 7, 2022 ~February, 2023 ~March 2023 Amend rule to add certain bottomfish to the list of commercially taken species that are permitted to be possessed, transported through the waters of the state, and landed in the dressed condition.
WAC 220-200-160, 220-200-170, 220-200-180, 220-200-190 Special Use Permits Katherine Waldrop May 3, 2022 ~February 2023 ~March 2023 under Director Amendments to existing rules and establishing new rules associated with program modifications and accessibility permits for hunters and fishers with disabilities.
WAC 220-450

 

Dog Aversion Training Heather Bonagofski December 8, 2020 HOLD   rule changes to govern the for-profit use of specific wildlife species for dog aversion training.
WAC 200-500 Recreational Easements on Private Land Heather Bonagofski August 30, 2022 January 18, 2023 ~March 2023 Director Decision Scheduled for Feb
WAC 220-440-210 Black Bear Timber Damage Depredation Permits Heather Bonagofski February 28, 2019     Holding until SBEIS has been contracted and finished
WAC 220-370 Amend Aquaculture regulations Kelly Henderson March 30, 2018      
WAC 220-610-010, 220-200-100 Periodic Status Review- Gray Wolf Julia Smith October 1, 2018 ~May 2023   Periodic status review for the gray wolf
WAC 220-354 North of Falcon- Coastal Commercial Fisheries Kelly Henderson January 10, 2023 ~ May 2023 ~June 2023 Amendments resulting from stakeholder recommendations made during the 2023 North of Falcon process.
WAC 220-354 North of Falcon- Puget Sound Commercial Fisheries Kelly Henderson January 10, 2023 ~ May 2023 ~June 2023 Amendments resulting from stakeholder recommendations made during the 2023 North of Falcon process.
WAC 220-312, 220-313 North of Falcon- Recreational Fisheries Kelly Henderson January 10, 2023 ~ May 2023 ~June 2023 Amendments resulting from stakeholder recommendations made during the 2023 North of Falcon process.