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. |