Emergency rule changes are critical rule changes that require immediate action and are good for 120 days or less. These are the emergency rule changes filed by WDFW in 2021.
December
- Recreational clam and oyster harvest
- Electronic fish receiving forms
- Coastal commercial crab fishery (corrected)
- Commercial sea cucumber
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Recreational Dalles Pool Sturgeon
- Commercial sea cucumber Management Districts 1 and 2
- Recreational Puget Sound salmon Catch Card Area 10
- Commercial sea cucumber Management District 2-2
- Commercial Puget Sound crab
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Recreational gamefish Tokul Creek
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
November
- Recreational coastal tributary fishing
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial beach seine fisheries
- Kalama, Lewis, Washougal Rivers recreational coho fishing
- Ringold Springs Hatchery salmon seasons
- Puget Sound recreational crabbing
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial gillnet fishery
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery
- Kennedy Creek recreational chum fishing
- Quillayute watershed recreational wild Chinook retention
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Ringold Springs Hatchery salmon seasons
October
- Puget sound commercial salmon fishing
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery
- Puget Sound recreational sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound salmon Marine Area 11
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchin harvest
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers recreational salmon season
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gill net
- Puget Sound commercial non-spot shrimp
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Cascade River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound chum salmon
- Cowlitz, Green, and Toutle Rivers coho daily limits
- Drano Lake fishing (repeal)
- Puget Sound Commercial Dungeness crab
- Columbia River salmon
- Domestic sheep and goats on WDFW Lands
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers recreational salmon season
- Snohomish River and Skykomish River recreational salmon seasons
September
- Puget Sound recreational winter crab seasons
- Puget Sound Dungeness crab fishery
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Columbia River recreational Chinook seasons
- Commercial green sea urchin
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands (repealed)
- Snohomish River and Skykomish River recreational salmon seasons
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Columbia River recreational salmon
- Yakima River recreational salmon fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Copalis Beach razor clam digging
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery (repeal)
- Commercial sea cucumber (repeal)
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Snohomish River and Skykomish River recreational salmon seasons
- Quillayute River and Sol Duc River recreational fishing (repeal)
- Puget Sound reef net Catch Reporting Area 7
- Columbia River salmon and steelhead seasons
- Whatcom Creek hatchery Chinook salmon
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands (repealed)
- Columbia River recreational white sturgeon seasons
- Icicle River and Columbia River recreational coho seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial reef net season
- Marine recreational halibut fishing
- Southern Resident Killer Whale J36, J37, and J19 Protection
- Recreational razor clam season
- Lewis River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gill net
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp and shellfish
- Quillayute River and Sol Duc River recreational fishing
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery
- Chehalis wild jack coho salmon
- Non-treaty recreational Columbia River fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Commercial coastal crab
- Drano Lake fishing
- Commercial sea cucumber
- Commercial coastal troll coho fishery
- Columbia River salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead fisheries
- Southern Resident Killer Whale J56 Protection
- Pacific Ocean recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Freshwater steelhead fisheries
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands
- Wind River fishing
August
- Puget sound commercial salmon fishing
- Importation of dead non-resident wildlife
- Lake Wenatchee salmon fishing
- Pacific Ocean recreational salmon
- Puget Sound salmon gillnet fisheries
- Columbia River Chinook
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Drano Lake floating device fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Commercial razor clams Area 2
- Puget Sound Chinook Marine Area 11
- Commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound salmon reef net
- Puget Sound Chinook Marine Area 2
- Puget Sound Chinook Marine Area 10
- Puget Sound salmon commercial gill net
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Dash Point food fish
- Puget Sound recreational crabbing
- District 2 commercial sea cucumber
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Snake River Chinook
- East Elliott Bay salmon
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Marine recreational halibut
- Puget Sound salmon gill net fisheries
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational salmon
- Catch Record Card Area 9 recreational Chinook
- Puget Sound recreational Chinook
- Lake Wenatchee recreational sockeye
July
- Southern Resident Killer Whale K21 Protection
- Wildfire prevention on department lands
- Columbia River seasons below Bonneville
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Columbia River and Cowlitz River recreational sturgeon
- Columbia River salmon
- WDFW Day Use Fire Closure
- Marine halibut season
- Marine Area 4 Chinook
- Commercial beach seine fisheries
- Skykomish salmon fishing
- Marine Area 5 Chinook
- Tulalip Terminal Area recreational salmon fishing
- Baker Lake sockeye season
- Marine shrimp pot harvest
- Recreational fishing seasons
- Columbia River Sockeye
- Hoh River gamefish seasons
- Columbia River Compact Treaty Fishery
- Marine Area 7 recreational salmon seasons
- Commercial razor clams
- Baker Lake sockeye
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp seasons
- Columbia River commercial non-treaty SAFE area fisheries
June
- North Fork Nooksack Chinook
- Coastal commercial salmon troll fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Upper Columbia River and tributaries salmon seasons
- Wildfire Prevention on Department Lands
- Cowlitz River, Cispus River and Cowlitz River Reservoir
- Columbia River Compact Treaty Fishery
- Recreational sea cucumbers
- Baker Lake sockeye
- North Fork Nooksack Chinook
- Opens the recreational non-spot shrimp fisheries for Marine Area 7 East
- Recreational ocean salmon seasons
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon seasons
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- North Fork Nooksack salmon seasons
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon
- Columbia River Compact Treaty Fishery
- Portion of the Cascade River to open seven days per week
- Kalama and Klickitat Rivers return to permanent rule
- Snake River spring Chinook
May
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Hoh river opens for game fish
- Mid Columbia River (Hanford Reach) salmon and steelhead fishery
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update
- Domestic Goats on DFW Lands
- Tulalip Terminal Area salmon seasons
- Nisqually River gamefish seasons
- North Fork Nooksack Chinook
- Cascade River open seasons
- Razor clam digs approved at Mocrocks
- Snake River spring Chinook
- Marine Area 13 open to salmon fishing
- Wind River and Drano Lake fisheries return to permanent rules
- Icicle River to open for hatchery spring Chinook
- Skagit River to open for hatchery spring Chinook
- Coastal commercial crab rule
- Drano Lake and southwest Columbia tributaries
- Snake River spring Chinook closure
April
- Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Snake River spring Chinook
- Commercial coastal troll seasons
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Quillayute system spring Chinook
- Opens recreational crabbing coast-wide
- Removes evisceration requirements for commercially caught crab coast-wide
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Columbia River commercial fishery below Bonneville Dam
- Recreational Halibut season
- Goose Creek opens for game fish within city limits of Wilbur
- Columbia River steelhead fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Coastal recreational crab fishery
- Closes commercial sea urchin fisheries
March
- Columbia River commercial fishery below Bonneville Dam
- Columbia River commercial fishery below Bonneville Dam
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Sturgeon retention closes in John Day Pool
- Puget Sound commercial Sea urchin fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Coastal steelhead conservation rule update
- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia
- Coastal recreational bottomfish
- Coastal steelhead conservation rule
- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Southwest
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound sea urchin fishery - closes District 2
February
- Puget Sound commercial scallop fishery
- Commercial whale watching license application process
- Coastal recreational crab fishery
- Recreational smelt fishery
- Columbia river recreational salmon fishery
- Recreational coastal crab fishery
- Columbia River commercial smelt fishery
- Columbia River treaty fishery above Bonneville Dam
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchin fishery
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumbers
- Columbia River commercial fishery below Bonneville Dam
- Columbia River treaty fishery above Bonneville Dam
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
January
- Columbia River commercial smelt
- Columbia River compact treaty above Bonneville
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchin
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Closes Bonneville Pool sturgeon retention
- Puget Sound commercial crab rule
- Updated coastal steelhead conservation rules
- Sturgeon retention closes in The Dalles Pool