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- Wildfire prevention on Department lands (repealed)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