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 Puget Sound crab
- Commercial sea cucumber Management District 2-2
- 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
- Ringold Springs Hatchery salmon seasons
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound recreational crabbing
- Kalama, Lewis, Washougal Rivers recreational coho fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery
- Puget Sound commercial gillnet 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 salmon Marine Area 11
- Puget Sound recreational sea cucumbers
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gill net
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchin harvest
- Puget Sound commercial non-spot shrimp
- 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
- Puget Sound chum salmon
- Cascade River recreational fishing
- 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
- Snohomish River and Skykomish River recreational salmon seasons
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers recreational salmon season
September
- Puget Sound recreational winter crab seasons
- Columbia River recreational Chinook seasons
- Puget Sound Dungeness crab fishery
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Commercial green sea urchin
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands (repealed)
- Snohomish River and Skykomish River recreational salmon seasons
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon
- Yakima River recreational salmon fishing
- Copalis Beach razor clam digging
- Commercial sea cucumber (repeal)
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery (repeal)
- Snohomish River and Skykomish River recreational salmon seasons
- Puget Sound reef net Catch Reporting Area 7
- Quillayute River and Sol Duc River recreational fishing (repeal)
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Whatcom Creek hatchery Chinook salmon
- Columbia River salmon and steelhead seasons
- Columbia River recreational white sturgeon seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Icicle River and Columbia River recreational coho seasons
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands (repealed)
- Marine recreational halibut fishing
- Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound commercial reef net season
- Recreational razor clam season
- Southern Resident Killer Whale J36, J37, and J19 Protection
- Quillayute River and Sol Duc River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gill net
- Lewis River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp and shellfish
- Non-treaty recreational Columbia River fishing
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon fishery
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Chehalis wild jack coho salmon
- Commercial coastal crab
- Commercial sea cucumber
- Drano Lake fishing
- Commercial coastal troll coho fishery
- Pacific Ocean recreational salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead fisheries
- Freshwater steelhead fisheries
- Southern Resident Killer Whale J56 Protection
- Columbia River salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Wind River fishing
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands
August
- Puget sound commercial salmon fishing
- Pacific Ocean recreational salmon
- Importation of dead non-resident wildlife
- Puget Sound salmon gillnet fisheries
- Lake Wenatchee salmon fishing
- Columbia River Chinook
- Puget Sound Chinook Marine Area 11
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Commercial razor clams Area 2
- Drano Lake floating device fishing
- Puget Sound salmon reef net
- Puget Sound salmon commercial gill net
- Puget Sound Chinook Marine Area 2
- Commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound Chinook Marine Area 10
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Dash Point food fish
- District 2 commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound recreational crabbing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- East Elliott Bay salmon
- Snake River Chinook
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound salmon gill net fisheries
- Marine recreational halibut
- 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
- Columbia River seasons below Bonneville
- Columbia River salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Wildfire prevention on department lands
- Columbia River and Cowlitz River recreational sturgeon
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- WDFW Day Use Fire Closure
- Commercial beach seine fisheries
- Marine Area 4 Chinook
- Marine halibut season
- Tulalip Terminal Area recreational salmon fishing
- Marine Area 5 Chinook
- Skykomish salmon fishing
- Recreational fishing seasons
- Marine shrimp pot harvest
- Baker Lake sockeye season
- Columbia River Sockeye
- Hoh River gamefish seasons
- Columbia River Compact Treaty Fishery
- Baker Lake sockeye
- Commercial razor clams
- Marine Area 7 recreational salmon seasons
- 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
- Opens the recreational non-spot shrimp fisheries for Marine Area 7 East
- North Fork Nooksack Chinook
- Recreational ocean salmon seasons
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon seasons
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon
- North Fork Nooksack salmon seasons
- Puget Sound recreational crab 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
- 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
- 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
- Wind River and Drano Lake fisheries return to permanent rules
- Marine Area 13 open to salmon fishing
- 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
- 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 recreational crab fishery
- Coastal commercial 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
- Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia
- Coastal recreational bottomfish
- Coastal steelhead conservation rule update
- 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
- Puget Sound commercial scallop fishery
- Commercial whale watching license application process
- 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
- Columbia River commercial fishery below Bonneville Dam
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumbers
- Columbia River treaty fishery above Bonneville Dam
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
January
- Columbia River compact treaty above Bonneville
- Columbia River commercial smelt
- 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