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 2022.
December
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishing Region 2-East
- Puget Sound commercial buoy tags
- Tokul Creek recreational fishing
- Red urchin harvest Districts 1,2,3, and 4
- Green sea urchin harvest Districts 3, 4, 6, 7
- Puget Sound commercial crab harvest
- Green sea urchin weekly landing limit
- Crab management subregion 3-2 commercial crab fishing
November
- Steelhead conservations measures in coastal tributaries
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon seasons
- Bonneville and The Dalles pools recreational white sturgeon retention
- Stillaguamish River recreational coho fishing
- Catch Record Area 12C commercial gillnet and beach seine fisheries
- Columbia River recreational steelhead fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Klickitat River recreational salmon fishing
- Catch Reporting Areas 12 and 12B purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Marine Areas 10 and 11 recreational crab seasons
- Grays Harbor and Chehalis salmon fisheries
- Cascade and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Catch Reporting Areas 12 and 12B purse seine fisheries
- Lower Kennedy Creek recreational salmon seasons
- Catch Reporting Areas 12, 12B, and 12C commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Snohomish River recreational coho seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 13 recreational chum salmon season
- Puget Sound gillnet rule
- Puget Sound purse seine rule
October
- Puget Sound purse seine and gillnet rule
- Marine area 10 and 11 recreational salmon rule
- Snohomish, Skykomish, Snoqualmie rivers salmon rule
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Coastal tributaries reopening
- Cascade River coho open daily
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon seasons
- Green River (Cowlitz Co.) and Washougal River fishing seasons
- Catch Reporting Areas 10 and 11 commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Wallace River recreational fishing
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers recreational fisheries
- Dungeness River and Gray Wolf River recreational fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial crab fisheries
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Catch Record Areas 10 and 11 gillnet and purse seine fisheries
- District 2 commercial sea urchin harvest
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine, gill net and reef net fisheries
- Cowlitz and Lewis Rivers recreational coho and Green River closure
- Dungeness Bay Crustacean Special Management area
- Dungeness River and Gray Wolf River recreational fisheries
- Domestic sheep and goats on WDFW Lands
- Catch Reporting Areas 10 and 11 gillnet and purse seine fisheries
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Firearms and target practicing (repeal)
- Puget Sound purse seine test fishery
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons
- Recreational fishing seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Drano Lake hatchery steelhead fishing
- Recreational razor clam seasons
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons
September
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber harvest
- Stillaguamish River recreational fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fisheries
- Cowlitz River and Washougal River Chinook
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound recreational winter crab seasons
- Columbia River, Icicle River, Wenatchee River recreational coho seasons
- Yakima River recreational salmon seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Cascade and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Canadian-flagged purse seine vessel test fishery
- Cascade and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Catch Reporting Area 7 commercial wild coho reefnet fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp trawl harvest
- Management District 2-2 sea cucumber harvest
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons (date correction)
- Snake River recreational coho seasons
- Whatcom Creek hatchery Chinook retention seasons
- Coastal commercial Chinook and coho troll fishery
- Yale Reservoir maximum salmon retention length of 15 inches
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fisheries
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons
- Cascade River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber harvest
- Puget Sound commercial reef net seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Gilligan Creek recreational fishing
- Catch Reporting Area 12C commercial beach seine Chinook fishery
- Wallace River recreational fishing
- Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Marine Area 7N recreational crab harvest
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead fisheries
August
- Catch Record Card Area 13 salmon seasons
- Columbia River recreational Chinook
- Puget Sound commercial salmon seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 13 salmon seasons
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Coastal commercial unmarked coho troll seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational unmarked coho seasons
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 1 Chinook and salmon fishing
- District 2-2 commercial sea cucumber harvest
- Puget Sound commercial gillnet and purse seine seasons
- Columbia and Cowlitz River recreational sturgeon seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational Chinook
- Coastal commercial Chinook troll seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 11 Chinook Fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound commercial reef net seasons
- Williams Lake gamefish
- Catch Record Card Area 10 salmon seasons
- Coastal commercial Chinook troll seasons
- Snake River recreational fall Chinook seasons
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Marine Area 9 recreational salmon fishing
July
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Marine Area 6 recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 7 salmon seasons
- Lake Wenatchee and Wenatchee River sockeye seasons
- Puget Sound commercial non-spot shrimp
- Catch Record Card Area 6 salmon seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational Chinook
- Skagit River and Baker Lake recreational sockeye fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 5 recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons
- Coastal and Puget Sound recreational halibut fishing (Repeal)
- Coastal commercial salmon troll fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 7 salmon seasons
- Coastal and Puget Sound recreational halibut fishing
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands
- Catch Record Card Area 1 & 3 recreational salmon fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon fishing
- Non-treaty Columbia River recreational Chinook fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Catch Card Area 4 recreational salmon seasons
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Coastal commercial salmon troll
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 5 odd numbered dates salmon season closure
- Coastal commercial salmon troll
June
- Klickitat River recreational salmon fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 4 & 3 recreational salmon fishing
- Vulnerable Southern Resident Killer Whale protection
- Columbia River recreational sockeye
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- North Fork Nooksack River spring Chinook fishery
- Icicle River recreational Chinook fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Puget Sound recreational fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Catch Record Card Area 4 recreational chinook fishing
- Coastal commercial Chinook troll seasons
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- 2022 coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Recreational Lewis River, Klickitat River, Cowlitz River salmon seasons
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Opens Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- Domestic Goats and Sheep on DFW Lands
- Coastal commercial crab
- Skagit River recreational sockeye fishing
- Commercial salmon weekly landing limit & coastal troll seasons
- North Fork Nooksack River spring Chinook fishery
- Puget Sound commercial Razor Clam seasons Area 2
- Kalama River and Wind River salmon seasons
- Snake River recreational Chinook season
- Columbia River salmon and steelhead recreational fishing
- Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon fishery
- Willapa River recreational Chinook season
- Cascade River recreational, North Fork Nooksack River, and Skagit River recreational salmon seasons
- Puget Sound spot shrimp Marine Areas 9 and 11 and non-spot shrimp Marine Area 13
- Electronic fish receiving tickets
May
- Cowlitz River and Kalama River recreational salmon seasons
- Cowlitz River Salmon
- Tulalip terminal area salmon
- Opens salmon season on the Columbia River
- Marine Area 11 salmon
- Ocean commercial troll
- Commercial shrimp -Puget Sound
- Open salmon seasons in Cascade, North Fork Nooksack and Skagit rivers
- close recreational spring Chinook harvest Snake River
- Lake Roosevelt Sturgeon
- Spring Chinook on Columbia River
- Non-treaty commercial fishing on the Columbia
- Ocean Troll Limits
- Lewis River Chinook
- Columbia River salmon and steelhead seasons
- Chinook Retention Icicle River
- Drano Lake salmon and steelhead rules
- Open Spring Chinook on Yakima
- Closes Spring Chinook fishing on Columbia River
April
- Commercial shrimp pot fishery – Puget Sound
- Hatchery Chinook Salmon Seasons -Skagit
- Razor Clam Rule
- Ocean Commercial Troll Rule
- Coastal Closure Repeal Rule
- Non-treaty Commercial Columbia River fishery
- Coastal Commercial crab fishery – Quileute Area
- Snake River recreational Chinook season
- Langlois Lake recreational fishing
- Puget Sound recreational spot shrimp seasons
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound Commercial Crab Fishery
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing
March
- Columbia River recreational white sturgeon seasons
- Commercial razor clam season
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Columbia River recreational Dalles Pool sturgeon
- Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons
- Recreational Puget Sound salmon Marine Area 10
- Commercial Puget Sound crab Regions 3-4
- Recreational Columbia River sturgeon
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Commercial sea urchin all districts
- Recreational John Day Pool Sturgeon
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Recreational salmon Drano Lake, Klickitat River, Wind River
- Commercial green sea urchin
- Recreational Cowlitz River smelt
- Recreational Dalles Pool and Bonneville Pool sturgeon
- Columbia River commercial eulachon smelt fishery
February
- Puget Sound recreational sea cucumbers
- Recreational Chinook fishing lower Columbia River and Deep River
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
- Recreational fishing coastal tributaries
- Recreational salmon fishing Cowlitz River and Kalama River
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing Marine Area 10
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Coastal commercial crab Makah special management area
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Domestic sheep and goats on WDFW Lands
January
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Columbia River commercial eulachon smelt fishery
- The Dalles Reservoir recreational sturgeon harvest
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Recreational gamefish Nooksack River
- Puget Sound recreational fishing Catch Record Card Area 10
- Electronic snow goose calls
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Snake River recreational steelhead