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