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 2023.
December
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Tokul Creek gamefish
- Nooksack River, North and South forks
- Commercial sea urchins
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Commercial sea urchins
- Willapa and Naselle river salmon and coastal tributaries
- Elochoman River recreational salmon
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
November
- Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, and coastal tributaries recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound commercial salmon purse seine test fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Stillaguamish River recreational
- Toutle, North Fork Toutle, and Green rivers
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 12, 12B
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 12C beach seine
- Recreational razor clams
- Grays Harbor and coastal tributaries recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchin
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Cascade River recreational salmon
October
- Bonneville and The Dalles pools recreational sturgeon
- Elochoman River recreational salmon
- Snohomish watershed recreational fishing
- Olympic Peninsula recreational salmon
- Puget Sound purse seine test fishing
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 6D, 9A, 10, and 11
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial gillnets areas 10 and 11
- Mid Columbia River recreational salmon
- Satsop River recreational salmon
- Skykomish River and Snohomish system recreational
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 10 and 11
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational
- Snohomish River and Wallace River recreational
- Recreational razor clams
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Purse seine test fishery
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational
- Green River, Toutle River, and Toutle River, North Fork recreational salmon
- Purse seine test fishery
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update
September
- Wildfire land use rules repealed
- Upper Columbia River and Icicle River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 7 reef nets
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound recreational crab
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Quillayute system returns to permanent rules
- Stillaguamish River recreational
- Coho retention limits return to permanent rules in Marine Area 10
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Lake Sammamish to open for Chinook retention
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Columbia River commercial fishery
- Columbia River recreational fishery
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 7C
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Yale Reservoir recreational salmon
- Samish River and Whatcom Creek recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 7 reef nets
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Puget Sound Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 7 and 7A
- Puget Sound Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 12C beach seine
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 7 and 7A
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 7 and 7A
- Puget Sound recreational crab
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
August
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Willapa Bay Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 2N commercial salmon fishery
- Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A gillnet fisheries and Area 7 reefnet fisheries
- Ocean salmon troll fishery wild coho retention
- Catch Card Area 5 Chinook and wild coho
- Catch Record Card areas 1-3, and 4 wild coho fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Area 10 commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Reporting areas 7 and 7A gillnet fisheries and Area 7 reefnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7 commercial reef net fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 10 purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting Area 12C commercial beach seine fishery closure
- Marine Area 7 recreational crab harvest
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Catch Record Card areas 5, 6, and 7 pink salmon daily limit
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 2 Chinook retention
- Catch Record Card Area 10 Chinook retention
- Coastal commercial salmon troll seasons
- Willapa Bay areas 2M and 2R commercial salmon seasons
- Sea cucumber District 2-2 and District 5 closures
- Marine Area 7 recreational crab season delay
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- South Fork Tieton River and Rimrock Reservoir game fish fishing closure
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Snake River fall Chinook seasons
- Snohomish River salmon seasons
- Samish River hook requirement
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound Recreational shrimp
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Lake Roosevelt sturgeon
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
July
- Upper Skykomish River recreational fishing
- Columbia River sturgeon fishing
- 2023 Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 9 recreational Chinook retention and hatchery coho and pink salmon seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 2 Chinook retention
- Williams, North Windmill, North North Windmill lakes gamefish daily limts
- Wenatchee River recreational sockeye fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 7 recreational salmon seasons
- Commercial shrimp fishery
- Recreational halibut seasons Catch Record Card 1 through 10
- Catch Record Card Area 5 Chinook daily limit
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Chinook coastal commercial troll fishery
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 7 recreational salmon fishing
- Lake Wenatchee recreational sockeye seasons
- Closes Skykomish River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp season
- Limited participation salmon net fisheries notification deadline
- Skagit River partial closure and sockeye limit in Baker Lake
- Catch Record Card Area 11 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Recreational salmon seasons Catch Record Card areas 7, 9, and 10
- Closes Quillayute recreational fishing
- Chinook coastal commercial troll fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 12 salmon seasons
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Baker Lake recreational sockeye seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Catch Record Card areas 3 and 4 Chinook fishing limits
- Columbia River sockeye fishing limits
- Klickitat River recreational salmon fishing
- Wildfire prevention on department lands
June
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Recreational salmon daily limits Bogachiel, Calawah, Dickey, Quillayute, and Sol Duc rivers
- Wind River salmon and steelhead fishing
- Salmon seasons for Catch Record Card areas 6 and 11
- Southern Resident killer whale vulnerable individual designations
- Columbia River adult summer Chinook fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Commercial salmon troll seasons areas 1 through 4
- Commercial salmon troll seasons areas 1 through 4
- Cascade River hatchery Chinook seasons
- Closes commercial salmon troll fishery
- Wenatchee River recreational salmon fishing
- Skagit River sockeye seasons
- Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- Coastal commercial crab fisheries weekly landing limits
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon fishing
- Commercial razor clam seasons Razor Clam Area 2
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Coastal salmon troll landing and possession limits Areas 1 through 4
- Hanford Reach and lower Columbia River summer salmon and steelhead seasons
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Wenatchee River recreational salmon seasons
- Recreational halibut fisheries Catch Card Areas 1, 3, and 4
May
- Columbia River and Deep River steelhead fisheries
- Recreational spot shrimp fishery Marine Area 11 and non-spot shrimp fishery Marine Areas 9 and 13
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers spring Chinook seasons
- Recreational spring Chinook seasons below Bonneville Dam
- Lewis River and Klickitat River salmon and steelhead fisheries
- Commercial troll landing and possession limits Areas 1 and 2
- Closes subregion 1C to commercial spot shrimp harvest
- ESSB 5371 Whale watching and sea paddle tour licensing fees
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon seasons
- Snake River hatchery spring Chinook seasons
- Columbia River spring Chinook fishing
- Catch Record Areas 8.2 and 10 recreational salmon fishing (correction)
- Coastal commercial salmon troll seasons areas 3 and 4
- Catch Record Card Areas 8-2 and 10 salmon fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp trawl fishery
- Icicle River recreational hatchery Chinook fishing
- Snake River salmon seasons
- Snohomish River recreational fisheries
- Catch reporting areas 3 and 4 commercial salmon troll season
- Southern Nearshore halibut fishery bottomfish retention
- Willapa River hatchery Chinook seasons
- Yakima River recreational salmon seasons
April
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Goose Creek gamefish seasons
- Coastal tributaries fishing (repeal)
- Snake River spring Chinook seasons
- Skagit River recreational salmon seasons
- Puget Sound commercial salmon troll seasons
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Quileute SMA commercial crab fishery season
- Catch Record Card Area 5 salmon seasons
- Recreational razor clam seasons
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Columbia and Deep River fishing
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Recreational razor clam digging
March
- Commercial crab fishery Quinault Special Management Area revision
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Commercial sea urchin seasons
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Skagit and Sauk rivers steelhead
- Razor clam seasons
- Commercial sea urchins
- Razor clam opening
- Commercial sea urchin
- Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 red sea urchin harvest
- Klickitat River, Wind River, and Salmon Creek fishing
February
- District 3 red urchin harvest
- Copalis and Mocrocks beach razor clam seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River and Deep River spring Chinook seasons
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Copalis and Mocrocks beach razor clam seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Penrose Point State Park clam, mussel, and oyster seasons
- Districts 1, 2, and 3 red sea urchin harvest
- Catch Record Card Area 10 recreational salmon seasons
- John Day pool sturgeon retention
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon fishing
- Willapa River recreational fishing
- North Fork Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Copalis and Mocrocks beach razor clam seasons
- Copalis Beach recreational razor clam seasons
January
- Puget Sound green sea urchin harvest Districts 3 and 4
- Lower Willapa River fishing closure
- Puget Sound sea cucumber harvest
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- The Dalles and John Day pools recreational white sturgeon
- Columbia River commercial smelt fishery
- Copalis Beach (Razor Clam Area 4) razor clam seasons
- Puget Sound green sea urchin harvest Districts 3 and 4
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound sea cucumber harvest District 1 and 2-1
- Commercial crab fishing Management Region 2
- Bonneville Pool sturgeon retention
- Nooksack River recreational game fish closure
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishing Region 2-East Delay