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- Wildfire land use rules repealed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