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 2024.
June
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Southern Resident killer whale vulnerable individual designations
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Cascade River and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Southwest Washington streams recreational salmon
- Department land use - wildfire prevention
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp trawl fishery
- Snohomish basin recreational fishing update
- Puget Sound Recreational shrimp
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Snohomish Basin recreational fishing
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Fox trapping seasons
- Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- Southwest Washington streams recreational salmon
- May Creek (tributary of Wallace River) recreational fishing
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational salmon
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
May
- Crop and livestock damage compensation
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Columbia River and Deep River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Drano Lake, Cowlitz, Kalama, Klickitat, Lewis, and Wind rivers recreational salmon
- Columbia River, Deep River recreational salmon
- Nooksack River and all forks recreational fishing
- Skagit River, Cascade River, Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Marine Area 8-2, Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Coastal salmon troll seasons--Commercial
- Icicle River recreational salmon
- Snohomish River system recreational fishing
- Puget Sound and Skagit River recreational salmon
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Recreational razor clams
April
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Coastal commercial crab
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Recreational razor clams
- Skagit River salmon seasons
- Marine Area 5 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget sound recreational salmon (Marine areas 10 and 11)
- Coastal commercial crab
- Puget Sound Recreational shrimp
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Recreational razor clams
March
- Coastal rivers and tributaries recreational fishing rules
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial crab
- Recreational razor clams
- Kopachuck State Park recreational clams, mussels, and oysters
- Commercial sea urchins
- Recreational sturgeon
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Salmon Creek (Clark Co.) hatchery steelhead
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Commercial sea urchins
- Commercial sea urchins
- Recreational razor clams
February
- Southwest Washington streams recreational salmon
- Recreational smelt
- Coastal commercial crab
- Columbia River Treaty fishery above Bonneville
- Commercial coastal crab
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Columbia River recreational salmon
- Puget sound recreational salmon
- Recreational clams, oysters and mussels
- Commercial sea urchins
- Wildlife trapping seasons
- Recreational razor clams
- Columbia River commercial salmon (below Bonneville)
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Recreational eulachon smelt
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab gear
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Recreational razor clams
January
- Commercial smelt
- Recreational razor clams
- Coastal commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Sauk and Skagit rivers recreational steelhead
- Recreational razor clams
- Recreational sturgeon
- Coastal commercial crab landings