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 2025.
May
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Recreational clam, mussel, and oyster seasons
- Feeding prohibition for deer, elk and moose
- Deer, elk and moose hunting and salvaging reporting
April
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Coast commercial salmon troll seasons
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Recreational razor clams
- Skagit River recreational salmon
- Quillayute and Sol Duc rivers recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Columbia River and Deep River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Skagit River and Sauk River recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Recreational halibut seasons
March
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Recreational razor clams
- Naselle River recreational fishing
- Coastal commercial crab
- Cle Elum River recreational fishing
- Recreational smelt
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Commercial smelt
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Klickitat River, Salmon Creek (Clark Co.), and Wind River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchins
- Recreational smelt
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Recreational razor clams
February
- Coastal recreational rockfish
- Puget Sound recreational clam, oyster, and mussel
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Recreational razor clams
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelheadWSR 25-29 filed on
CR-103E supplemental documents
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Marine Area 5, 10, and 11 recreational salmon seasons
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
January
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Crop Damage
- Coastal commercial crab
- Commercial sea urchins
- Recreational razor clams
- Skagit and Sauk rivers recreational steelhead
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Commercial sea urchins
- Columbia River commercial smelt
- Upper Columbia River and Methow River recreational salmon and hatchery steelhead
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Coastal commercial crab
- Grays Harbor and central coast tributaries recreational fishing
- Commercial sea urchins
- Recreational razor clams
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Commercial sea urchins
- Grays Harbor and central coast tributaries recreational fishing