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.
December
- Commercial sea urchins
- Coastal commercial crab
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound recreational clams, mussels, and oysters
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Nisqually River recreational fishing
- 2025 Correction to WAC 220-440-260
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Central coast and Grays Harbor tributary streams recreational fishing
November
- Central coast and Grays Harbor tributary streams recreational fishing
- Willapa Bay tributaries recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- North coast/Olympic Peninsula recreational fishing rules
- Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchins
- Recreational razor clams
- Tokul Creek recreational fishing
- Columbia River sturgeon
- Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Snoqualmie River recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gillnets areas 12 and 12B
- Bogachiel, Calawah, Hoh, and Quillayute rivers recreational steelhead
- Stillaguamish River recreational salmon
October
- Puget Sound areas 10, 11, 12, and 12B commercial purse seine and gillnet
- Marine Area 13 and Kennedy Creek recreational salmon
- Snoqualmie River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gillnet, areas 10 and 11
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchin fishery
- Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Icicle River recreational salmon
- Willapa Bay salmon fall fishery
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 10 closure areas
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries, areas 10, 11, 12, and 12B
- Snohomish River, Skykomish River, and Wallace River recreational fishing
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial fisheries limited participation salmon net fisheries
- Puget Sound purse seine and gillnet fishery
- Commercial fisheries--salmon
- Repeal of Fire Closure
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Commercial fisheries--salmon
- Willapa Bay commercial fall salmon fishery
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial gillnet rule
- Puget Sound purse seine, gillnet and reef net fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Fire Closure
- Puget Sound commercial crab pot limits
- Skykomish and Wallace rivers recreational fishing
- Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- 2025 Hunting Access for Willapa Bay Unit
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchins
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Puget Sound purse seine test fishing
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Columbia River commercial salmon
September
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Yakima River recreational salmon
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Puget Sound recreational crab
- Whatcom Creek recreational salmon
- Date Changes for Youth Hunting of White-tailed Deer in Eastern Washington
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Snohomish River recreational fishing
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Nooksack River and North Fork
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound Salon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 12C commercial beach seines
- Columbia River recreational fishing
- Preseason commercial salmon application registration deadline
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A purse seine, gillnet, and reef net
August
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B registration
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 12C beach seines
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 10 purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A commercial fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Coastal recreational salmon
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B gillnet
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 10 purse seine and gillnets
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 12C beach seine
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 10 gillnet fishery
- Marine areas 5, 6, and 7
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A purse seine, gillnet, and reef net
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 10 purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial salmon net fishery weekly registration deadline
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B gillnet
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A purse seine, gillnet, and reef net
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Coastal recreational salmon
- Samish River recreational salmon
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Green/Duwamish River recreational fishing
- Marine Area 5 recreational salmon
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Green/Duwamish River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A purse seine and gillnet
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7B purse seine and gillnet
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7 commercial reef nets
- Marine Area 6 recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Commercial salmon net fisheries preseason registration application deadline
- Puget Sound recreational crab
July
- Columbia River and Entiat River recreational salmon
- Drano Lake recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Marine Area 7 recreational salmon
- Marine Areas 10 and 11 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Columbia River commercial salmon below Bonneville
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumbers
- Deschutes River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Marine areas 7 and 9 recreational salmon
- Columbia River treaty commercial
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Skagit River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Skagit River recreational salmon
- Lake Wenatchee sockeye
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Columbia River treaty commercial
- Tulalip Terminal Area salmon fishing
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational fishing
- Entiat River recreational salmon
- WSDOT Ferry Terminal recreational and commercial crab/shrimp and commercial purse seine and gill net closure
- Skagit River recreational salmon
- Hanford Reach and upper Columbia River recreational salmon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
June
- North of Falcon recreational fishing rules coverage until permanent rules are in effect
- Master Hunter and Hunter Ed clarifications
- License Fees and Packages
- Age of Purchaser
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- 2025 Fire Closure
- Coastal commercial troll fishery (summer seasons)
- Coastal commercial crab
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational fishing
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Bogachiel, Calawah, Dickey, Quillayute, and Sol Duc rivers recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp seasons
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 8-2, Tulalip Terminal Area recreational salmon
- Coastal salmon troll seasons--Commercial
- Puget Sound 2025 recreational crab season
- Skykomish River update
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- May Creek recreational fishing
- Lewis River, Wind River, and Klickitat River
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Cascade River and Skagit River recreational salmon
- Tokul creek game fish seasons
May
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Crop Adjuster
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Snoqualmie River, North Fork and South Fork Skykomish River
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational salmon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Tulalip Terminal Area and Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Nooksack River recreational game fish
- Skagit River recreational salmon
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Icicle River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Puget sound recreational shrimp
- Recreational razor clams
- Coastal commercial crab gear
- Recreational clam, mussel, and oyster seasons
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Deer, elk and moose hunting and salvaging reporting
- Feeding prohibition for deer, elk and moose
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 recreational shrimp
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchins
- Columbia River and Deep River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Recreational razor clams
- Skagit River and Sauk River recreational fishing
- Recreational halibut seasons
March
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Recreational razor clams
- Coastal commercial crab
- Naselle River recreational fishing
- Quillayute and Hoh systems recreational fishing
- Recreational smelt
- Cle Elum River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Commercial smelt
- 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 sturgeon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelheadWSR 25-29 filed on
CR-103E supplemental documents
- Commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Marine Area 5, 10, and 11 recreational salmon seasons
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- 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
- Columbia River commercial smelt
- Commercial sea urchins
- Upper Columbia River and Methow River recreational salmon and hatchery steelhead
- Coastal commercial crab
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Commercial sea urchins
- Grays Harbor and central coast tributaries recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Grays Harbor and central coast tributaries recreational fishing