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
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational salmon
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Tulalip Terminal Area and Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Nooksack River recreational game fish
- Skagit River recreational salmon
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Icicle River recreational salmon
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal commercial crab gear
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget sound recreational shrimp
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Recreational clam, mussel, and oyster seasons
- 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 commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Columbia River and Deep River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Skagit River and Sauk River recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Recreational halibut seasons
March
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Recreational razor clams
- Naselle River recreational fishing
- Coastal commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Cle Elum River recreational fishing
- Recreational smelt
- Commercial smelt
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Klickitat River, Salmon Creek (Clark Co.), and Wind River recreational fishing
- Recreational smelt
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchins
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Recreational razor clams
February
- Puget Sound recreational clam, oyster, and mussel
- Coastal recreational rockfish
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelheadWSR 25-29 filed on
CR-103E supplemental documents
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Marine Area 5, 10, and 11 recreational salmon seasons
- Columbia River above Bonneville treaty commercial
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- 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 commercial smelt
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Commercial sea urchins
- Upper Columbia River and Methow River recreational salmon and hatchery steelhead
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Coastal commercial crab
- Commercial sea urchins
- Grays Harbor and central coast tributaries recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Commercial sea urchins
- Grays Harbor and central coast tributaries recreational fishing