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 2022.
December
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishing Region 2-East
- Puget Sound commercial buoy tags
- Tokul Creek recreational fishing
- Red urchin harvest Districts 1,2,3, and 4
- Puget Sound commercial crab harvest
- Green sea urchin harvest Districts 3, 4, 6, 7
- Green sea urchin weekly landing limit
- Crab management subregion 3-2 commercial crab fishing
November
- Steelhead conservations measures in coastal tributaries
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon seasons
- Bonneville and The Dalles pools recreational white sturgeon retention
- Stillaguamish River recreational coho fishing
- Catch Record Area 12C commercial gillnet and beach seine fisheries
- Columbia River recreational steelhead fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Klickitat River recreational salmon fishing
- Marine Areas 10 and 11 recreational crab seasons
- Catch Reporting Areas 12 and 12B purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Cascade and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Grays Harbor and Chehalis salmon fisheries
- Catch Reporting Areas 12 and 12B purse seine fisheries
- Lower Kennedy Creek recreational salmon seasons
- Catch Reporting Areas 12, 12B, and 12C commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Snohomish River recreational coho seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 13 recreational chum salmon season
- Puget Sound purse seine rule
- Puget Sound gillnet rule
October
- Marine area 10 and 11 recreational salmon rule
- Snohomish, Skykomish, Snoqualmie rivers salmon rule
- Puget Sound purse seine and gillnet rule
- Coastal tributaries reopening
- Cascade River coho open daily
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon seasons
- Catch Reporting Areas 10 and 11 commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Green River (Cowlitz Co.) and Washougal River fishing seasons
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers recreational fisheries
- Wallace River recreational fishing
- Dungeness River and Gray Wolf River recreational fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial crab fisheries
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Catch Record Areas 10 and 11 gillnet and purse seine fisheries
- District 2 commercial sea urchin harvest
- Puget Sound commercial purse seine, gill net and reef net fisheries
- Cowlitz and Lewis Rivers recreational coho and Green River closure
- Dungeness Bay Crustacean Special Management area
- Dungeness River and Gray Wolf River recreational fisheries
- Catch Reporting Areas 10 and 11 gillnet and purse seine fisheries
- Domestic sheep and goats on WDFW Lands
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons
- Recreational fishing seasons
- Firearms and target practicing (repeal)
- Puget Sound purse seine test fishery
- Drano Lake hatchery steelhead fishing
- Recreational razor clam seasons
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
September
- Stillaguamish River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber harvest
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fisheries
- Cowlitz River and Washougal River Chinook
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound recreational winter crab seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River, Icicle River, Wenatchee River recreational coho seasons
- Yakima River recreational salmon seasons
- Cascade and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Canadian-flagged purse seine vessel test fishery
- Cascade and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Catch Reporting Area 7 commercial wild coho reefnet fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp trawl harvest
- Management District 2-2 sea cucumber harvest
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons (date correction)
- Snake River recreational coho seasons
- Coastal commercial Chinook and coho troll fishery
- Yale Reservoir maximum salmon retention length of 15 inches
- Whatcom Creek hatchery Chinook retention seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River recreational salmon seasons
- Cascade River recreational fishing
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fisheries
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Gilligan Creek recreational fishing
- Catch Reporting Area 12C commercial beach seine Chinook fishery
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber harvest
- Puget Sound commercial reef net seasons
- Wallace River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Lake Roosevelt white sturgeon
- Marine Area 7N recreational crab harvest
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead fisheries
August
- Catch Record Card Area 13 salmon seasons
- Columbia River recreational Chinook
- Catch Record Card Area 13 salmon seasons
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial salmon seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational unmarked coho seasons
- Coastal commercial unmarked coho troll seasons
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 1 Chinook and salmon fishing
- District 2-2 commercial sea cucumber harvest
- Puget Sound commercial gillnet and purse seine seasons
- Columbia and Cowlitz River recreational sturgeon seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational Chinook
- Coastal commercial Chinook troll seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 11 Chinook Fishing
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Puget Sound commercial reef net seasons
- Williams Lake gamefish
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Catch Record Card Area 10 salmon seasons
- Snake River recreational fall Chinook seasons
- Coastal commercial Chinook troll seasons
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Marine Area 9 recreational salmon fishing
July
- Marine Area 6 recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 7 salmon seasons
- Puget Sound commercial non-spot shrimp
- Catch Record Card Area 6 salmon seasons
- Lake Wenatchee and Wenatchee River sockeye seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 2 recreational Chinook
- Skagit River and Baker Lake recreational sockeye fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 5 recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons
- Coastal and Puget Sound recreational halibut fishing (Repeal)
- Coastal commercial salmon troll fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 7 salmon seasons
- Coastal and Puget Sound recreational halibut fishing
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 1 & 3 recreational salmon fishing
- Wildfire prevention on Department lands
- Non-treaty Columbia River recreational Chinook fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon fishing
- Catch Card Area 4 recreational salmon seasons
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 5 odd numbered dates salmon season closure
- Coastal commercial salmon troll
- Coastal commercial salmon troll
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
June
- Catch Record Card Area 4 & 3 recreational salmon fishing
- Vulnerable Southern Resident Killer Whale protection
- Columbia River recreational sockeye
- Klickitat River recreational salmon fishing
- North Fork Nooksack River spring Chinook fishery
- Icicle River recreational Chinook fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Puget Sound recreational fishing
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Coastal commercial Chinook troll seasons
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 4 recreational chinook fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- 2022 coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Recreational Lewis River, Klickitat River, Cowlitz River salmon seasons
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Opens Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- Domestic Goats and Sheep on DFW Lands
- Coastal commercial crab
- Commercial salmon weekly landing limit & coastal troll seasons
- Skagit River recreational sockeye fishing
- Puget Sound commercial Razor Clam seasons Area 2
- Kalama River and Wind River salmon seasons
- North Fork Nooksack River spring Chinook fishery
- Snake River recreational Chinook season
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp harvest
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon fishery
- Columbia River salmon and steelhead recreational fishing
- Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons
- Willapa River recreational Chinook season
- Puget Sound spot shrimp Marine Areas 9 and 11 and non-spot shrimp Marine Area 13
- Electronic fish receiving tickets
- Cascade River recreational, North Fork Nooksack River, and Skagit River recreational salmon seasons
May
- Cowlitz River Salmon
- Cowlitz River and Kalama River recreational salmon seasons
- Opens salmon season on the Columbia River
- Marine Area 11 salmon
- Tulalip terminal area salmon
- Ocean commercial troll
- Commercial shrimp -Puget Sound
- Open salmon seasons in Cascade, North Fork Nooksack and Skagit rivers
- close recreational spring Chinook harvest Snake River
- Lake Roosevelt Sturgeon
- Spring Chinook on Columbia River
- Non-treaty commercial fishing on the Columbia
- Ocean Troll Limits
- Lewis River Chinook
- Columbia River salmon and steelhead seasons
- Chinook Retention Icicle River
- Drano Lake salmon and steelhead rules
- Closes Spring Chinook fishing on Columbia River
- Open Spring Chinook on Yakima
April
- Commercial shrimp pot fishery – Puget Sound
- Hatchery Chinook Salmon Seasons -Skagit
- Ocean Commercial Troll Rule
- Coastal Closure Repeal Rule
- Razor Clam Rule
- Non-treaty Commercial Columbia River fishery
- Coastal Commercial crab fishery – Quileute Area
- Langlois Lake recreational fishing
- Snake River recreational Chinook season
- Puget Sound recreational spot shrimp seasons
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound Commercial Crab Fishery
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing
March
- Columbia River recreational white sturgeon seasons
- Commercial razor clam season
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Columbia River recreational Dalles Pool sturgeon
- Puget Sound recreational halibut seasons
- Recreational Puget Sound salmon Marine Area 10
- Commercial Puget Sound crab Regions 3-4
- Recreational Columbia River sturgeon
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Commercial sea urchin all districts
- Recreational John Day Pool Sturgeon
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Recreational salmon Drano Lake, Klickitat River, Wind River
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Commercial green sea urchin
- Recreational Cowlitz River smelt
- Columbia River commercial eulachon smelt fishery
- Recreational Dalles Pool and Bonneville Pool sturgeon
February
- Puget Sound recreational sea cucumbers
- Recreational Chinook fishing lower Columbia River and Deep River
- Recreational salmon fishing Cowlitz River and Kalama River
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
- Recreational fishing coastal tributaries
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Non-treaty commercial Columbia River fishing
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Puget Sound recreational salmon fishing Marine Area 10
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Coastal commercial crab Makah special management area
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Domestic sheep and goats on WDFW Lands
January
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon
- Columbia River commercial eulachon smelt fishery
- The Dalles Reservoir recreational sturgeon harvest
- Commercial red sea urchin harvest
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Recreational gamefish Nooksack River
- Puget Sound recreational fishing Catch Record Card Area 10
- Electronic snow goose calls
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Snake River recreational steelhead