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 2023.
December
- Tokul Creek gamefish
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Nooksack River, North and South forks
- Commercial sea urchins
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Commercial sea urchins
- Commercial sea urchins
- Elochoman River recreational salmon
- Willapa and Naselle river salmon and coastal tributaries
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
November
- Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor, and coastal tributaries recreational fishing
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Puget Sound commercial salmon purse seine test fishery
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Stillaguamish River recreational
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 12, 12B
- Toutle, North Fork Toutle, and Green rivers
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 12C beach seine
- Recreational razor clams
- Grays Harbor and coastal tributaries recreational salmon
- Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial sea urchin
- Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber
- Cascade River recreational salmon
October
- Bonneville and The Dalles pools recreational sturgeon
- Snohomish watershed recreational fishing
- Elochoman River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound purse seine test fishing
- Olympic Peninsula recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 6D, 9A, 10, and 11
- Recreational razor clams
- Mid Columbia River recreational salmon
- Skykomish River and Snohomish system recreational
- Puget Sound commercial gillnets areas 10 and 11
- Satsop River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 10 and 11
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational
- Snohomish River and Wallace River recreational
- Recreational razor clams
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Purse seine test fishery
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational
- Purse seine test fishery
- Green River, Toutle River, and Toutle River, North Fork recreational salmon
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Lower Columbia River salmon and steelhead fishery update
September
- Wildfire land use rules repealed
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 7 reef nets
- Upper Columbia River and Icicle River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Puget Sound recreational crab
- Quillayute system returns to permanent rules
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Stillaguamish River recreational
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Coho retention limits return to permanent rules in Marine Area 10
- Columbia River recreational fishery
- Lake Sammamish to open for Chinook retention
- Columbia River commercial fishery
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 7C
- Samish River and Whatcom Creek recreational salmon
- Yale Reservoir recreational salmon
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 7 reef nets
- Puget Sound Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 7 and 7A
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Willapa Bay commercial salmon
- Puget Sound commercial salmon Area 12C beach seine
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 7 and 7A
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Puget Sound recreational crab
- Puget Sound commercial salmon areas 7 and 7A
August
- Willapa Bay Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 2N commercial salmon fishery
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Catch Record Card areas 1-3, and 4 wild coho fisheries
- Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting areas 7 and 7A gillnet fisheries and Area 7 reefnet fisheries
- Catch Card Area 5 Chinook and wild coho
- Ocean salmon troll fishery wild coho retention
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Reporting areas 7 and 7A gillnet fisheries and Area 7 reefnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Area 10 commercial purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 10 purse seine and gillnet fisheries
- Puget Sound Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area 7 commercial reef net fisheries
- Puget Sound Management and Catch Reporting Area 12C commercial beach seine fishery closure
- Catch Record Card areas 5, 6, and 7 pink salmon daily limit
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Marine Area 7 recreational crab harvest
- Catch Record Card Area 2 Chinook retention
- Catch Record Card Area 10 Chinook retention
- Coastal commercial salmon troll seasons
- Sea cucumber District 2-2 and District 5 closures
- Willapa Bay areas 2M and 2R commercial salmon seasons
- Marine Area 7 recreational crab season delay
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Snohomish River salmon seasons
- South Fork Tieton River and Rimrock Reservoir game fish fishing closure
- Snake River fall Chinook seasons
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Samish River hook requirement
- Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Puget Sound Recreational shrimp
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
- Lake Roosevelt sturgeon
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Marine Area 10 recreational salmon
July
- Upper Skykomish River recreational fishing
- Columbia River sturgeon fishing
- Catch Record Card Area 9 recreational Chinook retention and hatchery coho and pink salmon seasons
- 2023 Puget Sound commercial sea cucumber seasons
- Wenatchee River recreational sockeye fishing
- Williams, North Windmill, North North Windmill lakes gamefish daily limts
- Catch Record Card Area 7 recreational salmon seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 2 Chinook retention
- Commercial shrimp fishery
- Recreational halibut seasons Catch Record Card 1 through 10
- Catch Record Card Area 5 Chinook daily limit
- Chinook coastal commercial troll fishery
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Lake Wenatchee recreational sockeye seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 7 recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp season
- Closes Skykomish River recreational fishing
- Limited participation salmon net fisheries notification deadline
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 11 recreational salmon
- Skagit River partial closure and sockeye limit in Baker Lake
- Closes Quillayute recreational fishing
- Recreational salmon seasons Catch Record Card areas 7, 9, and 10
- Chinook coastal commercial troll fishery
- Catch Record Card Area 12 salmon seasons
- Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp pot fishery
- Catch Record Card areas 3 and 4 Chinook fishing limits
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Columbia River sockeye fishing limits
- Baker Lake recreational sockeye seasons
- Wildfire prevention on department lands
- Klickitat River recreational salmon fishing
June
- Recreational salmon daily limits Bogachiel, Calawah, Dickey, Quillayute, and Sol Duc rivers
- Skagit River recreational fishing closure
- Southern Resident killer whale vulnerable individual designations
- Salmon seasons for Catch Record Card areas 6 and 11
- Columbia River adult summer Chinook fishing
- Wind River salmon and steelhead fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Commercial salmon troll seasons areas 1 through 4
- Cascade River hatchery Chinook seasons
- Commercial salmon troll seasons areas 1 through 4
- Closes commercial salmon troll fishery
- Wenatchee River recreational salmon fishing
- Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- Skagit River sockeye seasons
- Coastal commercial crab fisheries weekly landing limits
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon fishing
- Commercial razor clam seasons Razor Clam Area 2
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Hanford Reach and lower Columbia River summer salmon and steelhead seasons
- Wenatchee River recreational salmon seasons
- Coastal salmon troll landing and possession limits Areas 1 through 4
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Recreational halibut fisheries Catch Card Areas 1, 3, and 4
May
- Columbia River and Deep River steelhead fisheries
- Skagit and Cascade Rivers spring Chinook seasons
- Recreational spot shrimp fishery Marine Area 11 and non-spot shrimp fishery Marine Areas 9 and 13
- Commercial troll landing and possession limits Areas 1 and 2
- Lewis River and Klickitat River salmon and steelhead fisheries
- Recreational spring Chinook seasons below Bonneville Dam
- Catch Record Card Area 11 salmon seasons
- ESSB 5371 Whale watching and sea paddle tour licensing fees
- Snake River hatchery spring Chinook seasons
- Closes subregion 1C to commercial spot shrimp harvest
- Columbia River spring Chinook fishing
- Catch Record Areas 8.2 and 10 recreational salmon fishing (correction)
- Catch Record Card Areas 8-2 and 10 salmon fishing
- Coastal commercial salmon troll seasons areas 3 and 4
- Snake River salmon seasons
- Icicle River recreational hatchery Chinook fishing
- Snohomish River recreational fisheries
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp trawl fishery
- Catch reporting areas 3 and 4 commercial salmon troll season
- Southern Nearshore halibut fishery bottomfish retention
- Yakima River recreational salmon seasons
- Willapa River hatchery Chinook seasons
April
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp fishery
- Recreational razor clam digging
- Coastal tributaries fishing (repeal)
- Goose Creek gamefish seasons
- Skagit River recreational salmon seasons
- Snake River spring Chinook seasons
- Catch Record Card Area 5 salmon seasons
- Puget Sound commercial salmon troll seasons
- Quileute SMA commercial crab fishery season
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Recreational razor clam seasons
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp fishery
- Columbia and Deep River fishing
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Recreational razor clam digging
March
- Commercial crab fishery Quinault Special Management Area revision
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Commercial sea urchin seasons
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Razor clam seasons
- Skagit and Sauk rivers steelhead
- Commercial sea urchins
- Razor clam opening
- Commercial sea urchin
- Klickitat River, Wind River, and Salmon Creek fishing
- Districts 1, 2, 3, and 4 red sea urchin harvest
February
- District 3 red urchin harvest
- Copalis and Mocrocks beach razor clam seasons
- Columbia River and Deep River spring Chinook seasons
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Copalis and Mocrocks beach razor clam seasons
- Columbia River non-treaty commercial fishing
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- Penrose Point State Park clam, mussel, and oyster seasons
- Districts 1, 2, and 3 red sea urchin harvest
- Treaty Indian Columbia River salmon fishing
- John Day pool sturgeon retention
- Catch Record Card Area 10 recreational salmon seasons
- Willapa River recreational fishing
- Copalis and Mocrocks beach razor clam seasons
- North Fork Nooksack River recreational fishing
- Copalis Beach recreational razor clam seasons
January
- Lower Willapa River fishing closure
- Puget Sound green sea urchin harvest Districts 3 and 4
- Puget Sound sea cucumber harvest
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishing
- The Dalles and John Day pools recreational white sturgeon
- Columbia River commercial smelt fishery
- Copalis Beach (Razor Clam Area 4) razor clam seasons
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Puget Sound green sea urchin harvest Districts 3 and 4
- Puget Sound sea cucumber harvest District 1 and 2-1
- Bonneville Pool sturgeon retention
- Commercial crab fishing Management Region 2
- Nooksack River recreational game fish closure
- Puget Sound commercial crab fishing Region 2-East Delay