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 2024.
June
- Southern Resident killer whale vulnerable individual designations
- Columbia River Treaty fishery
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Lower Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Southwest Washington streams recreational salmon
- Department land use - wildfire prevention
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Cascade River and Skagit River recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp trawl fishery
- Puget Sound Recreational shrimp
- Snohomish basin recreational fishing update
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Coastal commercial crab fishery
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Snohomish Basin recreational fishing
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Fox trapping seasons
- Southwest Washington streams recreational salmon
- Puget Sound recreational crab seasons
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- May Creek (tributary of Wallace River) recreational fishing
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Skagit River and Cascade River recreational salmon
- Coastal recreational salmon seasons
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
May
- Crop and livestock damage compensation
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound recreational shrimp
- Columbia River and Deep River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Drano Lake, Cowlitz, Kalama, Klickitat, Lewis, and Wind rivers recreational salmon
- Columbia River, Deep River recreational salmon
- Skagit River, Cascade River, Marine Area 13 recreational salmon
- Marine Area 8-2, Marine Area 11 recreational salmon
- Nooksack River and all forks recreational fishing
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Coastal salmon troll seasons--Commercial
- Icicle River recreational salmon
- Snohomish River system recreational fishing
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Puget Sound and Skagit River recreational salmon
- Recreational razor clams
April
- Snake River recreational salmon
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Puget Sound commercial shrimp
- Coastal commercial crab
- Coastal commercial troll fishery
- Skagit River salmon seasons
- Marine Area 5 recreational salmon
- Recreational razor clams
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Puget sound recreational salmon (Marine areas 10 and 11)
- Coastal commercial crab
- Puget Sound Recreational shrimp
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River recreational salmon and steelhead
- Columbia River commercial salmon
- Recreational razor clams
March
- Coastal rivers and tributaries recreational fishing rules
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Commercial razor clam seasons
- Puget Sound recreational salmon
- Coastal commercial crab
- Recreational razor clams
- Commercial sea urchins
- Kopachuck State Park recreational clams, mussels, and oysters
- Recreational halibut seasons
- Salmon Creek (Clark Co.) hatchery steelhead
- Recreational sturgeon
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Commercial sea urchins
- Commercial sea urchins
- Recreational razor clams
February
- Recreational smelt
- Coastal commercial crab
- Southwest Washington streams recreational salmon
- Columbia River Treaty fishery above Bonneville
- Columbia River recreational sturgeon
- Columbia River recreational salmon
- Commercial coastal crab
- Recreational clams, oysters and mussels
- Puget sound recreational salmon
- Commercial sea urchins
- Wildlife trapping seasons
- Recreational razor clams
- Columbia River commercial salmon (below Bonneville)
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Recreational eulachon smelt
- Columbia River Treaty Indian fishery
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Puget Sound commercial crab gear
- Recreational razor clams
January
- Commercial smelt
- Recreational razor clams
- Coastal commercial crab
- Puget Sound commercial crab
- Sauk and Skagit rivers recreational steelhead
- Commercial sea cucumbers
- Recreational sturgeon
- Recreational razor clams
- Coastal commercial crab landings