WAC 220-48-015
Beam trawl and bottom trawl -- Seasons. (1)
It is lawful to fish for and possess bottomfish taken with bottom
trawl and beam trawl gear in Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and
Catch Reporting Areas 20A, 20B, 21A, 22A, 22B, 23A, 23B, 23C,
25A, and 25B the entire year with the following exceptions:
(a) Those waters of Area 20A east of a line projected from
Point Whitehorn to Sandy Point are closed the entire year.
(b) Those waters of Area 20A within an area bounded by lines
from Lilly Point to Birch Point and from the southwest corner of
Point Roberts to Point Whitehorn to where these two lines are
intersected by a line south from Kwomais Point in British
Columbia and a line from Lilly Point to the north Alden Bank buoy
are closed April 15 through May 31.
(c) Those waters of Area 20A within an area bounded by lines
from Lilly Point to Birch Point and Lilly Point to the north
Alden Bank buoy to where those lines are intersected by a line
projected approximately 230 degrees south from Birch Point to
Alden Point on Patos Island are closed June 1 through June 30.
(d) Areas 20A, 20B, 21A, 22A and 22B are closed to all trawl
fishing in waters less than 30 feet deep.
(e) Areas 20A, 20B, 21A, 22A and 22B are closed in waters
deeper than 40 fathoms from 12:01 a.m. September 15 through
December 31 except if the Pacific cod quota for these waters has
not been taken by September 15, these waters may be opened by
emergency rule for the taking of the Pacific cod quota.
(f) Area 23C is closed to otter trawl fishing the entire
year in waters shallower than 50 fathoms and is closed to beam
trawl fishing in waters less than 60 feet deep.
(g) Area 23C is closed to otter trawl Wednesday, Saturday
and Sunday, January 1 through August 31, and closed to all otter
trawl September 1 through December 31.
(2) It is lawful to fish for and possess bottomfish taken
with beam trawl gear in Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and
Catch Reporting Areas 23A, 23B, 25A and 25B the entire year with
the following exceptions:
(a) All of Area 25A is closed February 1 through April 15 of
each year.
(b) Those waters of Area 25A lying southerly and westerly of
a line projected from Kiapot Point to Gibson Spit (Sequim Bay)
are closed the entire year.
(c) Areas 23A, 25A and 25B are closed to beam trawl fishing
in waters less than 60 feet deep.
(3) It is unlawful to fish for or possess bottomfish taken
with otter trawl gear in Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and
Catch Reporting Areas 23A, 23B, 25A and 25B the entire year.
(4) It is unlawful to take, fish for or possess bottomfish
taken with bottom trawl or beam trawl gear in Marine
Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch Reporting Areas 21B, 23D,
24A, 24B, 24C, 24D, 25C, 25D, 25E, 26A, 26B, 26C, 26D, 27A, 27B,
27C, 28A, 28B, 28C, 28D, and 29 the entire year.
(5) It is unlawful to take more than 500 pounds of rockfish
with beam trawl and bottom trawl gear during any vessel trip in
all Puget Sound Marine Fish-Shellfish Management and Catch
Reporting Areas.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.12.047. 01-10-001 (Order 01-58), §
220-48-015, filed 4/18/01, effective 5/19/01; 01-02-060 (Order
00-266), § 220-48-015, filed 12/29/00, effective 1/29/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 98-05-043, § 220-48-015,
filed 2/11/98, effective 3/14/98; 97-07-053 (Order 97-52), §
220-48-015, filed 3/17/97, effective 4/17/97; 94-19-001 (Order
94-96), § 220-48-015, filed 9/7/94, effective 10/8/94; 94-12-009
(Order 94-23), § 220-48-015, filed 5/19/94, effective 6/19/94;
91-13-051 (Order 91-39), § 220-48-015, filed 6/14/91, effective
7/15/91; 89-14-010 (Order 89-48), § 220-48-015, filed 6/22/89;
87-04-003 (Order 87-03), § 220-48-015, filed 1/22/87; 85-08-023
(Order 85-24), § 220-48-015, filed 4/1/85; 84-08-014 (Order
84-24), § 220-48-015, filed 3/27/84; 83-24-024 (Order 83-200), §
220-48-015, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; 83-04-025 (Order
83-04), § 220-48-015, filed 1/27/83; 82-24-080 (Order 82-215), §
220-48-015, filed 12/1/82, effective 1/1/83; 82-14-056 (Order
82-72), § 220-48-015, filed 7/1/82.]