Puget Sound Harvesters Ass'n v. Department of Fish & Wildlife

¶1 The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) appeals the trial court’s invalidation of two Washington administrative rules. In 2008, WDFW adopted the two rules, setting the 2008 fall chum salmon fishing schedule in South Puget Sound areas 10 and 11. WDFW allocated fishing opportunities between the gillnetters and purse seiners rather than placing a limit on the total catch of either group. The trial court invalidated the two rules, ruling that they were arbitrary and capricious. We affirm the trial court’s rulings invalidating the 2008 versions of WAC 220-47-311 and WAC 220-47-411…