The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (State agency) · Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 77.12.047; RCW 34.05.350; Proclamation 20-25.1 (Ex. WA-025)
- Issued
- 2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-06
- End
- 2020-05-04 (most fishing reopened May 5; Ex. 048) (read as 2020-05-04)
- In force
- Apr. 6, 2020 to May 4, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureEvents and venues
- Addressees
- all recreational anglers, shellfish harvesters and hunters
- charter, guide and outfitting businesses
- resorts and retailers dependent on the April 25 opener
- Functions reached
- CB customer base (fishing, shellfish and spring hunting closed)
- GS guides, charters and outfitters
- RT tackle and licence retail (lowland-lakes opener postponed)
- TV travel
- LG fishing resorts (opening weekend lost)
- Collection
- State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE
Operative words
These newly extended closures include all recreational fishing and shellfish harvesting, whether on public or private lands, and the spring bear hunts that would have started on April 1 as well as the April 4 and 5 youth turkey hunt. In addition, the department will postpone the spring bear and turkey season opening days, which were previously scheduled to open on April 15.... WDFW expects most recreation activities to remain closed through the Stay Home, Stay Healthy order.
Enforcement
Notes
The April 25 lowland-lakes opener, 'one of the most celebrated angling days of the year,' was postponed; halibut openers of Apr. 16 postponed.