EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: December 21, 1999.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.040.
Under RCW 34.05.350 the agency for good cause finds that immediate adoption, amendment, or repeal of a rule is necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, or general welfare, and that observing the time requirements of notice and opportunity to comment upon adoption of a permanent rule would be contrary to the public interest.
Reasons for this Finding: These closures will allow more hatchery steelhead to escape the fishery and enter traps operated by WDFW and the Muckleshoot Tribe. This trapping is part of a joint effort by the two agencies to reduce the dependance on out-of-basin broodstock to enhance Green River steelhead fisheries. The harvestable number of wild winter-run steelhead (692) is likely to have been taken in tribal and sport fisheries by February 15, 2000, based on anticipated exploitation rates. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent rules.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
December 21, 1999
J. P. Koenings
Director
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:
(1) Effective immediately until further notice: From the Highway 18 Bridge to the Tacoma Headworks Dam: It is unlawful to fish for gamefish in those waters within 150 feet of the Palmer Ponds outlet rack and within 150 feet of the mouth of Keta (Crisp) Creek.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. February 16, 2000 through February 29, 2000, wild steelhead release in those waters of the Green River from the mouth to the SR 167 Freeway Bridge.
(3) Effective 12:01 a.m. February 16, 2000 through March 15, 2000, wild steelhead release in those waters of the Green River from the SR 167 Bridge to Tacoma Headworks Dam.
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