EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: February 7, 2002.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.
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: Large numbers of adult hatchery origin spring Chinook are expected to return to these systems in 2002. Fishery managers predict 40,400 fish will return to Wind River, 18,500 to Drano Lake and 1,600 to the Klickitat River. The closure on the Cowlitz River addresses an issue of a disorderly fishery. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
March 16, 2002.
February 7, 2002
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Cowlitz River - effective April 16, 2002 until further notice, those waters of the Cowlitz River from Mill Creek to Barrier Dam fishing from south side of river is prohibited.
(2) Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake) effective March 16, 2002 until further notice, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake) downstream of markers on point of land downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery and upstream of the Highway 14 Bridge - Special daily limit of two chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or two hatchery steelhead greater then 20 inches in length or a combination of one such salmon and one such steelhead. Except closed on Wednesdays effective April 17 through May 29, 2002. Night closures and nonbuoyant lures restriction are in effect.
(3) Klickitat River - effective April 1, through May 29, 2002, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Klickitat River from mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge - special daily limit of one chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or one hatchery steelhead greater then 20 inches in length. Open only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Night closures and nonbuoyant lures restriction are in effect.
(4) Wind River - effective March 16, 2002 until further notice it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Wind River from buoy line/markers upstream to 400 feet below Shipherd Falls and effective May 1, 2002 until further notice it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Wind River From 100 feet above Shipherd Falls to 400 feet below Coffer Dam and 100 feet above Coffer Dam to 800 yards downstream from the fishway at Carson National Fish Hatchery - special daily limit of two chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or two hatchery steelhead greater then 20 inches in length or a combination of one such salmon and one such steelhead. Night closures and nonbuoyant lures restriction are in effect.
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Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.