EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: July 18, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900Q; and 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: This regulation is intended to keep the recreational harvest of sturgeon in the John Day Reservoir and its tributaries within the established harvest guidelines. This maintains consistent regulations between Washington and Oregon. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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.
July 18, 2003
B. J. Bjork
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) Effective immediately through September 30, 2003, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon caught in those waters of the Columbia River and tributaries from the mouth upstream to the Wauna power lines.
(2) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon caught in those waters of the Columbia River and tributaries from Bonneville Dam to John Day Dam.
(3) Effective 12:01 a.m. July 28, 2003, until further notice, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon caught in those waters of the Columbia River and tributaries from John Day Dam to McNary Dam.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 232-28-61900Q | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River (sturgeon). (03-142) |