EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: October 1, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900Z and 232-28-61900B; and amending 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: An extremely large run of fall chinook is returning to the Hanford Reach in 2003 and additional adult salmon are available for harvest. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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.
October 1, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Columbia River:
(a) Effective immediately through December 31, 2003, in those waters of the Columbia River from the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers, special daily limit of six salmon, no more than four adults. Minimum size 12 inches.
(b) Effective immediately through October 22, 2003, in those waters of the Columbia River from the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers to Priest Rapids Dam, special daily limit of six salmon, no more than four adults. Minimum size 12 inches.
(c) Effective immediately through October 15, 2003, in those waters from Priest Rapids Dam upstream to Wells Dam and between the Highway 173 Bridge at Brewster and Highway 17 Bridge at Bridgeport, open for salmon fishing with a daily limit of six salmon, no more than two adults. Release sockeye and coho.
(2) Okanogan River (Okanogan Co.): Effective immediately through October 15, 2003, in those waters of the Okanogan River downstream of the Highway 97 Bridge near Brewster to the mouth, open to salmon fishing, daily limit of six salmon, no more than two adults. Release sockeye and coho.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 232-28-61900Z | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River and Okanogan River. (03-240) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. January 1, 2004:
| WAC 232-28-61900B | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River and Okanogan River. |