Purpose: Amend general definition of wild fish to conform definition with definition in sport rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-16-470.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 04-12-073 on June 1, 2004.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: August 3, 2004.

Susan Yeager

for Will Roehl, Chair

Fish and Wildlife Commission

OTS-7240.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 97-18-035, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97)

WAC 220-16-470   Wild.   "Wild" when used to describe the difference between a hatchery fish and a nonhatchery fish, except salmon, means a fish with all fins intact. A fish missing an adipose or ventral fin with a healed scar at the site is not a wild fish. When "wild" is used to describe a salmon, "wild" means a salmon with an intact adipose fin, regardless of whether the fish is ventral fin clipped.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080 and 75.12.040. 97-18-035, § 220-16-470, filed 8/27/97, effective 9/27/97.]

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