EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: August 6, 2009, 12:01 p.m.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900S and 232-28-61900U; and amending WAC 232-28-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.12.047 and 77.04.020.
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: Surplus pink salmon are available for harvest in the Skagit River. The department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans agreed-to with resource comanagers at the North of Falcon proceedings. These emergency rules are necessary to comply with agreed-to management plans, and are interim until permanent rules take effect.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: July 31, 2009.
Philip Anderson
Director
(1) Baker River (Skagit County): Mouth to Highway 20 Bridge: Salmon: closed. From Highway 20 Bridge at Concrete to fish barrier dam: Closed waters.
(2) Hoh River (Jefferson County), Outside of Olympic National Park:
(a) From Olympic National Park upstream to DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch, selective gear rules not in effect.
(b) Selective gear rules until further notice, from DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch to Willoughby Creek.
(c) Selective gear rules effective immediately until further notice, from Willoughby Creek to Olympic National Park Boundary below the mouth of South Fork.
(3) Nisqually River (Pierce County), from mouth to Military Tank Crossing Bridge: Salmon: Open immediately until further notice. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon; and of the adult salmon, only 2 may be any combination of pink, chum and coho. Release wild adult Chinook.
(4) Naselle River (Pacific/Wahkiakum counties), from Highway 101 Bridge upstream including all forks: Salmon: Open immediately until further notice, from Highway 101 Bridge to Highway 4 Bridge. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon; and of these 3 adult fish, no more than 2 may be adult Chinook and only 1 may be a wild adult coho. Release chum salmon.
(5) Nemah River, North, Middle, and South: Salmon: Open until further notice on Middle Nemah from mouth to DNR Bridge, and on South Nemah from mouth to confluence with Middle Nemah. Middle and South Nemah: Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon; and of the two adult fish, no more than one may be a wild adult coho. Release chum.
(6) Samish River (Whatcom County), Salmon: Open until further notice from mouth to Thomas Road Bridge. Daily limit two salmon. Release wild coho.
(7) Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
(a) From mouth to Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon): Salmon: Open 12:01 p.m. August 6 through August 9. Daily limit 2 salmon, only one of which may be an adult Chinook. Release chum, coho and sockeye. Night closure.
(b) From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon) upstream to Gilligan Creek: Salmon: Open 12:01 p.m. August 6 through August 9. Daily limit 2 salmon, only one of which may be an adult Chinook. Release chum, coho and sockeye. Night closure.
(c) From the Dalles Bridge at Concrete to the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport: Closed until further notice between a line 200 feet above the east bank of the Baker River to a line 200 feet below the west bank of the Baker River. Anti-snagging rule and night closure until further notice. Salmon closed until further notice.
(8) Willapa River (Pacific County): Mouth to Highway 6 Bridge: Salmon: Open until further notice from mouth to Highway 6 Bridge approximately 2 miles below mouth of Trap Creek. Daily limit 6 fish, of which no more than 3 may be adult salmon; and of the adult salmon, not more than one may be a wild adult coho and not more than two may be adult Chinook. Release chum.
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Reviser's note: The typographical error in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appears in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative
Code is repealed effective 12:01 p.m. August 6, 2009:
| WAC 232-28-61900S | Exceptions to statewide rules -- 2009 North of Falcon. (09-102) |
| WAC 232-28-61900U | Exceptions to statewide rules -- 2009 North of Falcon. |