EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900Y; 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: The previous emergency rule inadvertently omitted salmon angling at night in the area from Priest Rapids Dam to Rock Island Dam. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 8, 2010.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
(1) In the river sections modified below mandatory retention of adipose fin-clipped hatchery origin steelhead. Release any steelhead with one or more round holes punched in the caudal (tail) fin. Current salmon and all other game fish gear rules do not apply during steelhead season.
(2) Effective immediately until further notice, a person may fish for steelhead in the Columbia River from Priest Rapids Dam to 400 feet below Chief Joseph Dam. Selective gear rules, except bait allowed. Night closure in effect, except angling is allowed at night for salmon from Priest Rapids Dam to Rock Island Dam. Daily limit may contain up to four adipose fin clipped steelhead; minimum size 20 inches.
(a) A person may fish for and possess floy tagged rainbow trout. No daily or minimum size limits.
(3) Effective immediately, until further notice, a person may fish for steelhead in the Entiat River upstream from the Alternate Highway 97 Bridge near the mouth of the Entiat River to 800 feet downstream of the Entiat National Fish Hatchery outfall. Daily limit may contain up to four adipose fin clipped steelhead; minimum size 20 inches. Night closure and selective gear rules apply.
(4) Effective immediately until further notice, a person may fish for steelhead in waters of the Methow River from the mouth to the confluence with the Chewuch River in Winthrop. Fishing from a floating device is prohibited from the second powerline crossing to the first Highway 153 bridge. Daily limit may contain up to four adipose fin clipped steelhead; minimum size 20 inches. Night closure and selective gear rules apply.
(5) Effective immediately until further notice, a person may fish for steelhead in the Okanogan River from the mouth to the Highway 97 Bridge in Oroville. Daily limit may contain up to four adipose fin clipped steelhead; minimum size 20 inches. Night closure and selective gear rules apply.
(6) Effective November 1, 2010, until further notice, a person may fish for steelhead in waters of the Similkameen River from the mouth to 400 feet below Enloe Dam. Daily limit may contain up to four adipose fin clipped steelhead; minimum size 20 inches. Night closure and selective gear rules apply.
(7) Effective immediately until further notice, a person may fish for steelhead in waters of the Wenatchee River from the mouth to the Icicle River Road Bridge. Daily limit may contain up to four adipose fin clipped steelhead; minimum size 20 inches. Night closure and selective gear rules apply.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative
code is repealed
| WAC 232-28-61900Y | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia, Entiat, Methow, Okanogan, Similkameen, and Wenatchee rivers. (10-222) |