EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: June 1, 2011.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-619, 232-28-620, and 232-28-621.
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 department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement the personal use fishing plans agreed to with resource co-managers 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 3, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 31, 2011.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
(1) Beaver Creek (Thurston County) and all tributaries west of I-5: Open the first Saturday in June until further notice. Selective gear rules, night closure, and anti-snagging rules are in effect. Trout: Minimum length is 14 inches.
(2) Black River (Thurston County) from mouth to Highway 12: Open the first Saturday in June until further notice. Selective gear rules. Trout: Minimum length is 14 inches.
(3) Black River (Thurston County) from Highway 12 to bridge on 128th Ave SW: Open the first Saturday in June until further notice. Night closure and anti-snagging rules are in effect. Single-point hooks required. Trout: Minimum length is 14 inches.
(4) Black River (Thurston County) from bridge on 128th Ave SW to Black Lake, and including all tributaries west of I-5, including Waddell Creek, Dempsey Creek, Salmon Creek, and Blooms Ditch: Open the first Saturday in June until further notice. Selective gear rules are in effect. Trout: Minimum length is 14 inches.
(5) Cloquallum Creek (Grays Harbor County): From mouth to the outlet of Stump Lake: Open the first Saturday in June until further notice. Trout: Minimum length is fourteen inches.
(6) Mima Creek (Thurston County) and all tributaries west of I-5: Open the first Saturday in June until further notice. Selective gear rules, night closure, and anti-snagging rules are in effect. Trout: Minimum length is 14 inches.
(7) Nooksack River (Whatcom County), from mouth to forks: Salmon: Open July 16, 2011, until further notice, from the Lummi Indian Reservation boundary to the Highway 544 Bridge at Everson. Daily limit 4 pink salmon only. Bait is prohibited. Only a single-point hook may be used, and the hook must measure less than 1/2" from point to shank.
(8) Samish River (Whatcom County): Salmon: Closed.
(9) Skagit River (Skagit/Whatcom counties):
(a) From Memorial Highway Bridge (Highway 536 at Mt. Vernon) upstream to Gilligan Creek: Anti-snagging rule in effect from July 1, 2011, until further notice.
(b) From the Highway 530 Bridge at Rockport to the Cascade River Road: Open June 1, 2011, until further notice. Anti-snagging rule and night closure are in effect. Trout, except Dolly Varden/Bull Trout: Minimum length is fourteen inches. It is legal to retain Dolly Varden/Bull Trout as part of the trout daily limit; minimum length for Dolly Varden/Bull Trout is twenty inches. Salmon: Open June 1 through July 15, 2011. Daily limit is 4 hatchery Chinook salmon, of which only 2 may be adult hatchery Chinook.
(c) From Cascade River Road to the Gorge Powerhouse: Open June 1, 2011, until further notice. Selective gear rules are in effect. It is unlawful to fish from a floating device equipped with an internal combustion motor. All species: Release all fish, except that up to 2 hatchery steelhead may be retained per day.
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(1) Catch Record Card Area 1:
(a) June 1 through June 17, 2011 - Closed.
(b) June 18 through June 25, 2011 - Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) June 26, 2011, until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.
(d) Closed in the Columbia River Mouth Control Zone 1 during all open periods. See WAC 220-56-195.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 2:
(a) June 1 through June 17, 2011 - Closed.
(b) June 18 through June 25, 2011 - Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) June 26, 2011, until further notice - Open Sundays through Thursdays only. Daily limit is 2 salmon, of which not more than one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.
(3) Willapa Bay (Catch Record Card Area 2-1):
(a) June 1 through June 17, 2011 - Closed.
(b) June 18 through July 31, 2011 - Open concurrent with Area 2 when Area 2 is open for salmon angling. Area 2 rules apply.
(4) Catch Record Card Area 3:
(a) June 1 through June 17, 2011 - Closed.
(b) June 18 through June 25, 2011 - Daily limit of 2 salmon. Release coho and wild Chinook.
(c) June 26, 2011, until further notice - Daily limit is 2 salmon plus 1 additional pink salmon. Only one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho.
(5) Catch Record Card Area 4:
(a) June 1 through June 17, 2011 - Closed.
(b) June 18 through June 25, 2011 - Daily limit is 2 salmon. Release coho and wild Chinook. Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock are closed.
(c) June 26, 2011, until further notice - Daily limit is 2 salmon plus 1 additional pink salmon. Only one may be a Chinook salmon. Release wild coho. Waters east of a true north-south line through Sail Rock are closed June 26 through July 31, 2011.
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(1) Catch Record Card Area 8-2: June 1 through July 31, 2011 - Closed, except waters west of Tulalip Bay and within 2,000 feet of shore from the pilings at Old Bower's Resort to a fishing boundary marker approximately 1.4 miles northwest of Hermosa Point: From June 3 through June 11, 2011, and June 13 through July 31, 2011, open only Friday through 11:59 a.m. Monday of each week. Daily limit is 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink salmon.
(2) Catch Record Card Area 9: From July 16, 2011, until further notice - Daily limit of 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink salmon. Release chum and wild Chinook. Closed south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point, except it is lawful to fish from shore between the Hood Canal Bridge and the northern boundary of Salsbury Point Park. The daily limit is 2 salmon plus 2 additional pink salmon. Release Chinook and chum.
(3) Catch Record Card Area 10: Waters of Elliott Bay east of a line from West Point to Alki Point: Closed July 1, 2011, until further notice.
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