EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2012.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900R; 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: Several fish marking programs are currently being conducted by the Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW), the Yakama Nation, and the Colville Confederated Tribes that will study survival and migration patterns within the Columbia River system. Radio and/or acoustic tags will be placed inside chinook and sockeye salmon and will be identified by a colored external floy (anchor) tag below the dorsal fin. In addition, fish will also be identified with one or more round holes (approximately 1/4 inch in diameter) punched in the caudal (tail) fin. The success of these studies will be dependent upon the angler's ability to recognize these tags and to release the fish as quickly as possible. In addition, these fish are part of a study and have been anesthetized; the FDA requires a twenty-one day ban on consumption of these fish. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 21, 2012.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
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The following section of the Washington Administrative
Code is repealed effective October 16, 2012:
| WAC 232-28-61900R | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia, Okanogan and Similkameen rivers. |