WSR 13-13-003 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 13-117—Filed June 5, 2013, 4:22 p.m., effective June 5, 2013, 4:22 p.m.]
Effective Date of Rule: Immediately upon filing.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900C and 232-28-61900E; and amending WAC 232-28-619.
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 hatchery brood stock goal has been met, allowing the Lewis River to reopen for hatchery spring chinook. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: June 5, 2013.
Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900I Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules. Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective immediately, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
Columbia River from the Megler-Astoria Bridge to a projected line from Rocky Point on the Washington bank through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on the Oregon bank: (a) Effective July 1 through July 31, release adult Chinook and sockeye. Columbia River from a line projected line from Rocky Point on the Washington bank through Red Buoy 44 to the navigation light at Tongue Point on the Oregon bank (Rocky Point/Tongue Point line) to Bonneville Dam: (a) Effective immediately through June 15, open for fishing for salmonids from the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line upstream to 600 feet downstream of the fish ladder at the new Bonneville Dam powerhouse (#2). However, closed to fishing from boats upstream of Beacon Rock (defined as a deadline marker on the Oregon bank, located approximately four miles downstream from Bonneville Dam Powerhouse #1, projecting a straight line through the western tip of Pierce Island to a deadline marker on the Washington bank at Beacon Rock). (i) Daily salmonid limit is 6 fish (hatchery Chinook or hatchery steelhead), of which no more than 2 may be adults and no more than 1 may be an adult Chinook. Release all sockeye, wild Chinook and wild steelhead. Salmon minimum size is 12 inches. (b) From the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam: Effective July 1 through July 31, release adult Chinook and sockeye. Columbia River from the Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to the Oregon/Washington border: Effective immediately through June 15, when open for salmon and steelhead it is unlawful when fishing from vessels which are less than 30 feet in length, substantiated by Coast Guard documentation or Marine Board registration, to totally remove from the water any salmon or steelhead required to be released. Deep River (Wahkiakum Co.): Effective immediately through June 15, 2013: the hatchery adult Chinook daily limit will be the same as the adjacent mainstem Columbia River during those days when the mainstem Columbia River is open for adult Chinook retention. When the adjacent mainstem Columbia River is closed for adult Chinook retention, the salmon daily limit will revert to permanent rules for Deep River. Kalama River from boundary markers at the mouth to 1,000 feet below the fishway at upper salmon hatchery: (a) Effective immediately through July 31, release all Chinook. (b) Until further notice, stationary gear restriction has been rescinded. Lewis River (Clark/Cowlitz County) from mouth to mouth of East Fork: a) Effective immediately through June 6, release all Chinook. (b) Effective June 7 through July 31, the salmon daily limit is 6 hatchery Chinook of which no more than 2 may be adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook. Minimum size is 12 inches. Lewis River, North Fork (Clark/Cowlitz County) from mouth of East Fork to overhead powerlines below Merwin Dam: (a) Effective immediately through June 6, release all Chinook. (b) Effective June 7 through July 31, the salmon daily limit is 6 hatchery Chinook of which no more than 2 may be adults. Release all salmon other than hatchery Chinook. Minimum size is 12 inches. Washougal River (Clark County) from mouth to Salmon Falls: Until further notice, stationary gear restriction has been rescinded. Wind River from the mouth (boundary line/markers) upstream, including all tributaries. (a) Effective immediately until further notice, the two-pole endorsement has been rescinded.
Reviser's note: The unnecessary underscoring 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. Reviser's note: The typographical errors in the above section occurred in the copy filed by the agency and appear in the Register pursuant to the requirements of RCW 34.08.040. REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed:
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