WSR 14-16-020 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 14-186—Filed July 25, 2014, 10:07 a.m., effective August 1, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-20000T; and amending WAC 220-310-200.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.04.055, and 77.12.047.
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 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 25, 2014.
James B. Scott Jr.
for Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-20000T Columbia River—Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-200, effective August 1 through August 31, 2014, it is unlawful to violate the provisions below. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
Columbia River
(1) From Buoy 10 upstream to the Washington/Oregon border, each angler aboard a vessel may deploy salmon/steelhead angling gear until the daily salmon/steelhead limit for all anglers aboard has been achieved.
(2) From the Warrior Rock line upstream to a line projected from the lower end of the Steamboat Landing dock on the Washington shore through navigation Light #50 to the Oregon shore:
(a) The salmon and steelhead daily limit is 6 fish of which no more than 2 may be adult salmon or hatchery steelhead or one of each.
(b) Release all salmon other than Chinook and hatchery coho.
(c) The Warrior Rock line is defined as a line projected from the Warrior Rock Lighthouse, through Red Buoy 4, to the orange marker atop the dolphin on the Washington shore.
(3) From the lower end of the Steamboat Landing dock on the Washington shore through navigation Light #50 to the Oregon shore upstream to the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco:
(a) The salmon and steelhead daily limit is 6 fish. No more than 3 adults may be retained of which no more than 2 may be coho or hatchery steelhead, or one of each.
(b) Release wild coho from the Hood River Bridge downstream. Release all salmon other than Chinook and coho.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective September 1, 2014:
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