WSR 14-21-009 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-285—Filed October 2, 2014, 9:29 a.m., effective October 4, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: October 4, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19500E; and amending WAC 220-310-195.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 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: An estimated thirty thousand or more coho are expected to return this year above Priest Rapids Dam and are in excess of spawning escapement and hatchery broodstock needs. The population is not listed under the Endangered Species Act. Opening the fishery will provide for additional angling opportunity. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 2, 2014.
Nate Pamplin
for Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19500E Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Eastside.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-195, effective October 4 through November 30, 2014, it is permissible to fish for coho in the waters listed below with the following restrictions:
(1) Wenatchee River – From the mouth to the Wenatchee River at the Icicle River Road Bridge.
(2) Icicle River – From the mouth to 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam.
(3) 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 (1 mile upstream from the mouth) to the first Hwy 153 Bridge (4 miles upstream from the mouth).
(4) Daily limit 2 coho salmon, minimum size 12 inches
(5) Selective gear rules are in effect.
(6) Night closure in effect.
(7) Release all floy (anchor) tagged coho.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective December 1, 2014:
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