WSR 15-14-061 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-191—Filed June 25, 2015, 4:04 p.m., effective July 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2015.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-20000P and 220-310-19500W; and amending WAC 220-310-200 and 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: The department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 25, 2015.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-20000P Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-200, effective July 1 through July 13, 2015, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) In those waters from Priest Rapids Dam to Rock Island Dam it is permissible to retain six sockeye in the daily limit when open for salmon fishing.
(2) Closed waters: Rock Island Dam, between the upstream line of Rock Island Dam to boundary markers 400 feet downstream of the fish ladders.
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19500W Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Eastside.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-195, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Chelan River (Chelan County): From the railroad bridge to the Chelan P.U.D. safety barrier below the power house:
(a) Salmon: Open July 1, 2015, until further notice.
(b) Limit 8; no more than 2 adult hatchery Chinook and no more than 6 sockeye may be retained.
(c) Release coho and wild adult Chinook.
(d) Anti-snagging rule and night closure in effect.
(e) Barbless hooks are required for salmon and steelhead.
(2) Okanogan River (Okanogan County):
(a) In waters of the Okanogan River open for salmon fishing it is permissible to retain 6 sockeye salmon in the daily limit.
(3) Similkameen River (Okanogan County):
(a) In waters of the Similkameen River open for salmon fishing it is permissible to retain 6 sockeye salmon in the daily limit.
(b) Closed waters: From Enloe Dam downstream 400 feet.
REPEALER
The following sections of the Washington Administrative Code are repealed effective July 14, 2014:
Reviser's note: The typographical error 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. | ||||||