WSR 15-18-095 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-297—Filed August 31, 2015, 4:50 p.m., effective September 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2015.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-18000A; and amending WAC 220-310-180.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: August 31, 2015.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-18000A Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Coastal.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-180, effective September 1, 2015, until further notice, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Quillayute River:
(a) Open for salmon from the fluorescent orange paint on rocks 475 yards downstream of the confluence of the Sol Duc and Bogachiel rivers to the Olympic National Park boundary near the mouth of the Quillayute River.
(b) Daily limit of 6 fish, up to 3 may be adults, of which only 1 may be wild.
(2) Humptulips River:
(a) Open for salmon from the mouth to the confluence of East and West forks.
(b) Daily limit of 6 fish, up to 2 may be adults, of which only 1 may be a wild Chinook. Release wild Coho.
(3) Niawiakum River:
(a) Open for salmon from Highway 101 Bridge to the South Bend/Palix Rd. Bridge.
(b) Retention of Chum is permissible.
(4) Palix River:
(a) Open for salmon from Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the mouth of the Middle Fork.
(b) Daily limit of 6 fish, up to 4 may be adults. Release wild Chinook.
(5) Nemah River, South:
(a) Open for salmon from the mouth (Lynn Pt. 117 degrees true to opposite shore) upstream to the confluence with Middle Nemah.
(b) Daily limit of 6 fish, up to 4 may be adults. Release wild Chinook.
(6) Nemah River, Middle:
(a) Open for salmon from the mouth to the Dept. of Natural Resources' bridge on Middle Nemah A-Line Rd.
(b) Daily limit of 6 fish, up to 4 may be adults. Release wild Chinook.
(7) Bear River:
(a) Open for salmon from the mouth (Hwy. 101 Bridge) to the Lime Quarry Rd. (approximately 2 river miles).
(b) Daily limit of 6 fish, up to 4 may be adults. Release wild Chinook.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective September 7, 2015:
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