WSR 16-02-081 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 16-01—Filed January 4, 2016, 6:39 p.m., effective January 6, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: January 6, 2016.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Nisqually River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-310-190.
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 emergency closure is needed as spawner survey and harvest information available to date the Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW) and Nisqually Indian Tribe is concerned that the winter chum return to the Nisqually River is not as abundant as forecast and has the potential to fall short of our escapement goal. Given this information and the need to achieve our shared conservation goals both WDFW and the Nisqually Tribe are closing their fisheries for chum salmon. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: January 4, 2016.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19000U Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-190, effective January 6, 2016, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish in waters of the Nisqually River from the mouth to military tank crossing bridge (located one mile upstream of mouth of Muck Creek).
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