WSR 16-17-044 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 16-193—Filed August 10, 2016, 1:48 p.m., effective September 1, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: September 1, 2016.
Purpose: Amend freshwater recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19000K; and 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: This emergency rule is needed to reopen Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish since they had been closed under a comanager agreement to protect coho salmon. The comanagers have since agreed that recreational fisheries for trout and other game fish in these lakes will not significantly affect coho 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 10, 2016.
Joe Stohr
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19000K Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Puget Sound.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-190, effective September 1 through October 31, 2016, the following rules apply:
(1) Lake Washington (King Co., including that portion of Sammamish River from 68th Ave. NE Bridge downstream): open to fishing for trout and other game fish. Statewide minimum size and daily limits in effect.
(2) Lake Washington Ship Canal (King Co., waters east of a north-south line 400 feet west of the Chittenden (Ballard) Locks to the Montlake Bridge, including Lake Union, Portage Bay, and Salmon Bay): open to fishing for trout and other game fish. Statewide minimum size and daily limits in effect.
(3) Lake Sammamish (King Co.): Open to fishing for trout and other game fish. Statewide minimum size and daily limits in effect. Release Kokanee.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective November 1, 2016:
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