WSR 17-11-045 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-91—Filed May 12, 2017, 11:37 a.m., effective May 16, 2017]
Effective Date of Rule: May 16, 2017.
Purpose: Amends freshwater recreational fishing in the Columbia river.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-060.
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: There are no allocated spring Chinook impacts available for incidental harvest in a steelhead fishery therefore this emergency rule is needed to delay the recreational steelhead fishery in the Columbia River from Rocky Point upstream to the I-5 Bridge. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 12, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-06000F Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-060, effective May 16, 2017, until further notice, it is unlawful to fish for or possess steelhead and Chinook jack salmon in those waters of the Columbia River from Rocky Point upstream to the I-5 Bridge.
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