WSR 18-16-017
EMERGENCY RULES
DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 18-156—Filed July 23, 2018, 2:29 p.m., effective August 1, 2018]
Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2018.
Purpose: Amends freshwater recreational rules for the southwest region.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-312-030.
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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 23, 2018.
Joe Stohr
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-03000ZFreshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Southwest
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-030, effective August 1, 2018, until further notice, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
Cowlitz River, from the boundary markers at the mouth to 400' below Mayfield Powerhouse. Salmon daily limit 6; up to 3 may be adults, of which 2 may be Chinook. Only hatchery Chinook and hatchery coho may be retained.
Drano Lake, Salmon and steelhead daily limit 6; no more than 3 adult salmonids of which no more than 1 hatchery steelhead may be retained.
Green River, from the mouth to Miner's Creek. Salmon: Only hatchery Coho may be retained
Kalama River, from the mouth to 1,000 feet below fishway at upper salmon hatchery. Salmon daily limit 6; up to 3 may be adults, of which only 2 may be Coho. Only hatchery Chinook and hatchery Coho may be retained.
Kalama River,
(a) From 1,000 feet above the fishway at the upper salmon hatchery, upstream to Summers Creek:
(i) Open year-round.
(ii) Selective gear rules.
(iii) Game fish: Statewide minimum length/daily limit, except:
(A) Trout: Daily limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(B) Steelhead: Daily limit 3 hatchery steelhead; minimum length 20 inches.
(b) From the intersection of roads 6000 and 6420 to the 6600 Road bridge immediately downstream of Jack Creek
(i) Selective gear rules.
(ii) Open the Saturday before Memorial Day through November 30.
(iii) Game fish: Statewide minimum length/daily limit, except:
(A) Trout: Daily limit 2; minimum length 14 inches.
(B) Steelhead: Daily limit 3 hatchery steelhead; minimum length 20 inches.
Toutle River, from the mouth to the forks. Salmon daily limit 6; up to 2 may be adults, of which 1 maybe a hatchery Chinook.
Toutle River, North Fork, From the mouth to the posted deadline below the fish collection facility. Salmon daily limit 6; up to 2 may be adults, of which only 1 may be a Chinook.
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.