WSR 15-12-055 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF
FISH AND WILDLIFE
[Order 15-114—Filed May 28, 2015, 11:54 a.m., effective June 16, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: June 16, 2015.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Columbia River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-20000H; and amending WAC 220-310-200.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 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: Washington department of fish and wildlife (WDFW) is creating a new salmon fishery management area near the mouth of the Yakima River to manage fishing effort, harvest and provide protective daily limits in this short, six-mile river section. This is being done because of the ongoing reintroduction of summer chinook and sockeye into the Yakima Basin by the Yakama Nation, with WDFW's cooperation. The department is in the process of adopting permanent rules that are necessary to implement this fishery and this rule is 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 28, 2015.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-20000H Exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-200:
(1) Effective June 16 through August 15, 2015:
(a) It is permissible to fish for salmon in waters of the Columbia River from the Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the Interstate 182 Bridge in Richland.
(b) Daily limit of three salmon, of which no more than one may be adult hatchery chinook and no more than two may be sockeye. Release wild adult Chinook.
(2) Effective June 16 through August 15, 2015:
(a) It is permissible to fish for salmon in waters of the Columbia River from the Interstate 182 Bridge in Richland to Priest Rapids Dam.
(b) Daily limit of eight salmon, of which no more than two may be adult hatchery chinook and no more than six may be sockeye. Release wild adult Chinook.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective August 16, 2015:
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