WSR 15-16-080 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 15-224—Filed July 31, 2015, 2:43 p.m., effective August 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: August 1, 2015.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-310-180.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, 77.12.045, 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: 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 31, 2015.
Joe Stohr
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-18000T Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Coastal.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-180, effective August 1, 2015, until further notice, it is unlawful to violate the following provisions, provided that unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect:
(1) Hoh River and South Fork Hoh River - Open for trout and other game fish. Selective gear rules apply.
(2) Naselle River - Open for salmon from Highway 101 Bridge to the Highway 4 Bridge.
(a) Daily limit of six fish, up to 4 may be adults, release wild Chinook.
(3) North Nemah River - Open for salmon from Highway 101 Bridge upstream to the bridge on Nemah Valley Road.
(a) Daily limit of six fish, up to 4 may be adults, release wild Chinook.
(4) Willapa River - Open for salmon from the mouth (City of South Bend boat launch) to the Highway 6 Bridge approximately 2 miles below the mouth of Trap Creek.
(a) Daily limit of six fish, up to 4 may be adults, release wild Chinook.
(b) Anglers may fish with two poles from the City of South Bend boat launch upstream to the second bridge on Camp one Road.
(5) Willapa River, South Fork - Open for salmon from the mouth to the bridge on Pehl Road.
(a) Daily limit of six fish, up to 3 may be adults and only one may be a wild adult coho. Release wild 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. |