WSR 17-16-069 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 17-175—Filed July 26, 2017, 10:05 a.m., effective July 27, 2017] Effective Date of Rule: July 27, 2017.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for 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: Current abundance estimates of unclipped (wild) adult Chinook salmon returning to the Okanogan River are in excess of spawner escapement needs. Approximately two thousand wild adult Chinook are available for harvest by recreational sport anglers. This emergency rule is needed to allow anglers to retain one unclipped adult Chinook salmon as part of the daily limit which will provide additional angling opportunity. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: July 26, 2017.
J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-312-06000Q Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Columbia River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-312-060, effective July 27, 2017, until further notice the following rules apply. Unless otherwise amended, all permanent rules remain in effect.
Columbia River – In waters from the Highway 173 bridge at Brewster upstream to the Highway 17 bridge at Bridgeport it is permissible to retain one unclipped (wild) adult Chinook salmon as part of the daily limit.
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