EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: December 22, 1999.
Purpose: Commercial fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-33-01000A; and amending WAC 220-33-010.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
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: Harvestable numbers of sturgeon are available. The fishery will provide an opportunity for the commercial fishers to harvest a portion of their sturgeon allocation during a time frame when impacts to salmonids are minimal. This regulation is consistent with the policy recently adopted by the Washington and Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commissions and is also consistent with the compact action of December 21, 1999. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent regulations.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: January 10, 2000, 12 noon.
December 22, 1999
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-33-010, 220-33-020, and WAC 220-20-010 it is unlawful for a person to take or possess salmon or sturgeon taken for commercial purposes from Columbia River Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E, except as provided in the following subsections:
AREA: SMCRA 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E
| SEASON: | Noon Monday January 10, 2000 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2000 |
| Noon Thursday January 13, 2000 to 6 p.m. Friday January 14, 2000 | |
| Noon Monday January 17, 2000 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2000 | |
| Noon Thursday January 20, 2000 to 6 p.m. Friday January 21, 2000 | |
| Noon Monday January 24, 2000 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, January 25, 2000 | |
| Noon Thursday January 27, 2000 to 6 p.m. Friday January 28, 2000 | |
| Noon Monday January 31, 2000 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 1, 2000 | |
| Noon Thursday February 3, 2000 to 6 p.m. Friday February 4, 2000 | |
| Noon Monday February 7, 2000 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, February 8, 2000 | |
| Noon Thursday February 10, 2000 to 6 p.m. Friday February 11, 2000 |
ALLOWABLE SALE: Salmon and sturgeon
SANCTUARIES: Grays, Elokomin (A), Cowlitz, Kalama (A), Lewis (A), Washougal, and Sandy rivers.
OTHER: During open salmon and/or sturgeon seasons fishers may have stored onboard their boats, while fishing, smelt gill nets; and while smelt fishing, fishers may have stored onboard their boats, gill nets of a size that meets the commercial salmon/sturgeon mesh size, weight, and length restrictions for the open salmon/sturgeon season.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 6:01 p.m. February 11, 2000:
| WAC 220-33-01000A | Columbia River season below Bonneville. |