EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Effective Date of Rule: March 16, 2006.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 232-28-619.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 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: All age classes of spring chinook returning to Carson, Little White Salmon and Klickitat hatcheries will be adipose fin clipped (mass marked) in 2006. Selective fisheries will maximize opportunity for hatchery chinook while minimizing impacts to wild fish. Possible impacts to listed out-of-basin stocks will be further reduced on the lower Wind, White Salmon rivers and Drano Lake. The 1,300 adult spring chinook forecasted to return to the Klickitat River in 2006 will not support a full sport fishery while meeting escapement needs. There is insufficient time to promulgate 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: March 8 [7], 2006.
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Klickitat River (Klickitat Co.)
(a) Effective April 1 through May 31, 2006, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Klickitat River from the mouth to Fisher Hill Bridge - open only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Daily limit of one chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or one hatchery steelhead greater than 20 inches in length. Release all wild Chinook and wild steelhead.
(b) Effective June 1, 2006 until further notice, open 7 days per week. Daily limit of six salmon no more than 2 adults except jacks only from 400 feet upstream from #5 fishway to boundary markers below Klickitat Salmon Hatchery. Trout daily limit is 2 fish. Release all wild Chinook and wild steelhead. Minimum size is 12 inches for both salmon and trout.
(2) Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake) (Skamania Co.) Effective March 16 through June 30, 2006, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake) downstream of markers on point of land downstream and across from Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery and upstream of the Highway 14 Bridge. Daily limit of two chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or two hatchery steelhead greater than 20 inches in length or a combination of one such salmon and one such steelhead. Except closed Wednesdays April 12 through May 31, 2006. Release all Wild Chinook and wild steelhead.
(3) White Salmon River (Klickitat/Skamania Co.)
(a) Effective April 1 through June 30, 2006, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the White Salmon River from markers on the east and west shores and when buoys are in place southerly to the buoys and east-west between the buoys upstream to the powerhouse. Daily limit of two chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or two hatchery steelhead greater than 20 inches in length or a combination of one such salmon and one such steelhead. Release all wild Chinook and wild steelhead.
(b) Effective April 1 through June 15, 2006, it is lawful to fish for salmonids from the powerhouse to 400 feet downstream from Northwestern (Condit) Dam. Daily limit of two chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or two hatchery steelhead greater than 20 inches in length or a combination of one such salmon and one such steelhead. Release all wild Chinook and wild steelhead.
(4) Wind River (Skamania Co.) Effective March 16 through June 30, 2006, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Wind River from boundary line/markers to 400 feet below Shipherd Falls. Daily limit of two chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or two hatchery steelhead greater than 20 inches in length or a combination of one such salmon and one such steelhead. Release all wild Chinook and wild steelhead.
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