EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: September 22, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900X; and 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: In-season updates of the coho run size for the Skagit, Snohomish, and Skykomish rivers indicate the runs are returning at higher than predicted harvestable numbers. Test fisheries have determined that chinook salmon have cleared the Green (Duwamish) River and coho are returning in harvestable number. There is insufficient time to use the permanent regulation process to effect these changes.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: September 23, 2000, 12:01 a.m.
September 22, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:
(1) Effective September 23, 2000 through October 30, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon from the waters of Skagit River downstream of the mouth of Gilligan Creek from one hour before official sunrise to one hour after official sunset Friday through Monday weekly. Non-buoyant lure restriction is in effect. Daily limit is one salmon, release chinook salmon immediately. Minimum size for salmon is 12 inches.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. September 23 through November 30, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon from the waters of Snohomish River downstream of the confluence of the Skykomish and Snoqualmie Rivers from one hour before official sunrise to one hour after official sunset. Non-buoyant lure restriction is in effect. Daily limit is two salmon, release chinook and pink salmon immediately. Minimum size for salmon is 12 inches.
(3) Effective 12:01 a.m. September 23, through November 30, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon from the waters of Skykomish River downstream of the mouth of the Wallace River from one hour before official sunrise to one hour after official sunset. Non-buoyant lure restriction is in effect. Daily limit is two salmon, release chinook and pink salmon immediately. Minimum size for salmon is 12 inches.
(4) Effective 12:01 a.m. September 23, through September 30, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon from the waters of Green (Duwamish) River downstream of the Pacific Highway South Bridge in Allentown to the First Avenue South Bridge from one hour before official sunrise to one hour after official sunset. Non-buoyant lure restriction is in effect. Daily limit is six salmon, only two may be adults, release chinook immediately. Minimum size for salmon is 12 inches.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. December 1, 2000:
| WAC 232-28-61900X | Exceptions to statewide rules. (Skagit, Snohomish, Skykomish, and Green (Duwamish) rivers.) |