EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: October 20, 2000.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900V and 232-28-61900F; 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: Harvestable numbers of hatchery-origin salmon, primarily coho, will return to the Naches River and to the middle Yakima River this fall as the result of Yakima fisheries project hatchery production programs managed by the Yakama Nation fisheries resources program, with WDFW cooperation. Coho are returning late this year and few have been caught to date during the current September 16 - October 31 season. Additional fish are available for harvest prior to the onset of spawning activity. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: November 1, 2000, 12:01 a.m.
October 20, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:
(1) Effective November 1 through December 31, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess steelhead in those waters of the Columbia River from Highway 395 Bridge at Pasco to the Old Hanford townsite wooden powerline towers. Daily limit of two fish, wild steelhead release.
(2) Effective November 1 through November 15, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon in those waters of the Naches River from the mouth to the confluence with the Tieton River (near the junction of U.S. Highway 12 and S.R. 410). Daily limit is two salmon, chinook or coho.
(3) Effective November 1 through November 15, 2000 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon in those waters of the Yakima River from eastbound lane of I-82 bridge at Union Gap to 400' below Roza Dam. Daily limit is two salmon, chinook or coho.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed 12:01 a.m. November 1, 2000:
| WAC 232-28-61900V | Exceptions to statewide rules. (Columbia, Naches, and Yakima rivers.) (00-180) |
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. January 1, 2000:
| WAC 232-28-61900F | Exceptions to statewide rules. (Columbia, Naches, and Yakima rivers.) |
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.