EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 15, 2001.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900Z; 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: Inseason monitoring indicates large numbers of hatchery origin spring chinook including substantial numbers of jacks are heading back to Carson and Little White Salmon National Fish Hatcheries. Increasing the salmon portion of the daily limit will allow anglers to harvest more of the hatchery produced chinook. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: May 17, 2001.
May 15, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Cowlitz River - Effective immediately until further notice, those waters of the Cowlitz River mouth upstream to 400 feet or posted boundary markers below the Barrier Dam are closed for the retention of chinook salmon. South side of the river from Mill Creek upstream to the Barrier Dam closed to all fishing immediately through June 15, 2001.
(2) Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake) - Effective May 17, 2001 through June 30, 2001 it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake) from the SR 14 highway bridge at the mouth upstream to markers downstream and across from the Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery. Special four fish daily limit of spring chinook and hatchery steelhead of which no more than two may be hatchery steelhead. Minimum size is 12 inches in length for chinook and 20 inches for hatchery steelhead. Except closed on Wednesdays immediately through May 31, 2001. Night closure and non-buoyant lure restriction in effect.
(3) Klickitat River - Effective immediately through May 30, 2001 it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Klickitat River from the mouth upstream to Fisher Hill Bridge Special daily limit of one chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length or one hatchery steelhead greater than 20 inches in length. Fishing Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays only. Night closure and non-buoyant lure restriction in effect.
(4) Lewis River - Effective immediately until further notice in those waters of the Lewis River (including the North Fork) from the mouth upstream to Merwin Dam the daily limit is one
chinook salmon greater than 12 inches in length. Effective immediately until further notice in those waters between Johnson Creek and Colvin Creek bank fishing only and in those waters between Colvin Creek and Merwin Dam closed to all fishing.
(5) Wind River - Effective May 17, 2001 through June 30, 2001 it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the Wind River from markers (buoy line) at the mouth upstream to 400 feet downstream from Shipherd Falls and effective immediately through June 30, 2001 from 100 feet upstream from Shipherd Falls upstream to 400 feet downstream from the Coffer Dam and from 100 feet upstream from the Coffer Dam to boundary markers 800 yards downstream from the fish ladder at Carson National Fish Hatchery. Special four fish daily limit of spring chinook and hatchery steelhead of which no more than two may be hatchery steelhead. Minimum size is 12 inches in length for chinook and 20 inches for hatchery steelhead. Night closure and non-buoyant lure restriction in effect.
(6) White Salmon River - Effective immediately through June 30, 2001, it is lawful to fish for salmonids in those waters of the White Salmon River from the mouth upstream to the powerhouse and immediately through June 15, 2001 from the powerhouse upstream 400 feet below Northwestern Dam. Special 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. Fishing only from the bank from the highway 14 bridge downstream to the buoy line.
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The following section of the Washington administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. May 17, 2001:
| WAC 232-28-61900Z | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Cowlitz River, Little White Salmon River (Drano Lake), Klickitat River, Lewis River, Wind River, White Salmon River. (01-53) |