EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: April 8, 2002.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900C; 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: The Yakama Nation and WDFW fishery managers are forecasting a return of 12,300 adult hatchery and 9,500 adult wild spring chinook to the Yakima River in 2002. Approximately 56% of the total run is predicted to be hatchery supplementation fish the second and largest return to date of adult salmon from the Yakima/Klickitat fisheries project research hatchery at Cle Elum. Due to the high percentage of hatchery supplementation fish, and weaker runs of Naches and Upper Yakima River wild chinook expected this year, all wild fish will be protected from sport harvest. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
April 20, 2002.
April 8, 2002
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(a) Daily limit of two hatchery salmon. Minimum size is 12 inches in length.
(b) Night closure in effect.
(c) One, single-pointed, barbless hook with a gap from point to shank of 3/4 inch or less required for all species.
(d) Season limit of ten hatchery spring chinook from the Yakima River per fisher.
(e) Closed to all fishing within 400 feet upstream of the Yakima Ave./Terrace Heights Road Bridge, including downstream of the Roza Wasteway No. 2 fish barrier rack.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective June 17, 2002:
| WAC 232-28-61900C | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Yakima River. |