EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: June 16, 2003.
Purpose: Amend personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900M; 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: Adult spring chinook straying from select area fishery evaluation sites are entering the Elochoman River and may enter the Grays River. These fish are not needed for broodstock and may be retained by anglers who are fishing for steelhead. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
June 17, 2003, 12:01 a.m.
June 16, 2003
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Effective 12:01 a.m. June 17 through 11:59 p.m. August 31, 2003, it is lawful to fish for salmon in those waters of the Elochoman River from the highway 4 Bridge upstream to the Elochoman Hatchery Bridge. Special daily limit of six salmon, no more than two may be adults, minimum size is 12 inches. Chinook salmon with or without an adipose fin clip may be retained.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. June 17 through 11:59 p.m. August 31, 2003, it is lawful to fish for salmon in those waters of the Grays River West Fork from the mouth to the hatchery intake/footbridge and those waters of the Grays River East Fork. Special daily limit of six salmon, no more than two may be adults, minimum size is 12 inches. Chinook salmon with or without an adipose fin clip may be retained. Selective gear rules are in effect in those waters of the Grays River East Fork.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. September 1, 2003:
| WAC 232-28-61900M | Exceptions to Elochoman River and West and East Fork Grays River. |