EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: February 29, 2000.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 220-57-175, 220-57-187, 220-57-255, and 220-57-319.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 75.08.080.
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: Modifies spring chinook sport fisheries on several tributaries for spring chinook. Projected returns of spring chinook to the Cowlitz and Lewis rivers will not achieve hatchery escapement needs with standard sport fisheries. There is insufficient time to promulgate permanent regulations.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 4, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: March 4, 2000, 12:01 a.m..
February 29, 2000
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-57-175:
(1) Effective 12:01 a.m. March 4, 2000 through May 31, 2000, special daily limit of one salmon in those waters downstream from fishing boundary markers approximately 400 feet below barrier dam structures at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Barrier Dam to the mouth.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. April 1 through May 31, 2000 closed to fishing from the south bank from the boundary markers approximately 400 feet below barrier dam structures at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Barrier Dam downstream to mouth of Mill Creek.
(3) Effective 12:01 a.m. June 1, 2000 until further notice closed to salmon angling in those waters downstream from fishing boundary markers approximately 400 feet below barrier dam structures at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery Barrier Dam to the mouth are closed to salmon angling.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-57-187, effective 12:01 a.m. April 1, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to take, fish for or possess salmon in those waters of the Deep River except in the following areas and times:
Area: Downstream from the town bridge to the mouth
Daily Limit: six salmon (no more than two adults)
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Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-57-255, effective April 1, 2000 until further notice, it is unlawful to take, fish for or possess salmon in those waters of the Green River except in the following areas and times:
1. Area: From 400 feet below the hatchery intake to the mouth.
Dates: From April 1, 2000 through May 31, 2000
Daily limit: Six salmon, not more than two adults.
2. Area: From the 2800 Road Bridge to the mouth.
Dates: From June 1, 2000 until further notice.
Daily limit: Six salmon, not more than two adults.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-57-319:
(1) Mainstem - Effective 12:01 a.m. March 4, 2000 until further notice special daily limit of one salmon downstream from east fork to mouth.
(2) North Fork -
(a) Effective 12:01 a.m. March 4, 2000 until further notice closed to fishing for salmon downstream from Merwin Dam to Colvin Creek.
(b) Effective 12:01 a.m. March 4, 2000 until further notice special daily limit of one salmon in those waters downstream from Colvin Creek to the mouth.
(c) Effective 12:01 a.m. May 1, 2000 until further notice bank fishing only from Colvin Creek downstream to Johnson Creek.
(d) At all times it is unlawful to take, fish for or posses salmon taken for personal use from water shoreward of the cable, buoy, and corkline located at the mouth of the Lewis River Salmon Hatchery Fishway.
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