EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: July 25, 2001.
Purpose: Personal use rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-56-28500Z; and amending WAC 220-56-282.
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: This action is to keep the 2001 sport harvest within the 39,500 white sturgeon harvest guideline. Sturgeon fisheries on the Columbia River are managed under a three-year joint state management agreement from 2000-2002. This year's conditions have been excellent for sturgeon fishing with harvest numbers tracking higher than what would normally
be expected. Closure needed in Bonneville Reservoir and tributaries to keep the recreational harvest of sturgeon within the established harvest guidelines. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
Immediately.
July 25, 2001
Jim Lux
for Jeff Koenings
Director
(1) Effective 12:01 a.m. August 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon from the Columbia River and its tributaries from Bonneville Dam downstream to the mouth.
(2) Effective 12:01 a.m. August 13, 2001 until further notice, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon from the Columbia River and its tributaries from Bonneville Dam to The Dalles Dam.
(3) Effective immediately through August 31, 2001 it is unlawful to retain sturgeon from the Columbia River and its tributaries from The Dalles Dam to John Day Dam.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
| WAC 220-56-28500Z | Sturgeon -- Areas and seasons. (01-47) |