EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: October 3, 2001.
Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900Y; 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: In-season-updates of the coho run size for Lake Washington indicate the run is returning at higher than predicted harvestable numbers. Spawning ground surveys in Bear Creek have determined that chinook salmon have largely cleared the north end of the lake. There is insufficient time to use the permanent regulation process to effect these changes.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
October 4, 2001, 12:01 a.m.
October 3, 2001
J. P. Koenings
Director
by Larry Peck
(1) Lake Washington (King County) - Effective October 4 through October 31, 2001 it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon taken from the waters of Lake Washington at least 100 yards north of the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge (Highway 520). Daily limit is two coho salmon, release all other salmon immediately. Minimum size for coho salmon is 12 inches.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code
is repealed effective 12:01 a.m. November 1, 2001:
| WAC 232-28-61900Y | Exceptions to statewide rules. (Lake Washington) |