EMERGENCY RULES
FISH AND WILDLIFE
Date of Adoption: May 20, 2002.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900R; 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 2002 forecast for upriver spring chinook returning to the Snake River is 168,400, with 44,900 of that total representing wild spring chinook. There are sufficient numbers of hatchery origin fish within allowable limits for potential impacts upon wild fish to open this Snake River fishery. 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0;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Repealed 0.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:
May 23, 2002.
May 20, 2002
J. P. Koenings
Director
(1) Effective May 23, 2002 through May 27, 2002 in those waters of the Snake River from the Southway Bridge crossing the Snake River at Lewiston/Clarkson upstream to the Heller Bar concrete boat ramp below the confluence of the Grande Ronde River it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon. Daily limit of one hatchery chinook salmon, minimum size 12 inches in length. Fishing hours per day are 1/2 hour before sunrise until 1 hour after sunset.
(2) Effective May 23, 2002 through May 27, 2002 and May 30 through June 2, 2002 in those waters of the Snake River from Texas Rapids boat launch upstream to the Corps of Engineers boat launch on the south bank of the river approximately one mile upstream of Little Goose Dam it is lawful to fish for and possess salmon. Daily limit of two hatchery chinook salmon, minimum size 12 inches in length. Fishing hours per day are 1/2 hour before sunrise until 1 hour after sunset.
(3) Anglers must use barbless hooks when fishing for chinook on the Snake River. For this fishery it shall be unlawful to use any hook larger than 5/8 inch (point of hook to shank).
(4) During the fisheries provided for in this section, the closures in WAC 232-28-619 remain in effect.
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The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 1 hour after official sunset on June 2, 2002:
| WAC 232-28-61900R | Exceptions to statewide rules -- Snake River. |