WSR 02-21-043

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 02-253 -- Filed October 14, 2002, 9:14 a.m. ]

     Date of Adoption: October 11, 2002.

     Purpose: Amend personal use fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: 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: A very large return of hatchery steelhead has been predicted for the Columbia and Snake River basins. Only a relatively small number of returning hatchery steelhead are needed for hatchery production each year. Therefore, the excess hatchery steelhead are available for harvest. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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: Immediately.

October 11, 2002

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900Q   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Grand Ronde River, Mill Creek, Snake River, Touchet River, Tucannon River and Walla Walla River.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619, effective immediately until further notice, special daily limit of three hatchery steelhead in the following waters:

     (1) Grande Ronde River (Asotin Co.) - from County Road Bridge (about 2 1/2 miles upstream from the mouth) to Washington/Oregon state boundary. (CLOSED WATERS - all tributaries closed to fishing effective November 1).

     (2) Mill Creek (Walla Walla Co.) - from mouth to Roosevelt St. Bridge within city limits of Walla Walla. (CLOSED WATERS - from concrete channel at 9th Ave. Bridge to Roosevelt St. Bridge, within city limits of Walla Walla).

     (3) Snake River - from the mouth upstream to the Washington/Oregon boundary.

     (4) Touchet River (Columbia/Walla Walla Co.) - from mouth to the confluence of the North and South Forks. (CLOSED WATERS - all tributaries).

     (5) Tucannon River (Columbia/Garfield Co.) - from mouth to Cummings Bridge. (CLOSED WATERS - all tributaries).

     (6) Walla Walla River (Walla Walla Co.) - mainstem from the mouth up stream to the Washington/Oregon state boundary.

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