WSR 06-14-054

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 06-153 -- Filed June 29, 2006, 9:19 a.m. , effective June 29, 2006 ]


     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend commercial fishing regulations.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-33-01000K and 220-33-01000L; and amending WAC 220-33-010.

     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: Sets an additional fishing period for Week 27. TAC has upgraded the run to 70,000 summer chinook. Harvestable upper Columbia summer chinook and sturgeon are available. Season is consistent with the 2005-2007 interim management agreement and the 2003-2005 sturgeon fishery management plan. Regulation is consistent with compact action of January 26, 2006, and June 15, 2006. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 2.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: June 28, 2006.

J. P. Koenings

Director

by Larry Peck


NEW SECTION
WAC 220-33-01000L   Columbia River season below Bonneville.   Notwithstanding the provision of WAC 220-33-010, and 220-33-020, it is unlawful for a person to take or possess salmon or sturgeon taken for commercial purposes from Columbia River Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E, except as provided in the following subsections.

     AREA: SMCRA 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, and 1E

     SEASON: 7:00 p.m. Thursday June 29 to 5:00 a.m. Friday June 30, 2006

     7:00 p.m. Wednesday July 5 to 5:00 a.m. Thursday July 6, 2006

     GEAR: 8-inch minimum mesh and 9-3/4 inch maximum mesh.

     ALLOWABLE SALE: Chinook, coho, shad, and sturgeon. All sockeye and steelhead must be released immediately. A maximum of three sturgeon may be possessed or sold by each participating vessel during each calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that the fishery is open. The sturgeon possession/sales limit includes both mainstem and Select Area fisheries.

     SANCTUARIES: Grays River, Elokomin-A, Cowlitz River, Kalama-A, Lewis-A, Washougal and Sandy Rivers.

     OTHER: Quick reporting required for Washington wholesale dealers, WAC 220-69-240.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
WAC 220-33-01000K Columbia River seasons below Bonneville. (06-141)

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective 5:01 a.m. July 6, 2006:


WAC 220-33-01000L Columbia River season below Bonneville.

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