WSR 14-21-155 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 14-309—Filed October 21, 2014, 2:57 p.m., effective October 21, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: October 21, 2014.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Yakima River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-19500H; and amending WAC 220-310-195.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 77.04.012, 77.04.020, and 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 record return of coho salmon is returning to the upper Yakima River with over fifteen thousand counted passing Prosser Dam through October 20, 2014. Yakama Nation and Washington department of fish and wildlife biologists agree that a harvestable surplus is available to provide for recreational angling opportunity. There is insufficient time to adopt 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: October 21, 2014.
Joe Stohr
for Philip Anderson
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-19500H Exceptions to statewide rules—Yakima River.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-195, effective October 22 through November 9, 2014, it is permissible to fish for coho salmon in the waters of the Yakima River from the Interstate 82 bridge at Union Gap to the "closed water" line 3,500 feet downstream of Roza Dam.
(1) Daily limit of two coho.
(2) Barbless hooks are required. Use of bait and knotted nets is permissible (selective gear rules are temporarily suspended).
(3) Night closure is in effect.
(4) The Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Endorsement is required to participate in this fishery.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective November 10, 2014:
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