WSR 16-21-053 EMERGENCY RULES DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [Order 16-282—Filed October 13, 2016, 10:50 a.m., effective October 16, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: October 16, 2016.
Purpose: Amend recreational fishing rules for the Dungeness River.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 220-310-18000B; and amending WAC 220-310-180.
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: This emergency rule is needed to open the river because inseason information indicates coho salmon have returned in sufficient numbers to provide for hatchery broodstock needs and provide additional 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.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 13, 2016.
Kelly Cunningham
for J. W. Unsworth
Director
NEW SECTION
WAC 220-310-18000B Freshwater exceptions to statewide rules—Coastal.
Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 220-310-180, effective October 16 through November 27, 2016, it is permissible to fish for salmon in the waters of the Dungeness River from the mouth to the hatchery intake pipe at river mile 11.3. The following rules apply:
(1) Daily limit of 4 hatchery coho (marked with an adipose fin clip) minimum size of 12 inches.
(2) Release all wild coho and all other salmon.
REPEALER
The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed effective November 28, 2016:
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