08-08-023

WSR 08-08-023

EMERGENCY RULES

DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND WILDLIFE

[ Order 08-50 -- Filed March 21, 2008, 8:49 a.m. , effective March 21, 2008, 8:49 a.m. ]

     Effective Date of Rule: Immediately.

     Purpose: Amend fishing rules.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing WAC 232-28-61900J; 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 closure date for retention of sturgeon was adopted because Washington and Oregon fish managers estimate that the harvest guideline of one hundred sixty-five fish will be caught by March 25, 2008. 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     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 1.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: March 21, 2008.

Phil Anderson

for Jeff Koenings

Director

NEW SECTION
WAC 232-28-61900K   Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River sturgeon.   Notwithstanding the provisions of WAC 232-28-619:

     (1) Effective immediately until further notice, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon caught in those waters of the Columbia River and tributaries from The Dalles Dam upstream to the John Day Dam.

     (2) Effective 12:01 a.m. March 26, 2008, until further notice, it is unlawful to retain sturgeon caught in those waters of the Columbia River and tributaries from John Day Dam to McNary Dam.

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REPEALER

     The following section of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:

WAC 232-28-61900J

Exceptions to statewide rules -- Columbia River sturgeon. (08-48)