And the rest...

Current Rules

(Rules with moratorium in place)
Proposed rule changes

WAC 232-12-619

Remember that you may also propose an amendment, or change, to the proposed rule changes or the current rules. The Commission is particularly interested in hearing your ideas on the issue of an annual limit for wild steelhead, if the decision is made to allow wild fish to be retained.

Seasonal steelhead limit
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore the annual limit of five wild steelhead, taken from waters where retention of wild steelhead is allowed.

Daily wild steelhead limit
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore the daily limit of one wild steelhead, taken from waters where retention of wild steelhead is allowed.

Wild steelhead release
No exceptions allowed to the rule requiring wild steelhead release.
Restore language that would allow exceptions to the statewide rule of wild steelhead release.

Steelhead moratorium
There is a moratorium on the retention of wild steelhead from April 1, 2004 through March 31, 2006.
Delete the language creating the moratorium.

WAC 232-28-619

Remember that you may also propose an amendment, or change, to the proposed rule changes or the current rules.

Bogachiel River – mouth to Highway 101
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Calawah River - mouth to Highway 101
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Clearwater River - mouth to Snahapish River
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Dickey River (including all forks)
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Goodman Creek outside Olympic National Park.
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through last day of February, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Green (Duwamish) River- From the First Avenue South Bridge to SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge:
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - July 1 through July 31 and September 16 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Green (Duwamish) River- From the SW 43rd Street/South 180th Street Bridge to South 277th Street Bridge in Auburn
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - July 1 through July 31 and October 1 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Green (Duwamish) River- From the 277th Street Bridge to Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - July 1 through July 31 and October 16 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained

Green (Duwamish) River- From the Auburn-Black Diamond Road Bridge to the Tacoma Headworks Dam
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - July 1 through November 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Hoh River from mouth to DNR Oxbow Campground Boat Launch
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention – December 1 through April 15 one wild steelhead per day may be retained.



Current Rules Proposed rule changes (Rules with moratorium in place)

Hoko River from mouth to upper Hoko Bridge
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through March 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Pysht River
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through the last day of February, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Quillayute River – from the mouth to the confluence of the Soleduck and Bogachiel River
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.

Quinault River, Upper from mouth at upper end of Quinault Lake to National Park boundary:
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 15, one wild steelhead per day may be retained. (Note: the end date for the season on the Upper Quinault River was changed from March 31 to April 15 during the normal rule change process. The steelhead moratorium then closed wild steelhead retention on the river. The proposed season shown reflects the new end date).

Soleduck River - from the mouth to the concrete pump station at the Sol Duc Hatchery
No wild steelhead retention is allowed.
Restore rule allowing wild steelhead retention - December 1 through April 30, one wild steelhead per day may be retained.