Shad are defined as a food fish. The current WAC's covering the fishery are posted below. The fishery below Bonneville last saw the WAC updated in 2010. The fishery above Bonneville was last done in 1977. I hope the Dept. has taken a look at whether or not the WACs need to be updated.......
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-33WAC 220-33-030
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Shad.
It is unlawful to fish for shad in the lower Columbia River for commercial purposes, or to possess shad taken from those waters for commercial purposes, except as provided in this section:
Gear
(1) Gill net gear may be used to fish for shad if:
(a) The cork line of the gill net does not exceed 900 feet in length (150 fathoms) and has sufficient buoyancy to float the cork line on the surface. Also, the net may not exceed 40 meshes in depth.
(b) The webbing of the gill net is constructed of mesh having a breaking strength of less than 10 pounds. The gill net may be constructed of monofilament webbing or twine.
(c) The mesh size of the gill net is not less than 5-3/8 inches or more than 6-1/4 inches stretch measure.
(d) The gill net does not have more than a single web. The gill net web shall be suspended between a single cork line and a single lead line.
(e) The gill net does not have added lines, strings, backwalls, trammels, or aprons. Riplines may be used but may not be less than 10 fathoms (60 feet) apart.
Fishing periods
(2) The lower Columbia River is open to commercial shad fishing in Shad Area 2S from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. daily, Monday through Friday (except on the observed Memorial Day holiday), from May 10 through June 20 annually. Shad taken incidentally during an open commercial salmon or sturgeon fishing period may be retained for commercial purposes.
General
(3) As used in this chapter and in emergency rules of the director, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Shad Area 2S" means those waters of Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Area (SMCRA) 1D and 1E that are upstream of a line projected true north and south from the Oregon shore through the Washougal blinker light (light "50" flashing red) to a fishing boundary marker on the Washington shore (upper boundary of SMCRA 1E).
(b) "Camas-Washougal Reef Area" means those waters of SMCRA 1D inside of a line commencing at the white six-second equal-interval light approximately 3/4 mile east of the Washougal Woolen Mill pipeline and projected westerly to the Washougal blinker light, thence to the white four-second blinker light on the east end of Lady Island, thence easterly and along the shoreline of Lady Island to the State Highway 14 Bridge, thence easterly and along the shoreline of Lady Island to the State Highway 14 Bridge, thence easterly across the State Highway 14 Bridge to the mainland.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 77.04.020, 77.12.045, and 77.12.047. 10-07-065 (Order 10-34), § 220-33-030, filed 3/15/10, effective 4/15/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 88-18-066 (Order 88-86), § 220-33-030, filed 9/2/88.]
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=220-32WAC 220-32-056
No agency filings affecting this section since 2003
Season and gear — Shad.
It shall be lawful to take, fish for and possess shad taken for commercial purposes in Columbia River Salmon Management and Catch Reporting Areas 1F, 1G, and 1H with single-wall floater gill net and set net gear containing mesh of a size not less than 5-3/8 inches or larger than 6-1/4 inches stretch measure and said mesh webbing shall be of a breaking strength not greater than a 10-pound pull from 12 noon July 4 to 12 noon July 11. It shall be unlawful to sell any salmon taken during this lawful shad fishery.
[Order 77-14, § 220-32-056, filed 4/15/77; Order 76-26, § 220-32-056, filed 1:45 p.m., 4/20/76; Order 915, § 220-32-056, filed 3/4/71.]
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