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1. Who Has Authority To Implement the Columbia River Compact?
When the Columbia River Compact was adopted in 1915, time, place, and manner regulations for fishing were put in place through enactments by the state legislatures. That was a cumbersome, inflexible system. In 1921, the Washington Legislature created a state fisheries board and authorized it to adopt and amend rules governing seasons, areas, and gear for the taking of food fish. Laws of 1921, ch. 7, § 110; see Vail v. Seaborg, 120 Wash. 126, 207 P. 15 (1922) (upholding 1921 law as constitutional). In 1937, the Washington Legislature conferred on the Director of Fisheries the authority to work with Oregon to change fishing seasons under the Columbia River Compact. 1937 Wash. Laws ch. 123, § 2 (expanded by 1983 Wash. Laws 1st ex. sess. Ch. 46, § 150, codified as amended at Wash. Rev. Code § 77.75.020); see 1935-36 WASH. ATT’Y GEN. OP. 200 (identifying the problem corrected by the 1937 legislation). Today, that authority is exercised through the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission, which has generally delegated it to the Director of Fish and Wildlife. Wash. Rev. Code § 77.75.020.
In Oregon, the 1937 Legislature authorized the Oregon Fish Commission, now the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, to work with Washington to change fishing regulations under the Columbia River Compact. 1937 Or. Laws chs. 15, 286 (codified as amended at Or. Rev. Stat. § 507.030). The Oregon Director of Fish and Wildlife has emergency authority to adopt temporary rules, subject to the Commission’s approval. Or. Rev. Stat. § 496.118(6).
In both states, the legislature retains the final say under the Columbia River Compact.
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