Washington Administrative Code › Title 220 - Fish and Wildlife, Department of › FISH › Chapter 220-358 - Commercial fisheries-Columbia River below Bonneville Dam › Section 220-358-020 - Definitions - River mouth sanctuaries

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
As used in this chapter and emergency rules of the director,
				  unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
Grays Bay
(1) "Grays Bay sanctuary" means those waters
				of the Columbia River and Grays Bay northerly of a line projected from Rocky
				Point Light (flashing green 4-second) easterly to Harrington Point.
Elokomin
(2) "Elokomin-A sanctuary" means those waters
				of Elokomin Slough and the Columbia River lying northerly and easterly of a
				straight line from light "37" on the Washington shore to light "39" on Hunting
				Island.
(3) "Elokomin-B sanctuary"
				means those waters of Elokomin Slough, Steamboat Slough and the Columbia River
				lying inside, northerly and easterly of a straight line from light "35" (group
				flashing green) located on Price Island to light "39" (flashing green) on
				Hunting Island and northerly and easterly of a line between flashing light "33"
				on Price Island and quick flashing green light "31" on the Washington
				shore.
Abernathy
(4) "Abernathy sanctuary" means those waters
				of the Columbia River near the mouth of Abernathy Creek from a point 1,300
				yards downstream from Abernathy Creek at light "81" (flashing green 4-second)
				to a point one-half mile upstream and extending to the mid shipping channel of
				the Columbia River.
Cowlitz
(5) "Cowlitz sanctuary" means those waters of
				the Columbia River and Carrolls Channel lying inside the center of the shipping
				channel between a fishing boundary marker at the junction of the Port of
				Longview docks and international paper docks on the Washington shore
				approximately one mile downstream from the Cowlitz River mouth and flashing
				green light "29A" on Cottonwood Island and also those waters of Carrolls
				Channel downstream of a line between a fishing boundary marker approximately
				3000 feet upstream of the Cowlitz River mouth and a fishing boundary marker on
				Cottonwood Island.
Kalama
(6) "Kalama-A sanctuary" means those waters
				of the Columbia River between a fishing boundary marker on the Washington shore
				approximately one mile downstream and a point one-half mile upstream of the
				mouth of the Kalama River and lying within one-quarter mile of the Washington
				shore.
(7) "Kalama-B sanctuary"
				means those waters of the Columbia River between a fishing boundary marker on
				the Washington shore approximately one mile downstream and a point one-half
				mile upstream of the mouth of the Kalama River and extending completely across
				the Columbia River, excepting those waters west of a line projected from Coffin
				Rock Light "42" in Oregon to the Kalama Range Light "47A" on the Washington
				shore.
Lewis
(8) "Lewis-A sanctuary" means those waters of
				the Columbia River between a point one mile downstream and a point one-half
				mile upstream of the mouth of the Lewis River and lying within one-quarter mile
				of the Washington shore.
(9)
				"Lewis-B sanctuary" means those waters of the Columbia River near the mouth of
				the Lewis River lying easterly of lines projected from light "79" (flashing
				green) to the Red Buoy No. 4 thence to a fishing boundary marker on Bachelor
				Island.
Washougal
(10) "Washougal sanctuary" means those waters
				of Camas Slough lying upstream from a line projected true north from the most
				western tip of Lady Island to the Washington shore and inside of the State
				Highway 14 Bridge.
Oregon
(11) "Big Creek sanctuary" means those waters
				of the Columbia River at the mouth of Big Creek from the Oregon shore across
				Knappa Slough to Karlson Island about one-quarter mile upstream of the east
				bank of Big Creek, at the Gnat Creek deadline downstream to the east end of
				Minaker Island which is about three-quarters mile downstream from the west bank
				at the mouth of Big Creek.
(12)
				"Sandy River sanctuary" means those waters of the Columbia River within an area
				at the mouth of the Sandy River which is one-quarter mile in width extending
				out into the Columbia River from the Oregon bank at a right angle to the thread
				of the river between a point one mile below and a point at the upper easterly
				bank at the mouth of the Sandy River.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 77.12.047. 07-09-055 (Order 07-60), §
											220-33-005, filed 4/12/07,
					 effective 5/13/07. Statutory Authority: RCW 75.08.080. 89-09-051 (Order 89-21),
					 §
											220-33-005, filed 4/18/89;
					 88-18-066 (Order 88-86), §
											220-33-005, filed
					 9/2/88.