Emergency Rule Updates and News Please note: These updates reflect changes to the Sportfishing Pamphlet. Rules found in the Sportfishing Pamphlet are in effect unless otherwise noted in the changes listed below. Rule Changes > All Emergency Rule Updates This list shows all emergency rules currently in effect. For expired emergency rules, see Historical Rule Updates. September 2016 Opens a portion of the upper Skykomish for hatchery steelhead fishing Two sections of Green River to open for coho, gamefish; rule change on lower reach Columbia River sport fishery for fall chinook remains open South Fork Nooksack River opening to fishing Hatchery coho can be retained in Tulalip Bubble fishery Extends trout fishing in South Pond at Bogachiel Hatchery Steelhead daily limit reduced to one fish upstream of McNary Dam Release chinook marked with hole punch in Upper Columbia River fisheries Lake Washington will open to fishing for coho salmon Size and daily limits suspended on two eastern Washington lakes Nisqually River closes to recreational angling August 2016 Lake Wenatchee sockeye fishery to close Small sanctuary created around the fish release site on the Tilton River Anti-snagging rule in effect on Big Quilcene River Portion of the South Fork Nooksack River closes to all fishing Fall chinook harvest will be allowed on Snake River Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish will reopen to fishing for trout and other game fish Marine Area 6 closing to spot shrimp fishing Frank's Pond at Beebe Springs to remain open to juvenile anglers only July 2016 Left ventral fin clipped fall chinook allowed during lower Columbia mainstem mark selective fisheries Marine Area 7 West closing to shrimp fishing Sockeye fishery opens, salmon limits raised in Okanogan and Similkameen Rivers Sockeye fishery opens, salmon limits raised on Columbia River above Priest Rapids Dam June 2016 Sport sturgeon retention season closes in Bonneville Pool Sturgeon harvest allowed in Wanapum and Priest Rapids Reservoirs May 2016 Daily limit increase in Marine Areas 6 and 7 West; non-spot shrimp fishing reopening in several areas of Puget Sound December 2015 Changes in sport clam seasons on public tidelands Changes in sport oyster seasons on public tidelands For more information, please contact WDFW Fish Program. E-mail: fishregs@dfw.wa.gov