635-056-0010 Definitions For the purposes of these rules, the definitions in ORS 496.004 and OAR 635-045-0002 apply. In addition, the following definitions apply: (1) "Aquaria" means any tanks, pools, ponds, bowls or other containers intended for and capable of holding or maintaining live fish and from which there is no outfall to any waters of this state. (2) "Aquaria Fish" means any fish, shellfish or aquatic invertebrates legally acquired and sold in the pet store trade, except game fish, state or federally protected threatened and endangered species and those species listed as Prohibited or Controlled. (3) "Commercial Fur Farm" means any operation which raises captive fox (Vulpes vulpes or Urocyon cinereoargenteus) or mink (Mustela vison) for profit and possesses 10 or more animals. (4) "Controlled Species" means wildlife that the commission has placed on the Controlled list. (5) "Domestic" means those animals which are identified in OAR 635-056-0020 (Domestic or Otherwise Exempt Animals). (6) Except where used in reference to ORS chapter 609, "Exotic" means a wildlife species not native to Oregon; foreign or introduced. (7) "Hold" means any form of possession or control of an animal, gamete, or hybrid thereof. (8) "Hybrid" means any animal, gamete or egg that is produced by crossing at least one wild individual of a species with any other species or subspecies. (9) "Import/importation" means to bring or cause live wildlife to be transported into Oregon by any means. (10) "Introduced" means a species, subspecies or populations which occur in Oregon because of human action or intervention, rather than natural (nonhuman) colonization or immigration. (11) "Live Foodfish" means any fish or marine invertebrate legally acquired and held in aquaria or packaged live and sold in the wholesale or retail trade for human consumption, except game fish, state or federally protected threatened and endangered species and those species listed as Prohibited or Controlled. (12) "Marine invertebrate" means any marine invertebrate species commonly sold in the wholesale or retail trade for human consumption, or commonly found in the ornamental aquarium trade. (13) "Native" means species, subspecies or populations which occur currently or historically in Oregon through natural (i.e. nonhuman) colonization or immigration, rather than by human action or intervention. (14) "Nonnative" means a wildlife species not native to Oregon; foreign or introduced. (15) "Noncontrolled Species" means wildlife that the commission has placed on the Noncontrolled list. (16) "Prohibited Species" means wildlife that the commission has placed on the Prohibited list. (17) "Species" means a unit of classification of animals which are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. (18) "Subspecies" means a unit of classification of animals within a species which show differences in size, color or form as a result of being partially or completely reproductively isolated from other populations of the species Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 497.298, 497.308, 497.312, 497.318, 498.022, 498.029, 498.052, 498.222 & 498.234 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.012, 496.138, 496.146, 497.298, 497.308, 497.312, 497.318, 498.022, 498.029, 498.052, 498.222 & 498.234 History: DFW 73-2025, amend filed 08/19/2025, effective 08/19/2025 DFW 90-2017(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-14-17 thru 12-31-17 DFW 15-2011, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-11 DFW 122-2007, f. & cert. ef. 11-19-07 DFW 116-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-18-01 DFW 94-1999, f. & cert ef. 12-23-99 FWC 69-1996, f. & cert. ef. 12-20-96