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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.831 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center; activities.

(1) The hatchery research center located on Fall Creek, near Alsea, is named the Oregon Hatchery Research Center.
(2) Pursuant to the strategic directions and operation objectives established by the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board under ORS 498.827, the center shall carry out the following activities:
(a) Conduct research that assists in the implementation and advancement of native fish population recovery as well as viable fisheries.
(b) Conduct research on methods to minimize the genetic and ecological risks to naturally produced native fish when hatchery produced fish are released in the waters of this state for population recovery or consumptive fishery objectives.
(c) Conduct research to determine the genetic and ecological risk to naturally produced native fish when wild native broodstock hatchery produced native fish are released into the waters of this state.
(d) Conduct research to determine the effect of hatchery operations on naturally produced native fish and the habitat of naturally produced native fish.
(e) Provide educational and research opportunities for undergraduate students, graduate students and post-graduate students.
(f) Provide educational opportunities for the public and for students in grades 1 through 12.
(g) Consider any recommendations made by the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board pursuant to ORS 498.827.
(3) The Director of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center shall post information about the research specified in subsection (2) of this section on the center’s website for public access.
(4) As used in this section, "waters of this state" has the meaning given that term in ORS 196.800. [2013 c.664 §5]
Note:
See note under 498.825.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.833 - Oregon Hatchery Research Center; director.

The State Fish and Wildlife Director, after consultation with the chairperson of a department related to fish and wildlife at Oregon State University and the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board established under ORS 498.825, shall appoint a Director of the Oregon Hatchery Research Center. [2013 c.664 §6]
Note:
See note under 498.825.
Note:
Sections 1, 7 and 8, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, provide:
Sec. 1.
(1) The Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fund shall consist of:
(a) All moneys received from the surcharge on angling licenses imposed by section 3, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015; and
(b) All moneys received from the ad valorem fee imposed by section 4, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015.
(2) Moneys in the fund may be expended only on research projects recommended by the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board. [2015 c.734 §1; 2017 c.120 §1]
Sec. 7.
(1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall provide a financial report quarterly to the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Board showing all revenues and deposits to and transfers and expenditures from the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund.
(2) The department shall provide a financial report annually to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment and natural resources showing all revenues and deposits to and transfers and expenditures from the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund. [2015 c.734 §7]
Sec. 8.
(1)(a) Sections 4 and 7, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, are repealed on January 2, 2027.
(b) Section 3, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 52, chapter 779, Oregon Laws 2015, is repealed on January 2, 2027.
(c) Section 1, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, as amended by section 1 of this 2017 Act, is repealed on January 2, 2027.
(2) Any balance in the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund that is unexpended and unobligated on the date of the repeal of section 1, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, and all moneys that would have been deposited in the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund had section 1, chapter 734, Oregon Laws 2015, remained in effect, shall be transferred to and deposited in the Hatchery Construction Fund, and are appropriated for expenditure as in the case of other moneys in the Hatchery Construction Fund. [2015 c.734 §8; 2015 c.779 §53; 2017 c.120 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.850 - Disposition of hatchery-produced fish carcasses; rules.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules governing the disposition of carcasses of adult hatchery-produced fish returning to hatchery facilities that include but are not limited to requirements that:
(1) At least 45 percent of the carcasses from all adult hatchery-produced fish that return to hatchery facilities, averaged over 10 years, beginning in a year after the rules are adopted, must be retained and placed at seasonally appropriate times in natural spawning and rearing areas to enhance nutrient recycling, consistent with pathology constraints; and
(2) When selling eggs and carcasses from hatchery facilities to provide revenues to support hatchery programs and facilities, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall prioritize sales to, in the following order:
(a) Oregon small businesses in communities with high rates of unemployment; and
(b) Other Oregon small businesses. [2021 c.258 §2]
Note:
498.850 was added to and made a part of the wildlife laws by legislative action but was not added to ORS chapter 498 or any series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.990

[Subsection (5) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1953 c.184 §4; subsection (1) of 1965 Replacement Part enacted as 1955 c.506 §2; 1959 c.352 §3; 1967 c.523 §3; subsection (2) enacted as 1971 c.223 §4; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 498 - Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective Measures › Section 498.993 - Penalty for violation of outdoor club laws; penalty for violation of law related to sale of certain animals as household pets.

Violation of any provision of ORS 498.029 or 498.400 to 498.464 is a Class A violation, if committed by an individual. If the violation is committed by any person other than an individual, violation of any provision of ORS 498.029 or 498.400 to 498.464 is a specific fine violation punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000. [1973 c.749 §13; 1979 c.560 §3; 1999 c.1051 §195; 2011 c.597 §90]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.005 - Closure of hunting season for fire danger.

(1) The Governor by proclamation may suspend any season established by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission for hunting when the Governor determines that hunting may result in extreme fire danger in any part of the state.
(2) The suspension referred to in subsection (1) of this section may be applicable in all or any portion of this state, and shall be effective for a specified or indeterminate period until it appears to the Governor that the possible excessive fire danger no longer exists. A suspension for an indeterminate period shall be terminated by proclamation of the Governor.
(3) No person shall hunt during a period when or in an area where the appropriate season has been suspended pursuant to this section. [1973 c.723 §104]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.015 - Hunting or trapping on refuge prohibited.

Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall hunt or trap any wildlife on any wildlife refuge created by any law of this state or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto. [1973 c.723 §105]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.025 - Authority to manage supply or condition of wildlife on refuge.

Notwithstanding any restrictions to the contrary regarding the uses of any wildlife refuge created by any law of this state or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may authorize the hunting or trapping of wildlife on any such wildlife refuge when the commission determines that such action is necessary to properly manage the supply or condition of the wildlife on such refuge. [1973 c.723 §106]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.035 - Posting signs around refuge; defacing or alteration of signs prohibited.

(1) When any wildlife refuge is created by the laws of this state or any rule promulgated thereto, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall post signs around the boundary of the refuge giving notice of restrictions on hunting or trapping of wildlife on the refuge and on such other uses of the refuge as are specified by law or rule.
(2) No person shall remove, deface, alter or destroy any sign referred to in subsection (1) of this section. [1973 c.723 §107]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.045 - Contracts to establish refuges on private lands.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may enter into contracts with the owners of land for the purpose of establishing a wildlife refuge on the land. The contract shall be for such period and shall contain such terms, conditions and restrictions regarding the hunting and trapping of wildlife and other uses of the land as the commission considers appropriate to properly manage the supply and condition of the wildlife on the land. [1973 c.723 §108]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.400 - Columbia River Wildlife Refuge.

There is created a wildlife refuge within the following described area: Beginning at the railroad bridge at Celilo in Wasco County; thence easterly along the railroad right of way to Boardman; thence due north to the center of the Columbia River (Washington State Line); thence westerly down the center of the Columbia River to a point due north of the point of beginning; thence south to the point of beginning. [Formerly 498.205]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.405 - Deschutes River Wildlife Refuge.

There is created a wildlife refuge within the area that includes any island or sandbar along or in the Deschutes River from the Columbia River to a point one-half mile south of the Oregon Trail highway bridge where it crosses the Deschutes River. [Formerly 498.210]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.410 - Brown’s Island and Minto Island Wildlife Refuge.

There is created a wildlife refuge which shall be known as the Brown’s Island and Minto Island Wildlife Refuge and shall be bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of State Street in Salem, Oregon, with the center line of the Oregon Electric Railway tracks on Front Street in Salem; thence southwesterly along the center line of the Oregon Electric Railway tracks to the north boundary of the east ell of the donation land claim of R. E. Ekin and wife in township 8 south, range 3 west of the Willamette Meridian in Marion County; thence west to the re-entrant corner in the west boundary of such donation land claim; thence north to the most northerly northeast corner of such donation land claim; thence west to the middle of the Willamette River; thence down the meanderings of such river to the westerly projection of the center line of State Street in Salem; thence easterly to the place of beginning. [Amended by 1973 c.723 §112]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.425 - John Day River Wildlife Refuge.

There is created a wildlife refuge within the area that is one-fourth mile from the high-water flowline along the John Day River from the Columbia River south to its junction with Thirty Mile Creek. [Formerly 498.215]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.440 - Carlton Lake Wildlife Refuge.

The following described lands, including Carlton Lake, situated in Yamhill County, shall be known as the Carlton Lake Wildlife Refuge: Beginning at the northwest corner of the W. C. Hembree D.L.C. (claim) No. 59, in section 17, township 3 south, range 4 west, Willamette Meridian; running thence east along the north line of Hembree D.L.C. and along this north line produced, or extended 4,500 feet to the west line of the state highway, known as the Tualatin Valley Highway; thence southerly along the west line of such highway 6,600 feet to north line of Main Street in the City of Carlton; thence westerly along the north line of Main Street and the county road, which is an extension of Main Street, 6,300 feet to the northeast corner of the intersection of the county road, leading west from Carlton and the county road running north and south through the James Fulton D. L. C. just west of Carlton Lake; thence northerly along the east line of such county road 6,700 feet to the intersection of the east line of the county road with the north line of the James Fulton D. L. C.; thence east along the north line of Fulton D. L. C. 1,950 feet to the northeast corner of the claim; thence north about 60 feet to the northwest corner of the W. C. Hembree D. L. C., the place of beginning, situated in parts of sections 16, 17, 20 and 21, township 3 south, range 4 west. [Amended by 1973 c.723 §113]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.490 - Lake Lytle Wildlife Refuge.

There is created a wildlife refuge in Tillamook County, to be known as Lake Lytle Wildlife Refuge of the land and waters within the following described boundaries: Beginning at the northeast corner of section 29, township 2 north, range 10 west of Willamette Meridian; running thence west to the mean low water line of Pacific Ocean; thence southerly along the mean low water line of Pacific Ocean to the middle east and west line of section 32, in such township and range; thence east to the east line of section 32; thence north to the place of beginning. [Amended by 1973 c.723 §114]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 501 - Refuges and Closures › Section 501.505 - Sturgeon Lake Wildlife Refuge; rules.

(1) The following described lakes, the islands therein and the lands adjacent thereto shall be known as the Sturgeon Lake Wildlife Refuge:
(a) Big Sturgeon Lake, situated in sections 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 33 and 34, township 3 north, range 1 west, Willamette Meridian.
(b) West Sturgeon Lake, situated in sections 20, 28, 29, 30, 32 and 33, township 3 north, range 1 west, Willamette Meridian.
(c) Little Sturgeon Lake, situated in sections 32 and 33, township 3 north, range 1 west, Willamette Meridian, and sections 4 and 5, township 2 north, range 1 west, Willamette Meridian.
(d) Marquam Lake, situated in sections 34 and 35, township 3 north, range 1 west, Willamette Meridian, and sections 2 and 3, township 2 north, range 1 west, Willamette Meridian.
(2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule shall establish the exact boundaries of the wildlife refuge referred to in subsection (1) of this section in such manner as the commission determines will provide adequate protection for the wildlife within the area. However, the boundaries so established shall not include land adjacent to any lake referred to in subsection (1) of this section that is further than 100 yards from the line of ordinary high water of such lake. [1973 c.723 §116]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.001 - Contents of commercial fishing laws.

All laws enacted for the protection, propagation and preservation of food fish or for the protection and development of commercial fisheries in this state, including but not limited to ORS chapters 506, 507, 508, 509, 511 and 513, may be cited as the commercial fishing laws. [1965 c.570 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.006 - General definitions.

As used in the commercial fishing laws, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Angling" means fishing for personal use with one line attached to a pole held in hand while landing the fish, or with a hand-operated line without rod or reel, to which may be attached not to exceed three hooks, except on floating bass plugs.
(2) "Boat" means any vessel, any floating craft, powered, towed, rowed or otherwise propelled which is used for landing or taking food fish.
(3) "Buy" includes offer to buy, barter, exchange or trade.
(4) "Commercial purposes" means taking food fish with any gear unlawful for angling, or taking or possessing food fish in excess of the limits permitted for personal use, or taking, fishing for, handling, processing, or otherwise disposing of or dealing in food fish with the intent of disposing of such food fish or parts thereof for profit, or by sale, barter or trade, in commercial channels.
(5) "Commission" means the State Fish and Wildlife Commission created by ORS 496.090.
(6) "Department" means the State Department of Fish and Wildlife.
(7) "Director" means the State Fish and Wildlife Director appointed pursuant to ORS 496.112.
(8) "Fishing gear" means any appliance or device intended for or capable of being used to take food fish except by angling.
(9) "Fixed fishing gear" includes but is not limited to stationary gear operated at a fixed location.
(10) "Personal use" means taking or fishing for food fish by angling or by such other means and with such gear as the commission may authorize for fishing for personal use, or possessing the same for the use of the person fishing for, taking or possessing the same and not for sale or barter.
(11) "Sell" includes offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange or trade.
(12) "Take" means fish for, hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill or attempt to fish for, hunt, pursue, catch, capture or kill.
(13) "Transport" means transport by any means, and includes offer or receive for transportation.
(14) "Waters of this state" means all waters over which the State of Oregon has jurisdiction, or joint or other jurisdiction with any other state or government, including waters of the Pacific Ocean and all bays, inlets, lakes, rivers and streams within or forming the boundaries of this state. [1965 c.570 §3; 1975 c.253 §13; 1995 c.602 §1; 2003 c.14 §337]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.011 - Types of marine life defined.

As used in the commercial fishing laws, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Anadromous fish" includes but is not limited to salmon, as defined in ORS 506.016; Roccus saxatilis, commonly known as striped bass; Alosa sapidissima, commonly known as shad; Acipenser medirostris and Acipenser transmontanus, commonly known as sturgeon; and Thaleichthys pacificus, commonly known as smelt.
(2) "Animals living intertidally on the bottom" includes but is not limited to starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, snails, bivalves, worms, coelenterates and shore, hermit and other small crabs not included within subsection (1) or (7) of this section.
(3) "Black rockfish" means Sebastes melanops, commonly known as black rockfish.
(4) "Blue rockfish" means Sebastes mystinus, commonly known as blue rockfish.
(5) "Food fish" means any animal over which the State Fish and Wildlife Commission has jurisdiction pursuant to ORS 506.036.
(6) "Nearshore fish" means:
(a) Enophrys bison, commonly known as buffalo sculpin;
(b) Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus, commonly known as red Irish lord;
(c) Hemilepidotus spinosus, commonly known as brown Irish lord;
(d) Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, commonly known as cabezon;
(e) Hexagrammos decagrammus, commonly known as kelp greenling;
(f) Hexagrammos lagocephalus, commonly known as rock greenling;
(g) Hexagrammos stelleri, commonly known as whitespotted greenling;
(h) Oxylebius pictus, commonly known as painted greenling;
(i) Sebastes atrovirens, commonly known as kelp rockfish;
(j) Sebastes auriculatus, commonly known as brown rockfish;
(k) Sebastes carnatus, commonly known as gopher rockfish;
(L) Sebastes caurinus, commonly known as copper rockfish;
(m) Sebastes chrysomelas, commonly known as black and yellow rockfish;
(n) Sebastes dalli, commonly known as calico rockfish;
(o) Sebastes maliger, commonly known as quillback rockfish;
(p) Sebastes miniatus, commonly known as vermilion rockfish;
(q) Sebastes nebulosus, commonly known as china rockfish;
(r) Sebastes nigrocinctus, commonly known as tiger rockfish;
(s) Sebastes rastrelliger, commonly known as grass rockfish;
(t) Sebastes serranoides, commonly known as olive rockfish; or
(u) Sebastes serriceps, commonly known as treefish.
(7) "Shellfish" includes but is not limited to abalone, clams, crabs, crayfish or crawfish, mussels, oysters, piddocks, scallops and shrimp. [1965 c.570 §4; 2003 c.809 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.016 - "Salmon" defined.

As used in the commercial fishing laws, "salmon" means all anadromous species of salmon, including but not limited to:
(1) Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, commonly known as humpback, humpies or pink salmon.
(2) Oncorhynchus keta, commonly known as chum or dog salmon.
(3) Oncorhynchus kisutch, commonly known as coho or silver salmon.
(4) Oncorhynchus nerka, commonly known as sockeye, red or blueback salmon.
(5) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, commonly known as chinook salmon. [1965 c.570 §5; 1969 c.411 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.025 - "Unlawful to buy" defined.

Whenever the commercial fishing laws state that it is unlawful to buy any food fish, illegally taken, this prohibition means that it is unlawful to buy, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that the fish have been illegally taken or transported within this state, or unlawfully imported or otherwise unlawfully brought into this state. [Amended by 1965 c.570 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.028 - "Conservation" defined.

As used in the commercial fishing laws, unless the context requires otherwise, "conservation" means providing for the utilization and management of the food fish of Oregon to protect the ultimate supply for present and future generations, preventing waste and implementing a sound management program for sustained economic, recreational and aesthetic benefits. [1971 c.187 §5; 1973 c.271 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.031 - Effect of wildlife laws on commercial fishing laws.

(1) Nothing in the wildlife laws of this state affects the lawful operation of any fishing gear or the lawful taking of any food fish under the commercial fishing laws.
(2) The commercial fishing laws apply to food fish except as otherwise provided in ORS 506.045 and 506.050, and shall be enforced regardless of any conflicting provisions in the wildlife laws of this state. No act lawfully done under the commercial fishing laws is unlawful in the event that such act conflicts with any provision of the wildlife laws of this state. [1965 c.570 §7; 1975 c.545 §10; 1977 c.242 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.036 - Jurisdiction of commission; duty to protect and propagate fish.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section and in ORS 506.045 and 506.050, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all fish, shellfish, and all other animals living intertidally on the bottom, within the waters of this state. The commission has joint or other jurisdiction with any other state or government over all such fishes within the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries where such waters form the boundaries of this state.
(2) The commission has jurisdiction over those species of fish, shellfish and all other animals living intertidally on the bottom referred to in subsection (1) of this section transported into or landed in this state which have been taken in waters outside this state.
(3) The duty of protection, preservation, propagation, cultivation, development and promotion of all fishes under its jurisdiction is delegated to and imposed upon the commission.
(4) The commission has no regulatory authority or jurisdiction over the commercial cultivation of oysters in the waters of this state. However, nothing in this subsection is intended to affect the authority of the commission under ORS 509.140. [1965 c.570 §8; 1975 c.253 §20; 1981 c.638 §13; 1983 c.364 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.045 - Fishing rights of treaty Indians not affected.

There are excluded from the operation of ORS 506.129, 506.136, 507.030, 508.025, 508.285 and 509.025 (1), any Warm Springs, Umatilla, Yakima, Wasco, Tenino, Wyum and other Columbia River Indians affiliated with these tribes and entitled to enjoy fishing rights, who have not severed their tribal relations, in so far as it would conflict with any rights or privileges granted to such Indians under the terms of the treaties made by the United States with the Warm Springs Indians on June 25, 1855, and with the Umatilla and Yakima Indians on June 9, 1855. [Formerly 506.195; 1975 c.545 §11; 1977 c.242 §3; 2013 c.672 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.050 - Federal and state fish cultural operations and scientific investigations; commission to propagate fish and to stock waters.

(1) The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission and their duly authorized agents may conduct fish cultural operations and scientific investigations in the waters of this state in such manner and at such times as may be considered necessary and proper by the service, the commission or their agents.
(2) The commission shall propagate and stock the waters of this state with such fish as it considers proper. [1965 c.570 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.109 - Food fish management policy.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that food fish shall be managed to provide the optimum economic, commercial, recreational and aesthetic benefits for present and future generations of the citizens of this state. In furtherance of this policy, the goals of food fish management are:
(1) To maintain all species of food fish at optimum levels in all suitable waters of the state and prevent the extinction of any indigenous species.
(2) To develop and manage the lands and waters of this state in a manner that will optimize the production, utilization and public enjoyment of food fish.
(3) To permit an optimum and equitable utilization of available food fish.
(4) To develop and maintain access to the lands and waters of the state and the food fish resources thereon.
(5) To regulate food fish populations and the utilization and public enjoyment of food fish in a manner that is compatible with other uses of the lands and waters of the state and provides optimum commercial and public recreational benefits.
(6) To preserve the economic contribution of the sports and commercial fishing industries in a manner consistent with sound food fish management practices.
(7) To develop and implement a program for optimizing the return of Oregon food fish for Oregon’s recreational and commercial fisheries. [1975 c.253 §15; 1985 c.529 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.119 - General duties and powers of commission; rulemaking authority.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission has the authority to formulate and implement the policies and programs of this state for the management of food fish, and may perform all acts necessary to administer and carry out the provisions of the commercial fishing laws.
(2) In accordance with any applicable provision of ORS chapter 183, the commission may promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the commercial fishing laws. [1975 c.253 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.124 - Hatchery practice rules; reports.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt rules governing public and private salmon hatchery practices by July 1, 1984. The commission shall also submit quarterly reports to the Emergency Board on matters related to the adoption of rules and the impact of hatchery practices on the salmon resource. [1983 c.797 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.129 - Establishing seasons, amounts and manner of taking food fish; rules.

(1) After investigation of the supply and condition of food fish, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, at appropriate times each year, shall by rule:
(a) Prescribe the times, places and manner in which food fish may be taken or sold, except when canned or otherwise processed, and the amount of those food fish species that may be taken or sold.
(b) Prescribe such other restrictions or procedures regarding the taking, selling or possessing of food fish as the commission determines will carry out the provisions of the commercial fishing laws.
(2) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the power of the commission includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Prescribing the amount of each food fish species that may be taken and possessed in terms of sex, size and other physical characteristics.
(b) Prescribing such regular and special time periods and areas closed to the taking and selling of any food fish species when the commission determines such action is necessary to protect the supply of such food fish.
(c) Prescribing regular and special time periods and areas open to the taking and selling of any food fish species, and prescribing means by which the taking of food fish is permitted. [1975 c.253 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.136 - Commission to study and classify food fish and fishing gear.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall:
(1) Investigate the habits, supply and economic uses of, and classify all food fish.
(2) Classify all fishing gear and such classification shall be final. [1965 c.570 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.142 - Authority of Fish Division.

The Fish Division established pursuant to ORS 496.124 shall be responsible for the management of all fish and other marine life over which the State Fish and Wildlife Commission has regulatory jurisdiction. [1975 c.253 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.147 - Record keeping regarding food fish commerce.

(1) In addition to any other authority under the commercial fishing laws, and except as provided in this subsection, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may adopt record keeping requirements for a person that engages in taking, landing, buying or selling food fish for commercial purposes or otherwise deals in food fish for commercial purposes. Records that the commission may require under this section include, but need not be limited to, records sufficient to show the source and disposition of food fish and any other information the commission deems necessary for tracing the chain of possession for food fish. The commission may not make record keeping requirements under this section applicable to tribal members exercising the treaty-reserved rights of an Indian tribe.
(2) A person that the commission makes subject to a record keeping requirement under this section shall make the records available for inspection by the commission, the State Department of Fish and Wildlife or the State Department of Agriculture, or by a designee of the commission, State Department of Fish and Wildlife or State Department of Agriculture. The State Department of Agriculture may request copies of, or information from, the records for the purpose of programs under ORS chapter 616 or other food safety law programs administered or enforced by the department. The State Department of Agriculture may, as part of a general pattern of administering and enforcing programs under ORS chapter 616 or other food safety law programs, during normal business hours enter premises where records described in this section are kept.
(3) A person may keep records required by the commission under this section in electronic form and may satisfy a request for inspection of the records by supplying a copy of the records in electronic form to the requester. If the records are not supplied to the requester in electronic form, the person shall allow inspection of the records upon request during normal business hours. [2018 c.104 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.154 - Duties of director.

The State Fish and Wildlife Director shall:
(1) Be responsible to the State Fish and Wildlife Commission for the administration and enforcement of the commercial fishing laws.
(2) Be responsible for the collection, application and dissemination of information pertinent to the management of food fish resources and to the regulation of the uses of such resources. [1975 c.253 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.201 - Powers of commission in regard to real property.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may:
(1) Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, agreement or donation, real property, or any right or interest therein, including any easement or right of access, necessary:
(a) To construct or maintain fish hatcheries, fishways or research facilities;
(b) To remove logjams; or
(c) Otherwise to carry out the duties imposed on the commission by law.
(2) Acquire by exercise of the power of eminent domain any easement or right of access necessary to construct or maintain fishways or remove logjams. Proceedings instituted by the commission under this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with ORS chapter 35.
(3) Lease, dispose of or grant easements upon any property owned by the state and used for the protection, propagation or preservation of food fish, which is found to be of no further use or value to the state. The commission shall turn over the proceeds arising from such disposition to the State Treasurer to be credited to the General Fund. [1965 c.570 §16; 1971 c.741 §34]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.211 - Acquisition of fish, eggs and larvae for certain purposes; returning salmon to Rogue River.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may acquire by gift or purchase, and may acquire by capture or otherwise in this state, any fish, eggs or larvae thereof for propagation, experimental or scientific purposes.
(2) The commission or any other person authorized by it who takes salmon eggs from the waters of the Rogue River for the purpose of supplying the various hatcheries of this state, shall return at least 40 percent of the fish hatched from the eggs to the Rogue River. [1965 c.570 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.213 - Coho and chinook salmon hatchery on Oregon coast.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall cause to be commenced and shall supervise the construction of a fish hatchery on the Oregon coast for the purpose of rearing coho and chinook salmon. The location for the site of the hatchery shall be at the discretion of the commission. Selection of the site shall be based upon the most recent research data available to the commission.
(2) The hatchery constructed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be maintained and operated by the commission. [1967 c.360 §§1,4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.214 - Hatchery Construction Fund.

The Hatchery Construction Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Hatchery Construction Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The fund shall consist of any moneys appropriated to the fund by the Legislative Assembly and moneys received by the department for the purposes established in this section in the form of gifts, grants, bequests, endowments or donations. Moneys in the fund may be expended only to improve, upgrade or replace current coastal hatchery facilities in order to incorporate new technologies. [2015 c.734 §2; 2017 c.120 §2]
Note:
506.214 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 506 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.215 - Maintaining hatcheries in adjoining states.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may construct, maintain or operate hatcheries in an adjoining state, but no hatchery shall be constructed or operated on any stream in an adjoining state that is not a tributary of the Columbia River, or whose waters do not flow into the Columbia River.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.220 - Erecting markers of closed waters; interference with markers.

Whenever deadlines are established on any of the waters of this state, either by legislative enactment or by order of the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, the commission shall, within a reasonable time, erect suitable monuments or markers in the water or on the banks of the water designating the closed portion of the water. It is unlawful to remove, destroy, alter or mutilate any of these monuments or markers. [Amended by 1965 c.570 §27]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.226 - Use of electric shock to take adult salmonids for private hatchery permittees prohibited.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law the State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not use in any body of water any electric current or electric shock device for the purpose of capturing any adult salmonids for a person granted a permit pursuant to ORS 508.700 to 508.745. [1981 c.646 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.231 - Public report of fish hatchery activities.

The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall prepare and make available to the public upon request monthly reports of fish hatchery operations. Information in the report shall include, but is not limited to:
(1) The location of each state facility at which salmon eggs were taken and the number of eggs taken.
(2) The number and destination of salmon eggs transferred from one state facility to another.
(3) The number of salmon eggs to be reared at each state facility.
(4) The number of salmon eggs sold from each state facility to any person granted a permit pursuant to ORS 508.700 to 508.745.
(5) The number of salmon eggs from state facilities allocated for volunteer salmonid improvement program activities.
(6) The location and circumstances of each mortality incident involving 10,000 or more salmon eggs at a state facility. [1981 c.646 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.241 - Commercial fishing vessel fleet reduction program; rules.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission, by rule, may prescribe a commercial fishing vessel fleet reduction program that complies with the federal Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act of 1980. [1981 c.365 §38]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.306 - Collecting moneys under commercial fishing laws; deposit into Commercial Fisheries Fund.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall collect all moneys to be paid to this state for the protection, preservation, propagation and development of the commercial fishing industry and arising under the commercial fishing laws and deposit such moneys in the Commercial Fisheries Fund. [1965 c.570 §29; 1987 c.905 §26; 1991 c.701 §23; 1997 c.545 §1; 2011 c.597 §139]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.316 - Payment of commission expenditures.

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 506.321, all expenditures of the State Fish and Wildlife Commission pursuant to the commercial fishing laws shall be made from moneys appropriated for the purposes for which such moneys are used, upon claims presented and warrants drawn pursuant to law. [1965 c.570 §30; 1967 c.454 §108]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.321 - Acceptance and use of gifts of money and property to commission.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may accept gifts of money, lands or other property and use the same for the protection, preservation, propagation and development of the fishery resource, subject to the terms of the gift. Subject to such terms the gifts may be used or exchanged for the acquisition of other lands, waters, rights, easements or other property. Any moneys received under this section not otherwise appropriated hereby are appropriated for such purposes. [Formerly 506.235]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.405 - Powers of commission regarding federal aid for fish and fisheries.

The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may:
(1) Enter into such contracts, appoint such officers and do any other act or thing necessary fully to meet the requirements of the United States and the officers acting under federal statute in aid of the conservation and preservation of fish and fisheries in this state or concerning any federal project wherein the conservation and preservation of such fish and fisheries are involved.
(2) Accept contributions of funds from the federal government for such purposes.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.450 - Definitions for ORS 506.450 to 506.465; rules.

As used in ORS 506.450 to 506.465, "developmental fishery" means activity for the development of commercial taking of an underutilized food fish species. The State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule shall determine those species of food fish that are underutilized. [1993 c.765 §115]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 14 - Drugs and Alcohol, Fire Protection, Natural Resources › Chapter 506 - Application, Administration and Enforcement of Commercial Fishing Laws › Section 506.455 - Policy.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon to institute a management system for developmental fishery resources that addresses both long term commercial and biological values and that protects the long term sustainability of those resources through planned commercial development when appropriate. [1993 c.765 §116]