Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE › Division 11 - SPORT FISHING REGULATIONS FOR FISH, SHELLFISH, AND MARINE INVERTEBRATES: STATEWIDE ANGLING REGULATIONS › Section 635-011-0175 - Special Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) During times and at registration stations
			 to be specified by the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program administered by
			 the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), a voucher for payment
			 of bounty in an amount to be specified by PSMFC may be issued for each northern
			 pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) taken by legal angling methods from the
			 mouth of the Columbia River to the boat restricted zone below the Priest Rapids
			 Dam; from the mouth of the Snake River to the boat restricted zone below Hells
			 Canyon Dam; and from backwaters and sloughs, and up tributaries 400 feet from
			 tributary mouths of the reaches listed above on the Columbia and Snake rivers.
			 In addition, the following requirements shall be met to qualify for payment:
(a) Anglers shall present a valid fishing
			 license and picture identification upon request by any authorized program
			 representative;
(b) Each angler
			 shall adhere to all applicable state fishing regulations for the area in which
			 they fish;
(c) Each angler shall
			 register in person at one of the designated registration stations each day
			 prior to fishing. Anglers may register during times when stations are
			 unstaffed, by using the station's self-registration box. Anglers may not
			 register at multiple stations during the same time period;
(d) Anglers shall comply with the directions
			 of authorized program personnel related to the collection of sampling data and
			 angler participation in the Sport Reward Fishery. Anglers shall provide true
			 and accurate information to authorized program representatives regarding the
			 taking, possession, delivery, transportation, sale, transfer, or any other use
			 of fish caught while participating in the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward
			 Fishery Program;
(e) Fish must be
			 returned to the same registration station where the angler registered. They
			 must be returned on the same calendar day stamped on the angler's registration
			 form, before that station closes for that day, and they must have been caught
			 subsequent to that day's registration time.
(f) All fish redeemed for reward payment must
			 have been personally caught solely by the angler submitting them for reward
			 payment.
(g) To be eligible for a
			 voucher, each northern pikeminnow must be nine inches or longer in total length
			 and must be presented in fresh condition or alive. Fish that are or were
			 frozen, or that are in otherwise poor condition, will not be accepted for
			 payment. Authorized program personnel have the authority to determine whether
			 or not northern pikeminnow submitted for payment meet these
			 standards;
(h) Mail in all reward
			 vouchers within 30 days from the end of the year's fishery. To obtain payment,
			 vouchers must be received no later than November 15, 2007. Any issues
			 preventing payment (missing information, voiding of voucher for program
			 violations, etc.) must be resolved by November 15, 2007 or the voucher becomes
			 null and void.