OAR 635-004-0210: Authority of Enforcement in Fishery Conservation Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone

(1) Pursuant to ORS 506.750 and 506.755, regulations including but not limited to inspection of catch, methods of fishing, gear restrictions, seasons, closures and restricted areas are applicable in the Fishery Conservation Zone (0-50 nautical miles offshore of Oregon), and federal commercial fishing regulations are applicable in the Exclusive Economic Zone (3-200 nautical miles offshore of the United States). (2) For the purposes of this rule, “Fishery Conservation Zone” means the zone between the mean high water mark of tidally influenced bodies of water of the state of Oregon to 50 nautical miles offshore of Oregon, as pursuant to ORS 506.755.