OAR 635-005-0931: Fishing Gear — Squid Fishery

(1) For the purposes of OAR 635-005-0930 through 635-005-0922 and 635-012-0030 through 635-012-0150, “take” is defined to include attracting any squid by light. (2) It is unlawful to take market squid for commercial purposes using a purse seine net that: (a) Exceeds 1,800 feet in length; (b) Exceeds 2,600 meshes in depth, excluding chaffing strip and corkline strip; (c) Exceeds 1 ¾ inch mesh size, excluding chaffing strip and corkline strip; (d) Has a chaffing strip or a corkline strip that is more than 25 meshes wide; (e) Has purse rings or a purse ring bridle attached less than 36 inches above the lead line, except purse rings or purse ring bridles may be attached less than 36 inches above the lead line within 60 feet of each end of the net; (f) Is not pursed using a rib line that is a minimum of 36 inches above the lead line; or (g) Is pursed using a steel cable purse line. (3) It is unlawful for a vessel to pump market squid onboard directly from the pursed seine of another vessel unless squid so received make up no more than 20% of the weight of each landing and the vessel receiving squid in such manner: (a) Has lawfully deployed purse seine gear during the current year and pumped resultant catch onboard the same vessel for delivery to a port of landing or fish dealer in Oregon; (b) Possesses onboard, in working order, legal seine gear capable of catching market squid including but not limited to seine net, seine skiff, and pumping gear; and (c) Documents the vessel that made the set, any other vessel pumping squid from the pursed seine, and information on catch and location in the logbook required under OAR 635-004-0376. (4) It is unlawful to attract market squid by light displayed from a vessel, except from the same vessel that is deploying fishing gear for the take, possession, and landing of market squid so attracted or from the seine skiff of the same vessel.