OAR 635-012-0070: General Protected Area Prohibitions and Allowances

(1) The prohibitions and allowances specified in this section apply to all areas of Oregon’s Territorial Sea designated as marine protected and seabird protection areas. Notwithstanding the area-specific prohibitions and allowances, person(s) may: (a) Take fish species if authorized by a valid scientific taking permit as required by OAR divisions 635-007 and 635-043. (b) Have catch onboard while transiting or anchoring in the marine protected or seabird protection area. Except as allowed by OAR 635-012-0060, 635-012-0080 through 635-012-0150 or by subsection (1)(a) above, fishing gear shall not be deployed in the water at any time within a marine protected or seabird protection area. (2) It is unlawful to take any legal fish species in a marine protected or seabird protection area while possessing onboard any species not allowed to be taken in the marine protected or seabird protection area.