OAR 635-500-0703: Diamond Lake

Policies and objectives for fish management in Diamond Lake in the upper Umpqua Basin. (1) Policies: (a) Fingerling, legal and trophy sized rainbow trout shall be managed for hatchery production consistent with the Basic Yield Management Alternative of Oregon's Trout Plan (OAR 635-500-0115(4)); (b) Annual fingerling rainbow trout stocking will provide the primary fish production in Diamond Lake; and (c) Legal and trophy sized rainbow trout may be stocked annually to enhance trout production; (2) Objectives: (a) Provide quality, consumptive angling opportunities for hatchery produced trout; (b) Conduct ecologically based fishery monitoring and evaluations necessary to maintain ecologically based fishery objectives and healthy lake ecology; and (c) Provide for the prevention and control of illegally introduced fish species.