OAR 635-500-0830: Summer Steelhead

(1) The following operating principles apply to the Clackamas subbasin: (a) Summer steelhead shall be managed for hatchery production in the subbasin consistent with achieving the desired status identified in the Lower Columbia River Conservation and Recovery Plan for Oregon Populations of Salmon and Steelhead (OAR 635-500-6575); (b) Summer steelhead smolts shall be released into streams that have suitable adult holding habitat throughout the summer and where adults will provide optimum recreational opportunity; (c) Only smolt-sized fish will be released to minimize competition with native salmonids. (2) In accordance with these operating principles, it is the objective of the Department to: (a) Minimize competition and possible interbreeding between non-indigenous summer steelhead and indigenous stocks of anadromous salmonids and resident trout; (b) Provide a potential average annual harvest of 7,000 summer steelhead in the Clackamas subbasin.