OAR 635-500-4320: Salmon River Basin, All Waters

Policies and objective for fish management in Salmon River Basin, all waters. (1) Policies: (a) Fish management in the Salmon River Basin shall be directed at protecting and restoring self-sustaining populations of all fish species native to the basin; (b) Management of individual fish populations and their habitat shall only be emphasized when remedial actions are needed to address critical stocks or species, or when a population is the cause of constraints placed on mixed-stock fisheries or land use activities; (c) Permanent natural barriers to fish migration shall not be altered to allow fish passage and fish shall not be transplanted above these barriers; (d) Conservation objectives take priority over harvest objectives; (e) Introduction of non-native fin fish species into flowing waters of the Salmon River Basin shall be prohibited. (2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to Salmon River Basin.