OAR 635-500-5020: Yachats River Basin, All Waters

Policies and objective for fish management in the Yachats River Basin, all waters. (1) Policies: (a) Fish management in the Yachats 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 stocked above these barriers. However, existing fish ladders shall be maintained; (d) Conservation objectives take priority over harvest objectives. (2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to the Yachats River Basin.