OAR 635-500-6050: Bull Trout

(1) The following policies apply to bull trout management in the upper Deschutes subbasin: (a) Bull trout populations in the upper and lower Deschutes subbasins will be reconnected through passage at the Pelton-Round Butte Hydroelectric Project. (b) The Deschutes River basin will be managed for naturally produced bull trout consistent with the Native Fish Conservation Policy (OAR 635-007-0503). (2) The following objectives apply to bull trout management in the upper Deschutes subbasin: (a) Maintain naturally produced self-sustaining populations of bull trout in the Deschutes River basin. (b) Bull trout in the upper and lower Deschutes subbasins will be managed to provide fisheries opportunities when conservation management objectives are met in three successive years. Fisheries opportunities will be assessed by population sub-unit.