ORS 506.109: Food fish management policy.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
It is the policy of the State of Oregon that food fish shall be managed to provide the optimum economic, commercial, recreational and aesthetic benefits for present and future generations of the citizens of this state. In furtherance of this policy, the goals of food fish management are: (1) To maintain all species of food fish at optimum levels in all suitable waters of the state and prevent the extinction of any indigenous species. (2) To develop and manage the lands and waters of this state in a manner that will optimize the production, utilization and public enjoyment of food fish. (3) To permit an optimum and equitable utilization of available food fish. (4) To develop and maintain access to the lands and waters of the state and the food fish resources thereon. (5) To regulate food fish populations and the utilization and public enjoyment of food fish in a manner that is compatible with other uses of the lands and waters of the state and provides optimum commercial and public recreational benefits. (6) To preserve the economic contribution of the sports and commercial fishing industries in a manner consistent with sound food fish management practices. (7) To develop and implement a program for optimizing the return of Oregon food fish for Oregon’s recreational and commercial fisheries. [1975 c.253 §15; 1985 c.529 §2]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 635-003-0003: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 635-004-0200: Organization — implements
- OAR 635-004-0210: Authority of Enforcement in Fishery Conservation Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone — implements
- OAR 635-004-0215: Definitions — implements
- OAR 635-004-0230: Same Trip Recreational and Commercial Fishing — When Unlawful — implements
- OAR 635-004-0235: Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-004-0270: Organization of Groundfish Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0275: Temporary rule language in effect until 11/06/2026. Scope, Inclusion, and Modification of Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0280: Maintaining Records of Cumulative Catch — implements
- OAR 635-004-0280: Maintaining Records of Cumulative Catch — authority
- OAR 635-004-0285: Trawl and Fixed Gear Groundfish Fisheries Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0290: Logbook Required — authority
- OAR 635-004-0300: Requirement for Black Rockfish/Blue Rockfish/Nearshore Fishery Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0310: Eligibility Requirements for a Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0315: Review of Denials — implements
- OAR 635-004-0325: Lottery for Limited Entry Black Rockfish/Blue Rockfish/Nearshore Fishery Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0330: Transferability of Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0335: Logbook Required — implements
- OAR 635-004-0340: Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-004-0345: Length Limits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0350: Harvest Guidelines and Landing Caps — implements
- OAR 635-004-0355: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Trip Limits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0360: Incidental Catch in Other Fisheries — implements
- OAR 635-004-0365: Black Rockfish Management Areas — implements
- OAR 635-004-0370: Organization of Coastal Pelagic and Smelt Species Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0375: Scope, Inclusion, and Modification of Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0376: Logbook Required — implements
- OAR 635-004-0377: Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-004-0378: Bycatch Restrictions — implements
- OAR 635-004-0379: No Reduction Fishery Allowed — implements
- OAR 635-004-0380: Sardine Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0385: Requirement for Sardine Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0390: Sardine Permit Fee — implements
- OAR 635-004-0395: Eligibility Requirements for a Sardine Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0400: Review of Denials — Sardine Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0405: Renewal of Sardine Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0410: Lottery for Limited Entry Sardine Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0415: Transferability of Sardine Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0430: Sardine Catching Vessel — implements
- OAR 635-004-0445: Inland Waters Herring Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0450: Inland Waters Herring Season — implements
- OAR 635-004-0455: Yaquina Bay Roe-Herring Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0460: Requirement for Yaquina Bay Roe-Herring Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0470: Eligibility Requirements for a Yaquina Bay Roe-Herring Permit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0475: Revocation and Refusal to Issue Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0480: Review of Denials — implements
- OAR 635-004-0490: Lottery for Limited Entry Yaquina Bay Roe-Herring Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0495: Transferability of Yaquina Bay Roe-Herring Permits — implements
- OAR 635-004-0505: Roe-Herring Season and Harvest Limit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0510: Fishery Pacific Ocean Herring Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0515: Pacific Ocean Herring Season — implements
- OAR 635-004-0525: Anchovy Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0530: Inland Waters Anchovy Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-004-0540: Smelt Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0545: Smelt Fishery Prohibitions — implements
- OAR 635-004-0550: Organization of Highly Migratory Species Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0560: Albacore Tuna Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0570: Exemption to Far Offshore Fishery Restriction — implements
- OAR 635-004-0575: Organization of Other Finfish Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0580: Pacific Halibut Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0585: Temporary rule language in effect until 08/31/2026. Scope, Inclusion, and Modification of Pacific Halibut Fishery Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0590: Coastal Rivers Shad Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0595: Closed Coastal Rivers Shad Season — implements
- OAR 635-004-0600: Coastal Rivers Shad Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-004-0605: Incidental Catch of Salmon and Striped Bass — implements
- OAR 635-004-0610: Hagfish Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0625: Logbook Required — Hagfish — implements
- OAR 635-004-0630: Sturgeon Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0635: Sturgeon Fishery Closures — implements
- OAR 635-004-0640: Sturgeon Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-004-0645: Sturgeon Size Limit — implements
- OAR 635-004-0650: Surfperch Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0655: Closed Surfperch Season — implements
- OAR 635-004-0660: Minor Finfish Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0665: Minor Finfish Species — implements
- OAR 635-004-0670: Logbook Required — Minor Finfish Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-004-0675: Intertidal Animal Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-004-0680: Commercial Shellfish and Intertidal Animal Permit Required — implements
- OAR 635-004-0690: Logbook Required — Commercial Shellfish and Intertidal Animal — implements
- OAR 635-005-0225: Organization — implements
- OAR 635-005-0225: Organization — authority
- OAR 635-005-0230: Licensing Requirements — implements
- OAR 635-005-0235: Authority of Enforcement in Fishery Conservation Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone — implements
- OAR 635-005-0240: Definitions — implements
- OAR 635-005-0245: Commercial Shellfish And Intertidal Animal Harvest Permit Required — implements
- OAR 635-005-0255: Additional License Requirement — implements
- OAR 635-005-0270: Same Trip Recreational and Commercial Fishing — When Unlawful — implements
- OAR 635-005-0275: Commercial Shellfish and Marine Invertebrates Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-005-0280: Organization of Clam and Intertidal Rules — implements
- OAR 635-005-0285: Additional License Requirement — implements
- OAR 635-005-0290: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/27/2026. Closed Seasons and Areas — implements
- OAR 635-005-0295: Marine Snail Fishery Prohibited — implements
- OAR 635-005-0300: Piddock Fishery (Rock Oyster) Prohibited — authority
- OAR 635-005-0305: Bay Clam Dive Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0310: Requirement for Bay Clam Dive Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0315: Bay Clam Dive Permit Fee — implements
- OAR 635-005-0320: Eligibility Requirements for a Bay Clam Dive Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0325: Review of Denials — Bay Clam Dive — implements
- OAR 635-005-0330: Renewal of Bay Clam Dive Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0335: Lottery for Limited Entry Bay Clam Dive Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0340: Transferability of Bay Clam Dive Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0345: Logbook Required — Bay Clam Dive — implements
- OAR 635-005-0350: Bay Clam Dive Size Limit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0355: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/27/2026. Catch Limits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0360: Subtidal Clams for Bait — implements
- OAR 635-005-0365: Intertidal Animal, Mussel and Clam Commercial Fisheries Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0370: Commercial Shellfish And Intertidal Animal Harvest Permit Required — implements
- OAR 635-005-0375: Logbook Required — Commercial Shellfish And Intertidal Animal Harvest — implements
- OAR 635-005-0380: Fishing Gear for Commercial Harvest of Mussels and Razor Clams — implements
- OAR 635-005-0385: Commercial Harvest of Mussels and Clams — Size Limit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0387: Catch Limits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0390: Clams and Mussels for Bait — implements
- OAR 635-005-0395: Organization of Rules for Commercial Crab Fisheries — implements
- OAR 635-005-0400: Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0405: Requirement for Ocean Dungeness Crab Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0415: Eligibility Requirements for a Ocean Dungeness Crab Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0420: Revocation and Refusal to Issue Ocean Dungeness Crab Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0425: Review of Denials — Ocean Dungeness Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0435: Lottery for Limited Entry Ocean Dungeness Crab Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0440: Transferability of Ocean Dungeness Crab Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0445: Logbook Required — Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0446: Electronic Monitoring — implements
- OAR 635-005-0450: Vessel Length Modification in Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0455: License Limitation — implements
- OAR 635-005-0455: License Limitation — authority
- OAR 635-005-0460: Harvest Areas — Dungeness Crab Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0465: Closed Season in Pacific Ocean and Columbia River — implements
- OAR 635-005-0466: Dungeness Crab Closure or Evisceration Requirement Based on Biotoxin Testing — implements
- OAR 635-005-0466: Dungeness Crab Closure or Evisceration Requirement Based on Biotoxin Testing — authority
- OAR 635-005-0470: Dungeness Crab Fishery Possession and Landing Limits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0475: Dungeness Crab Gear Specifications — implements
- OAR 635-005-0480: Dungeness Crab Buoy Tag and Gear Marking Requirements — implements
- OAR 635-005-0485: Dungeness Crab Gear Prohibitions — implements
- OAR 635-005-0490: Derelict Dungeness Crab Gear — implements
- OAR 635-005-0491: Post-season Derelict Gear Recovery Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0495: Size and Sex of Pacific Ocean Dungeness Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0500: Bay and Estuary Dungeness Crab Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0502: Logbook Required — Bay and Estuary Dungeness Crab Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0502: Logbook Required — Bay and Estuary Dungeness Crab Fishery — authority
- OAR 635-005-0505: Closed Season in Bays and Estuaries — implements
- OAR 635-005-0510: Fishing Gear In Bays and Estuaries — implements
- OAR 635-005-0510: Fishing Gear In Bays and Estuaries — authority
- OAR 635-005-0515: Size and Sex of Bay and Estuary Dungeness Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0520: Red Rock, Box, Tanner, and other Crab Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0525: Permits Required for Red Rock Crab and Box Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0530: Tanner and Box Crab Taken in Trawl Nets — implements
- OAR 635-005-0535: Closed Season — Red Rock, Box, Tanner, and other Crab Fisheries — implements
- OAR 635-005-0540: Fishing Gear — Tanner, Oregon Hair and Scarlet King Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0545: Fishing Area — Tanner, Oregon Hair and Scarlet King Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0550: Size and Sex — Tanner, Oregon Hair and Scarlet King Crab — implements
- OAR 635-005-0555: Incidental Catch Limits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0560: Tanner Crab Notification of Activity — implements
- OAR 635-005-0565: Logbook Required — Red Rock, Box, Tanner, and other Crab Fisheries — implements
- OAR 635-005-0570: Organization of Shrimp Fishery Rules — implements
- OAR 635-005-0575: Pink Shrimp Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0580: Requirement for Pink Shrimp Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0590: Eligibility Requirements for a Pink Shrimp Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0595: Revocation and Refusal to Issue Pink Shrimp Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0600: Review of Denials — Pink Shrimp Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0610: Lottery for Limited Entry Pink Shrimp Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0615: Transferability of Pink Shrimp Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0620: Logbook Required — Pink Shrimp Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0625: Closed Season — Pacific Ocean Pink Shrimp Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0630: Fishing Gear — Pink Shrimp Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0635: Mesh Restriction — implements
- OAR 635-005-0640: Incidental Catch Limit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0645: Maximum Count Per Pound — implements
- OAR 635-005-0650: Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0655: Closed Season — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp — implements
- OAR 635-005-0660: Fishing Gear — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp — implements
- OAR 635-005-0665: Fishing Area — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp — implements
- OAR 635-005-0670: Incidental Catch Limit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0675: Logbook Required — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp — implements
- OAR 635-005-0680: Brine Shrimp Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0685: Requirement for Brine Shrimp Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0690: Brine Shrimp Permit Fee — implements
- OAR 635-005-0695: Eligibility Requirements for a Brine Shrimp Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0700: Review of Denials — Brine Shrimp — implements
- OAR 635-005-0705: Renewal of Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0710: Lottery for Limited Entry Brine Shrimp Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0715: Transferability of Brine Shrimp Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0720: Organization of Other Shellfish and Marine Invertebrate Rules — implements
- OAR 635-005-0725: Weathervane Scallop Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0730: Additional License Requirement — implements
- OAR 635-005-0735: Requirement for Weathervane Scallop Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0745: Eligibility Requirements for a Weathervane Scallop Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0750: Revocation and Refusal to Issue Weathervane Scallop Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0755: Review of Denials — Weathervane Scallop — implements
- OAR 635-005-0765: Lottery for Limited Entry Weathervane Scallop Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0770: Transferability of Weathervane Scallop Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0775: Logbook Required — Weathervane Scallop Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0780: Closed Season — Weathervane Scallop Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0785: Fishing Gear — Weathervane Scallop Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-005-0790: Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0795: Requirement for Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0805: Eligibility Requirements for a Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0810: Revocation and Refusal to Issue Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0815: Review of Denials — Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber — implements
- OAR 635-005-0825: Lottery for Limited Entry Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0830: Transferability of Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermits — implements
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