ORS 506.129: Establishing seasons, amounts and manner of taking food fish; rules.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) After investigation of the supply and condition of food fish, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, at appropriate times each year, shall by rule: (a) Prescribe the times, places and manner in which food fish may be taken or sold, except when canned or otherwise processed, and the amount of those food fish species that may be taken or sold. (b) Prescribe such other restrictions or procedures regarding the taking, selling or possessing of food fish as the commission determines will carry out the provisions of the commercial fishing laws. (2) In carrying out the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, the power of the commission includes, but is not limited to: (a) Prescribing the amount of each food fish species that may be taken and possessed in terms of sex, size and other physical characteristics. (b) Prescribing such regular and special time periods and areas closed to the taking and selling of any food fish species when the commission determines such action is necessary to protect the supply of such food fish. (c) Prescribing regular and special time periods and areas open to the taking and selling of any food fish species, and prescribing means by which the taking of food fish is permitted. [1975 c.253 §16]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 635-003-0003: Purpose and Scope — authority
- OAR 635-003-0077: US-Canada Border to Cape Falcon — implements
- OAR 635-003-0078: Humbug Mountain to the Oregon/California Border — implements
- OAR 635-003-0085: Extended Commercial Seasons — implements
- OAR 635-004-0205: Licensing Requirements — implements
- OAR 635-004-0215: Definitions — authority
- OAR 635-004-0235: Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-004-0235: Fishing Gear — authority
- 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 635-004-0290: Logbook Required — implements
- OAR 635-004-0290: Logbook Required — authority
- OAR 635-004-0295: Black Rockfish, Blue Rockfish and Nearshore Fishery Defined — 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 635-004-0365: Black Rockfish Management Areas — implements
- OAR 635-004-0375: Scope, Inclusion, and Modification of Rules — implements
- OAR 635-004-0585: Temporary rule language in effect until 08/31/2026. Scope, Inclusion, and Modification of Pacific Halibut Fishery Rules — authority
- OAR 635-005-0225: Organization — implements
- OAR 635-005-0225: Organization — authority
- OAR 635-005-0240: Definitions — implements
- OAR 635-005-0275: Commercial Shellfish and Marine Invertebrates Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-005-0275: Commercial Shellfish and Marine Invertebrates Fishing Gear — authority
- OAR 635-005-0290: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/27/2026. Closed Seasons and Areas — authority
- OAR 635-005-0300: Piddock Fishery (Rock Oyster) Prohibited — implements
- OAR 635-005-0355: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/27/2026. Catch Limits — authority
- OAR 635-005-0446: Electronic Monitoring — implements
- OAR 635-005-0446: Electronic Monitoring — authority
- OAR 635-005-0455: License Limitation — implements
- OAR 635-005-0455: License Limitation — authority
- 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 635-005-0480: Dungeness Crab Buoy Tag and Gear Marking Requirements — implements
- OAR 635-005-0490: Derelict Dungeness Crab Gear — implements
- OAR 635-005-0490: Derelict Dungeness Crab Gear — authority
- OAR 635-005-0510: Fishing Gear In Bays and Estuaries — implements
- OAR 635-005-0510: Fishing Gear In Bays and Estuaries — authority
- OAR 635-005-0830: Transferability of Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermits — implements
- OAR 635-005-0830: Transferability of Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermits — authority
- OAR 635-005-0890: Shellfish Aquaculture Fishery Defined — implements
- OAR 635-005-0890: Shellfish Aquaculture Fishery Defined — authority
- OAR 635-005-0900: Shellfish Import and Transfer Applications and Permit — implements
- OAR 635-005-0900: Shellfish Import and Transfer Applications and Permit — authority
- OAR 635-005-0905: Prohibited Activities in Restricted Shellfish Areas — implements
- OAR 635-005-0905: Prohibited Activities in Restricted Shellfish Areas — authority
- OAR 635-005-0921: Market Squid Fishery License Limitation — implements
- OAR 635-005-0921: Market Squid Fishery License Limitation — authority
- OAR 635-005-0929: Closed Season — implements
- OAR 635-005-0929: Closed Season — authority
- OAR 635-005-0931: Fishing Gear — Squid Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-006-0001: Definitions — authority
- OAR 635-006-0132: Limited Fish Sellers Permit — implements
- OAR 635-006-0150: Single Delivery License — implements
- OAR 635-006-0165: Commercial Fisher Transportation Report — implements
- OAR 635-006-0205: Required Reports — implements
- OAR 635-006-0207: Limited Fish Seller Required Reports — implements
- OAR 635-006-0210: Electronic Fish Ticket — All Fish — implements
- OAR 635-006-0211: Electronic Fish Ticket — Dungeness Crab and Net Caught Groundfish — implements
- OAR 635-006-0212: Electronic Fish Ticket — Salmon — implements
- OAR 635-006-0213: Electronic Fish Ticket — Limited Fish Seller Permit — implements
- OAR 635-006-0215: Monthly Remittance Report — implements
- OAR 635-006-0225: Purchase, Record, Report, and Sale of Steelhead Trout and Walleye from Treaty Indian Fisheries — implements
- OAR 635-006-0233: Payment for Legal Commercial Fishing Overages — implements
- OAR 635-006-1005: Introduction to Restricted Participation Systems Organization — implements
- OAR 635-006-1200: Commercial Fishery Permit Boards — implements
- OAR 635-006-1200: Commercial Fishery Permit Boards — authority
- OAR 635-011-0066: Authority to Take Fish — implements
- OAR 635-011-0066: Authority to Take Fish — authority
- OAR 635-013-0003: Purpose and Scope — authority
- OAR 635-013-0007: Special South Coast Sport Fishing Seasons — implements
- OAR 635-039-0085: Temporary rule language in effect until 10/31/2026. Halibut Seasons — authority
- OAR 635-041-0005: Applicability of Regulations — implements
- OAR 635-041-0010: Treaty Indian Fishery Definitions — implements
- OAR 635-041-0015: Subsistence Fishing Authorized — implements
- OAR 635-041-0020: Areas Closed to Subsistence Fishing — implements
- OAR 635-041-0025: Subsistence Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-041-0030: Subsistence Fishing Activities — implements
- OAR 635-041-0040: Ceremonial Fishing and Notice Requirement — implements
- OAR 635-041-0045: Temporary rule language in effect until 10/31/2026. Closed Commercial Fishing Areas — implements
- OAR 635-041-0050: Commercial Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-041-0060: Sturgeon Season — implements
- OAR 635-041-0061: Sturgeon Size — implements
- OAR 635-041-0063: Sturgeon Setline Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-041-0064: Winter Platform and Hook and Line Season — implements
- OAR 635-041-0065: Winter Season — implements
- OAR 635-041-0072: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Carp, Shad and Other Nongame Fish — implements
- OAR 635-041-0075: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Fall Salmon Season — implements
- OAR 635-041-0600: Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon — implements
- OAR 635-042-0001: Management and Catch Reporting Areas — implements
- OAR 635-042-0005: Closed Areas — implements
- OAR 635-042-0007: Definitions — implements
- OAR 635-042-0010: Temporary rule language in effect until 10/31/2026. Fishing Gear — implements
- OAR 635-042-0025: Sockeye Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0027: Summer Salmon Season — authority
- OAR 635-042-0031: Temporary rule language in effect until 10/31/2026. Early Fall Salmon Season — authority
- OAR 635-042-0032: Coho Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0060: Late Fall Salmon Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0100: Anchovies and Herring Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0105: Shad Sales — implements
- OAR 635-042-0115: Camas-Washougal Reef Shad Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0130: Smelt Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0133: Sturgeon Size — implements
- OAR 635-042-0135: Sturgeon Sales — implements
- OAR 635-042-0145: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Youngs Bay Select Area Commercial Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-042-0151: Big Creek Terminal Salmon Season — implements
- OAR 635-042-0160: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Blind Slough and Knappa Slough Select Area Commercial Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-042-0170: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Tongue Point and South Channel Select Area Commercial Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-042-0180: Temporary rule language in effect until 12/31/2026. Deep River Select Area Commercial Fishery — implements
- OAR 635-042-0190: Steamboat Slough — implements
- OAR 635-500-6785: Implementing the Rogue–South Coast Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan — implements
This rule cites
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Cited by
- ORS 506.045: Fishing rights of treaty Indians not affected.
- ORS 506.755: Fisheries Conservation Zone; rules; jurisdiction over zone; penalty; construction.
- ORS 506.991: Criminal penalties.
- ORS 508.725: Released fish as state property; consideration by commission of adverse economic impact on hatcheries.
- OAR 635-011-0066: Authority to Take Fish
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors506.html