ORS 508.035: Separate licenses required for certain fishing gear and activities.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Separate licenses are required for each: (a) Person other than an employee operating as a canner of food fish. (b) Person other than an employee operating as a wholesale fish dealer, for each separate place of business. (c) Individual acting or engaged as a fish buyer by a person licensed under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection. (d) Person licensed under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, for each permanent site or location operated by such person as a fish-buying station. (e) Individual taking or assisting in the taking of food fish for commercial purposes as described in ORS 508.235. (f) Boat, used in taking food fish for commercial purposes, as described in ORS 508.260. (g) Single delivery of food fish from the Pacific Ocean for commercial purposes in the absence of licenses under paragraphs (e) and (f) of this subsection. (h) Person other than an employee operating as a fish bait dealer, for each separate place of business. (i) Individual taking or assisting in the taking of food fish for sale to a fish bait dealer. (2) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall classify and define the various licenses provided for in this section and shall direct the State Fish and Wildlife Director to issue licenses accordingly and the classification shall be final. [1965 c.570 §62; 1969 c.172 §1; 1971 c.540 §4; 1973 c.768 §19]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 635-006-0150: Single Delivery License — 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
This rule cites
- ORS 508.235 — resolved
- ORS 508.260 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 497.252: Fish propagation license; terms and conditions; rules; applicability of other licensing laws.
- ORS 508.040: Unlawful to knowingly buy or receive fish from unlicensed person.
- ORS 508.045: Exemption of retail fish dealers.
- ORS 508.106: Permit to take carp or other nongame fish; fee.
- ORS 508.116: Permit to take animals living intertidally on bottom; fees.
- ORS 508.124: Northern pikeminnow fishing derby license; rules.
- ORS 508.235: Commercial fishing license; fees.
- ORS 508.240: Acts by commercial fishing licensee prohibited.
- OAR 635-006-0140: Boat License
- OAR 635-006-0145: Commercial Fishing License
- OAR 635-006-0150: Single Delivery License
- OAR 635-006-0405: Definitions Used In the Columbia River Gillnet Salmon Vessel Fleet Reduction Program
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors508.html