Or. Admin. R. 603-100-0000 - Definitions
As used in OAR 603-100-0000 to and including 603-100-0050 and in addition to the definitions set forth in ORS 622.010 and 622.080, the following shall apply:
(1) "Director " means the
Director of the Department of Agriculture or authorized
representative.
(2) "Certification
Number" means the number assigned by the Department to each certified shellfish
dealer. It consists of a one-to-five digit number preceded by the two-letter
state abbreviation and followed by the two-letter symbol designating the type
of operation certified.
(3)
"Dealer " means every person or peddler engaged in the business of growing,
harvesting, processing, or distributing shellfish. Dealers are certified and
assigned a certification number by type of operation classified as follows:
(a) "Depuration processor (DP) " means a
shellfish dealer who purchases or harvests shell stock from conditionally
approved or restricted growing areas and submits such shell stock to an
approved controlled purification process. Such dealers shall be certified as a
shucker-packer and assigned a certification number designating depuration
processor (DP) as the type of operation;
(b) "Distributor " means a jobber or
wholesaler who furnishes or sells shellfish to retail outlets. Such dealers
shall be certified as a distributor and assigned a certification number
designating shellstock shipper (SS) as the type of operation;
(c) "Grower (GR) " means a dealer engaged in
the business of growing shellfish intended for human consumption. Such dealers
shall be certified as a grower and assigned a certification number designating
(GR) as the type of operation;
(d)
"Harvester (HV) " means a dealer who harvests shellfish intended for human
consumption or employs persons to harvest shellfish intended for human
consumption from growing areas. Such dealers shall be certified as harvesters
and assigned a certification number designating harvester (HV) as type of
operation;
(e) "Repackers (RP) "
means dealers other than the original certified shucker-packer who repack
shucked shellfish. Such dealers shall be certified as a shucker-packer, and
assigned a certification number designating repacker (RP) as type of
operation;
(f) "Reshippers (RS) "
means dealers who receive shellfish, either shellstock or shucked stock in
original containers from certified shellfish distributors and transship such
shellfish to other dealers or to the final consumer. Such dealers will be
certified as distributors, and assigned a certification number designating
shellstock reshipper (RS) as the type of operation;
(g) "Shellstock shippers (SS)" means dealers
who buy, sell, or ship shellstock. Such dealers will be certified as a
distributor and assigned a certification number designating shellstock shipper
(SS) as the type of operation. A shellstock shipper may ship shucked shellfish,
but, is not authorized to shuck or repack shucked shellfish;
(h) "Shucker-packer (SP) " means dealers who
shuck, pack, and repack shellfish. Such dealers will be certified as a
shucker-packer and assigned a certification number designating shucker-packer
(SP) as the type of operation.
(4) "Seed " means shellfish that are less than
market size for human consumption and have a maximum shell length of:
(a) Thirteen millimeters (1/2 inch) for
mussels;
(b) Twenty-five
millimeters (1 inch) for scallops;
(c) Nineteen millimeters (3/4 inch) for
Olympia oysters;
(d) Nineteen
millimeters (3/4 inch) for Kumomoto oysters;
(e) Fifty-one millimeters (2 inches) for
other oyster species ;
(f)
Thirty-eight millimeters (1 and 1/2 inch) for geoducks; and
(g) Thirteen millimeters (1/2 inch) for other
clam species .
(5)
"Shellfish " means:
(a) All edible species of
oysters, either shucked or in the shell, fresh or frozen, whole or in part and
intended for human consumption.
(b)
All edible species of clams, either shucked or in the shell, fresh or frozen,
whole or in part and intended for human consumption.
(c) All edible species of mussels, either
shucked or in the shell, fresh or frozen, whole or in part and intended for
human consumption.
(d) All edible
species of scallops, either shucked or in the shell, fresh or frozen, whole or
in part, except when the final product is the shucked adductor muscle only, and
intended for human consumption.
(6) "State Waters " means waters that belong
wholly to the state including the Territorial Sea out to the three mile
limit.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 561.190 & 622.180
Stats. Implemented: ORS 622.180
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