Or. Admin. R. 635-042-0022 - Spring Chinook Gillnet and Tangle Net Fisheries
(1) Adipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon, white
sturgeon and shad may be taken by drift tangle net for commercial purposes from
the mouth of the Columbia River upstream to Beacon Rock (Zones 1-5) during the
period: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to Midnight (14 hours).
(a) Individual fishing periods will not
exceed sixteen hours in length during small mesh fisheries and twenty-four
hours in length during large mesh fisheries.
(b) A maximum of five (5) white sturgeon may
be possessed or sold by each participating vessel during each calendar week
(Sunday through Saturday) that the fishery is open. The weekly white sturgeon
sales limit applies to the mainstem Columbia River only. Select Area fisheries
remain under a two white sturgeon weekly retention limit.
(c) Retention of green sturgeon is
prohibited.
(2) An
adipose fin clip salmon is defined as a hatchery salmon with a clipped adipose
fin and having a healed scar at the location of the fin. The adipose fin is the
small fatty fin on salmonids located between the dorsal fin and tail.
(3) During the spring Chinook gillnet
fishery:
(a) It is unlawful
to use a gillnet having a mesh size less than 8 inches or more than 9-3/4
inches.
(b) Mesh size for the
fishery is determined as described in OAR 635-042-0010(4).
(4) During the spring Chinook tangle net
fishery:
(a) It is unlawful
to use other than a single-wall multi-filament net. Monofilament tangle nets
are not allowed. Maximum mesh size is 4 1/4 inches stretched taut. Nets not
specifically authorized for use in this fishery may be onboard the vessel if
properly stored. A properly stored net is defined as a net on a drum that is
fully covered by a tarp (canvas or plastic) and bound with a minimum of ten
revolutions of rope with a diameter of 3/8 (0.375) inches or greater. Other
permanent gear regulations remain in effect.
(b) Mesh size is determined by placing three
consecutive meshes under hand tension and the measurement is taken from the
inside of one vertical knot to the outside of the opposite vertical knot of the
center mesh. Hand tension means sufficient linear tension to draw opposing
knots of meshes into contact.
(5) Nets shall not exceed 900 feet (150
fathoms) in length. A red cork must be placed on the corkline every 25 fathoms
as measured from the first mesh of the net. Red corks at 25 fathom intervals
must be in color contrast to the corks used in the remainder of the
net.
(6) On tangle nets, an
optional use of a steelhead excluder panel of mesh may be hung between the
corkline and the 4 1/4 inch maximum mesh size tangle net. The excluder panel
web must be a minimum mesh size of 12 inches when stretched taut under hand
tension. Monofilament mesh is allowed for the excluder panel. The excluder
panel (including any associated hangings) must be a minimum of 5 linear feet in
depth and not exceed 10 linear feet in depth, as measured from the corkline to
the upper margin of the tangle net mesh as the net hangs naturally from a taut
corkline. Weedlines or droppers (bobber-type) may be used in place of the
steelhead excluder panel. A weedline-type excluder means the net is suspended
below the corkline by lines of no less than five feet in length between the
corkline and the upper margin of the tangle net. A dropper-type excluder means
the entire net is suspended below the surface of the water by lines of no less
than five feet in length extending from individual surface floats to a
submersed corkline. The corkline cannot be capable of floating the net in its
entirety (including the leadline) independent of the attached floats. Weedlines
or droppers must extend a minimum of 5 feet above the 4-1/4 inch maximum mesh
size tangle net.
(a) Tangle nets constructed
with a steelhead excluder panel, weedlines, or droppers, may extend to a
maximum length of 1,050 feet (175 fathoms).
(b) Tangle nets constructed with a steelhead
excluder panel, weedlines, or droppers, along with a red cork every 25 fathoms
as required in section (5) above, must have two red corks at each end of the
net.
(7) There are no
restrictions on the hang ratio. The hang ratio is used to horizontally add
slack to the net. The hang ratio is determined by the length of the web per
length of the corkline.
(8) There
are no restrictions on the use of slackers or stringers to slacken the net
vertically.
(9) Nets shall be
fished for no longer than 45 minutes per set. The time of fishing is measured
from when the first mesh of the net is deployed into the water until the last
mesh of the net is fully retrieved from the water.
(10) It is unlawful for a
net in whole or in part to be anchored, tied, staked, fixed, or attached to the
bottom, shore, or a beached boat; left unattended at any time it is fished; or
attended by more than one boat while being fished.
(11) It is unlawful to fish
more than one net from a licensed commercial fishing boat at any one
time.
(12) Nets fished from sunset
to sunrise shall have lighted buoys on both ends of the net unless the net is
attached to the boat then one lighted buoy on the opposite end of the net from
the boat is required.
(13)
Non-legal sturgeon, nonadipose fin-clipped Chinook salmon, and steelhead must
be released immediately with care and the least possible injury to the fish to
the river without violence or into an operating recovery box.
(a) One operating recovery box with two
chambers or two operating recovery boxes with one chamber each to aid survival
of released fish must be on board each fishing vessel participating in the
fishery. Recovery boxes shall be operating during any time that a net is being
retrieved or picked.
(b) All
salmon and steelhead that are bleeding, in lethargic condition, or appearing
dead must be placed in the recovery box for rehabilitation purposes prior to
release to the river.
(c) Each
chamber of the recovery box must meet the following dimensions as measured from
within the box; the inside length measurement must be at or within 39 1/2 to 48
inches, the inside width measurement must be at or within 8 to 10 inches, and
the inside height measurement must be at or within 14 to 16 inches.
(d) Each chamber of the recovery box must
include an operating water pumping system capable of delivering a minimum flow
of 16 gallons per minute not to exceed 20 gallons per minute of fresh river
water into each chamber. The fisher must demonstrate to the Department and
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife employees, fish and wildlife
enforcement officers, or other peace officers, upon request, that the pumping
system is delivering the proper volume of fresh river water into each
chamber.
(e) Each chamber of the
recovery box must include a water inlet hole between 3/4 inch and 1 inch in
diameter, centered horizontally across the door or wall of chamber and 1-3/4
inches from the floor of the chamber.
(f) Each chamber of the recovery box must
include a water outlet that is at least 1-1/2 inches in diameter. The center of
the outlet hole must be located a minimum of 12 inches above the floor of the
box or chamber, on either the same or opposite end as the inlet.
(g) All fish placed in recovery boxes must be
released to the river prior to landing or docking.
(14) At least one fisher on each boat engaged
in the fishery must have attended a one-day workshop hosted by the Department
or Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to educate fishers on regulations
and best methods for conduct of the fishery.
(15) Nothing in this section sets any
precedent for any future spring Chinook fishery. The fact that an individual
has attended a live capture training workshop does not entitle the individual
to participate in any other fishery. If the Department authorizes a Live
Capture fishery in the spring or at any other time, the Department may
establish qualifications and requirements that are different from those already
established. In particular, the Department may consider an individual's
compliance with these rules in determining that individual's eligibility to
participate in any future Live Capture fisheries.
(16) As authorized by OAR-635-006-0140 owners
or operators of commercial fishing vessels must cooperate with Department
fishery observers, or observers collecting data for the Department, when asked
by the Department to carry and accommodate an observer on fishing trips for
observation and sampling during an open fishery.
(17) Closed waters, as described in OAR
635-042-0005 for Grays River, Elokomin-B, Abernathy Creek, Cowlitz River,
Kalama-B, Lewis-B, Sandy and Washougal sanctuaries are in effect during the
open fishing periods identified.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.146 & 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.162, 506.129 & 507.030
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