(1) White sturgeon
may be taken for commercial purposes from the mainstem Columbia River and
Select Areas downstream of Bonneville Dam during commercial salmon fishing
seasons with the same fishing gear authorized for the taking of salmon or
sturgeon.
(2) Retention of green
sturgeon in all mainstem Columbia River and Select Area commercial fisheries is
prohibited.
(3) White sturgeon and
salmon must be delivered to wholesale fish dealers, canners, or fish buyers
undressed (in the round).
(4) It is
unlawful to:
(a) Take
sturgeon and salmon by angling from any vessel that is engaged in commercial
fishing (including the period of time the gear is fished) or has been engaged
in commercial fishing on that same day or has commercially caught sturgeon or
salmon aboard;
(b) Steal or
otherwise molest or disturb any lawful fishing gear;
(c) Keep any fish taken under a commercial
license for personal use;
(d)
Remove the head or tail of any white sturgeon taken for commercial purposes
prior to being received at the premises of a wholesale fish dealer or
canner;
(e) Sell or attempt to sell
unprocessed or processed sturgeon eggs that have been taken from the Columbia
River downstream of Bonneville Dam;
(f) Purchase from commercial fishermen
sturgeon eggs which have been removed from the body cavity prior to
sale;
(g) Have in possession any
white sturgeon with a fork length less than 44 inches or greater than 50
inches;
(h) Gaff or penetrate
sturgeon in any way while landing or releasing it.
Notes
Or. Admin. R.
635-042-0135
FWC 85, f. & ef.
1-28-77; FWC 2-1978, f. & ef. 1-31-78; FWC 7-1978, f. & ef. 2-21-78;
FWC 2-1979, f. & ef. 1-25-79; Renumbered from 635-035-0320; FWC 6-1980, f.
& ef. 1-28-80; FWC 1-1981, f. & ef. 1-19-81; FWC 6-1982, f. & ef.
1-28-82; FWC 20-1982(Temp), f. & ef. 3-25-82; FWC 3-1983, f. & ef.
1-21-83; FWC 4-1984, f. & ef. 1-31-84; FWC 4-1986 (Temp), f. & ef.
1-28-86; FWC 79-1986(Temp), f. & ef. 12-22-86; FWC 2-1987, f. & ef.
1-23-87; FWC 8-1992, f. & cert. ef. 2-11-92; FWC 11-1993, f. 2-11-93, cert.
ef. 2-16-93; FWC 9-1994, f. 2-14-94, cert. ef. 2-15-94; FWC 16-1994(Temp), f.
& cert. ef. 3-3-94; FWC 3-1997, f. & cert. ef. 1-27-97; FWC
8-1997(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-14-97; FWC 42-1997, f. & cert. ef.
8-4-97; DFW 2-1998(Temp), f. 1-9-98, cert. ef. 1-12-98 thru 1-23-98; DFW
58-1998(Temp.), f. & cert. ef. 8-4-98 thru 8-21-98; DFW 82-1998(Temp), f.
10-6-98, cert. ef. 10-7-98 thru 10-23-98; DFW 84-1998(Temp), f. & cert. ef.
10-22-98 thru 10-23-98; DFW 86-1998(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-28-98 thru
10-30-98; DFW 87-1998(Temp), f. & cert. ef 11-5-98 thru 11-6-98; DFW
101-1998, f. & cert. ef. 12-24-98; DFW 7-1999(Temp), f. 2-12-99 & cert.
ef. 2-15-99 thru 2-19-99; DFW 11-1999(Temp), f. 2-24-99, cert. ef. 2-25-99 thru
2-26-99; DFW 52-1999(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-2-99 thru 8-6-99;
Administrative correction 11-17-99; DFW 95-1999(Temp), f. 12-22-99, cert. ef.
12-26-99 thru 1-21-00; DFW 3-2000, f. & cert. ef. 1-24-00; DFW 42-2000, f.
& cert. ef. 8-3-00; DFW 80-2000(Temp), f, 12-22-00, cert. ef. 1-1-01 thru
3-31-01; DFW 3-2001, f. & cert. ef. 2-6-01; DFW 115-2001(Temp), f.
12-13-01, cert. ef. 1-1-02 thru 3-31-02; DFW 9-2002, f. & cert. ef. 2-1-02;
DFW 11-2002(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-8-02 thru 8-7-02; DFW 134-2002(Temp),
f. & cert. ef. 12-19-02 thru 4-1-03; DFW 8-2003(Temp), f. 1-27-03, cert.
ef. 1-28-03 thru 4-1-03; DFW 10-2003(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-3-03 thru
4-1-03; DFW 131-2003(Temp), f. 12-26-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04 thru 4-1-04; DFW
7-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-2-04 thru 4-1-04; DFW 130-2004(Temp), f.
12-23-04, cert. ef. 1-1-05 thru 4-1-05; DFW 7-2005(Temp), f. & cert. ef.
2-22-05 thru 4-1-05; Administrative correction 4-20-05; DFW 145-2005(Temp), f.
12-21-05, cert. ef. 1-1-06 thru 3-31-06; DFW 3-2006(Temp), f. & cert. ef.
1-27-06 thru 3-31-06; DFW 5-2006, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-06; DFW
131-2006(Temp), f. 12-20-06, cert. ef. 1-1-07 thru 6-29-07; DFW 8-2007(Temp),
f. 2-12-07, cert. ef. 2-13-07 thru 8-11-07; DFW 9-2007, f. & cert. ef.
2-14-07; DFW 135-2007(Temp), f. 12-28-07, cert. ef. 1-1-08 thru 6-28-08; DFW
6-2008(Temp), f. 1-29-08, cert. ef. 1-31-08 thru 7-28-08; DFW 10-2008, f. &
cert. ef. 2-11-08; DFW 14-2008(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-21-08 thru 8-18-08;
Administrative correction 9-29-08; DFW 148-2008(Temp), f. 12-19-08, cert. ef.
1-1-09 thru 6-29-09; DFW 6-2009(Temp), f. 1-30-09, cert. ef. 2-2-09 thru
8-1-09; Administrative correction 8-21-09; DFW 151-2009(Temp), f. 12-22-09,
cert. ef. 1-1-10 thru 3-31-10; Administrative correction 4-21-10; DFW
166-2010(Temp), f. 12-28-10, cert. ef. 1-15-11 thru 7-13-11; Administrative
correction 7-22-11; DFW 4-2012(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 1-30-12 thru 2-29-12;
Administrative correction 3-20-12; DFW 7-2013(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 1-31-13
thru 2-28-13; Administrative correction, 3-20-13;
DFW
6-2019, amend filed 01/23/2019, effective
1/23/2019
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
183.325,
ORS
506.109
& ORS
506.119
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
506.129
& ORS
507.030
