Or. Admin. Code § 635-005-0850 - Size and Catch Limits
Size and catch limits in the sea urchin fishery are as follows:
(1) It is unlawful to take,
land or possess for commercial purposes, more than 50 sea urchins (purple and
red combined) per permit holder, per day, per trip between two and three and
one-half inches in diameter (shell diameter - not including spines), except as
provided in section (2) of this rule for purple sea urchins. There is no limit
on the number of red sea urchins less than two inches or greater than three and
one-half inches in shell diameter.
(2) A holder of a current sea urchin permit
may take more than 50 purple sea urchins between two inches and three and
one-half inches in diameter, provided the permit holder obtains a Special
Commercial Purple Sea Urchin Permit available at the Charleston ODFW Field
Office. The Department may attach terms and conditions to any special
commercial permit including, but not limited to, on-board observers, area or
time limits, and preharvest dive surveys of urchin beds.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 506.036, 506.109, 506.119, 506.129 & 508.760
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109, 506.129 & 506.306
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