Or. Admin. Code § 635-040-0018 - Use of Wild Salmon for Private Salmon Hatchery Seed Stock

This section describes the prohibition on the taking of wild chinook or coho as seed stock by private salmon hatchery permittees, as well as the circumstances in which wild chum salmon seed stock may be authorized to be taken by private hatchery permittees:

(1) Wild chinook or coho shall not be taken as a source of seed stock by a private salmon hatchery permittee. Wild chinook, coho, or chum may be taken by the Department to establish a seed stock at any hatchery, whether public or private, provided that sufficient fish are returned to the donor stream to compensate fully for native smolts which might have resulted from eggs removed from the donor stock in accordance with ORS 496.455.

(2) Upon request, the Department may authorize a private salmon hatchery permittee to take wild chum salmon as a source of initial seed stock. The Department shall approve such request only if the quantity of chum salmon to be removed from a stream shall not adversely affect natural chum salmon production in such stream and the requirements of ORS 496.455 are met. The terms and conditions under which such native chum salmon may be taken from a stream and the fee to be charged for such chum shall be included in and made a part of the permit granted by the Commission pursuant to ORS 508.700 through 508.745.

(3) Salmon eggs may also be collected by the Department and provided to a permittee in accordance with ORS 496.455 to meet specific Department management objectives.

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Or. Admin. Code § 635-040-0018

FWC 5-1990, f. 1-24-90, cert. ef. 1-26-90

Stat. Auth.: ORS Ch. 496, 506 & 508

Stats. Implemented: ORS Ch. 496, 506 & 508