Or. Admin. Code § 635-041-0030 - Subsistence Fishing Activities

(1) It is unlawful to utilize any fish taken by subsistence fishing for other than subsistence purposes as defined in OAR 635-041-0010 with the exception of shad which may be sold commercially, and with the exception of dipnet caught fish from main stem Columbia and Klickitat River subsistence areas taken during open commercial fishing seasons.

(2) Only white sturgeon with a fork length of 43-54 inches taken from between The Dalles and McNary dams and white sturgeon with a fork length of 38-54 inches taken from between the Bonneville Dam and The Dalles Dam may be retained for subsistence purposes.

(3) All sturgeon not of legal size shall be released to the water unharmed. Sturgeon not captured for legal harvest shall not be possessed on land. For purposes of this regulation, docks and boat ramps are not considered land.

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Or. Admin. Code § 635-041-0030

FWC 89, 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 635-035-0030; 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 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 10-1988, f. & cert. ef. 3-4-88; FWC 12-1997(Temp), f. 2-27-97, cert. ef. 3-1-97; DFW 26-2000(Temp), f. 5-4-00, cert. ef. 5-6-00 thru 5-28-00; DFW(Temp), 37-2000, f. 6-30-00, cert. ef. 7-1-00 thru 7-10-00; DFW 22-2003(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-25-03 thru 9-20-03; DFW 3-2005(Temp), f. & cert. ef 1-20-05 thru 2-28-05; DFW 6-2005, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-05; DFW 142-2008, f. & cert. ef. 11-21-08; DFW 19-2009, f. & cert. ef. 2-26-09; DFW 116-2016(Temp), f. 9-14-16, cert. ef. 9-15-16 thru 12-31-16; DFW 13-2017, f. 2-13-17, cert. ef. 2/21/2017

Stat. Auth.: ORS 183.325 & 506.119

Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.129 & 507.030