635-021-0090
Thief Valley Reservoir Sport Game Fish Harvest Opportunity Rescinded
Adopted June 4, 2010; effective June 11, 2010 through September 1, 2010.
Amended rule rescinds the liberalized catch limits implemented by previous temporary rule action and reinstates length requirements for trout in Thief Valley Reservoir. Due to above average rainfall in recent weeks, Lower Powder River Irrigation District managers now forecast sufficient water in the reservoir will be maintained over the summer for a very good trout fishery. Continuation of the liberalized bag limit would lead to unnecessary depletion of the large trout (over 18 inches) that anglers prize.
635-004-0017
Directed Commercial Sardine Fishery First Allocation Period Closes June 12, 2010
Adopted June 10, 2010; effective June 12, 2010 through June 30, 2010.
Amended rule closes the first period of the directed commercial sardine fishery effective June 12, 2010. The directed commercial sardine fishery will remain closed through June 30, 2010. These modifications conform to federal (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) rule changes posted for public inspection, by means of Docket No. 0912281446-011-02 on 6/10/10, and scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on June 15, 2010.
635-041-0076
Columbia River Treaty Tribes Summer Salmon Commercial Fisheries Open
Adopted June 10, 2010; effective June 16, 2010 through July 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows the sales of fish caught in the Columbia River summer Treaty Indian commercial fisheries, both above and below Bonneville Dam, which began at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Allowable sales include: Chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon; steelhead; walleye; carp; yellow perch; catfish; bass; and shad. White sturgeon may be kept for subsistence in all fisheries except the platform and hook-and-line fisheries conducted below Bonneville Dam, where sturgeon may not be retained. Revisions are consistent with action taken by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington, in cooperation with the Yakama Nation, Warm Springs Tribes, and Umatilla Tribes on June 10, 2010.
635-042-0027
Implementation of Columbia River Summer Chinook Commercial Gillnet Fishery
Adopted June 10, 2010; effective June 17, 2010 through July 31, 2010.
Amended rule implements the summer Chinook salmon commercial gillnet fishery in the Columbia River mainstem beginning 7:00 p.m. June 17, 2010, consistent with provisions of the US v Oregon management agreement. Implementation is consistent with action taken June 10, 2010 by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington.
635-017-0090
Bag Limit for Adipose Fin-Clipped Steelhead Increased On the Clackamas and Sandy Rivers
Adopted June 16, 2010; effective June 18, 2010 through October 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows recreational fishers increased opportunities to harvest the excess hatchery summer steelhead that are returning to the Clackamas Fish Hatchery on the Clackamas River and the Sandy Hatchery on the Sandy River. These increased opportunities in the Clackamas and Sandy rivers will begin June 18 and extend through October 31, 2010.
635-018-0090
Lower Deschutes River Sport Fall Chinook Fishery Opens July 1st
Adopted June 17, 2010; effective July 1, 2010 through October 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows the sport harvest of fall Chinook salmon in the Lower Deschutes River starting July 1, 2010.
635-067-0000
Pronghorn Antelope, Cougar, Rocky Mountain Goat, Bighorn Sheep Regulations
Adopted June 21, 2010; effective June 21, 2010 through December 17, 2010.
This rule establishes the 2010 controlled hunt tag numbers for hunting of Rocky Mountain goat. The table that includes the Rocky Mountain goat controlled hunt tag numbers for 2010 was inadvertently deleted from the rules that were adopted for the 2010 big game controlled hunt tag numbers.
635-041-0076
Columbia River Treaty Tribes Summer Salmon Gillnet Fisheries Above Bonneville Dam
Adopted June 24, 2010; effective June 29, 2010 through July 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows the sales of fish caught in the Columbia River summer Treaty Indian gillnet fisheries above Bonneville Dam. Allowable sales include: Chinook, coho, and sockeye salmon; steelhead; walleye; carp; yellow perch; catfish; bass; and shad. White sturgeon may be kept for subsistence in all fisheries except the platform and hook-and-line fisheries conducted below Bonneville Dam, where sturgeon may not be retained. Revisions are consistent with action taken by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington, in cooperation with the Yakama Nation, Warm Springs Tribes, and Umatilla Tribes on June 24, 2010.
635-023-0095 and 635-023-0128
Recreational Sturgeon and Sockeye Salmon Fisheries In the Columbia River Mainstem
Adopted June 24, 2010; effective June 26, 2010 through July 31, 2010.
These amended rules extend the date until which sturgeon may be retained in the area from the Wauna powerlines (River Mile 40) downstream to the mouth at Buoy 10, including Youngs Bay, from June 26 to July 11. And, rule modifications also allow the retention of sockeye salmon in the mainstem Columbia River from the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to Priest Rapids Dam from June 26 through July 31, 2010. Revisions are consistent with action taken June 24, 2010 by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington.
635-014-0090
Three Rivers Closure Delayed From July 1 Until July 12, 2010
Adopted June 25, 2010; effective July 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010.
Amended rule delays the closure of Three Rivers in the area from the mouth upstream to the hatchery weir deadline from July 1 until July 12, 2010. All signs are pointing to a robust return of hatchery spring Chinook into the Nestucca basin. In order to allow anglers this opportunity to harvest hatchery spring Chinook, we needed to extend the angling season in Three Rivers.
635-110-0010
Harassment and Take of Wolves during Phase I (Conservation)
Adopted June 29, 2010; effective June 29, 2010 through December 25, 2010.
This rule describes the harassment and take of wolves allowed during the Phase 1 (Conservation) of the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. This temporary rule amends the existing rule regarding the lethal take of wolves to focus on affecting wolves or a pack that is causing a problem in a specific area.
635-023-0095
Recreational Sturgeon Fisheries In the Columbia River Mainstem Above Bonneville Dam
Adopted June 29, 2010; effective August 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
Amended rule prohibits retention of white sturgeon in the Columbia River from McNary Dam upstream to the Oregon/Washington border beginning August 1 through December 31, 2010. These modifications make Oregon's rules concurrent with the State of Washington's. Revisions are consistent with action taken June 29, 2010 by the state of Oregon.
635-017-0095
Recreational Sturgeon Fisheries In Multnomah Channel and the Gilbert River
Adopted June 29, 2010; effective July 5, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows inclusion of the Multnomah Channel and Gilbert River into the recreational white sturgeon season for the Willamette River in the area downstream from Willamette Falls. Revisions are consistent with action taken June 29, 2010 by the State of Oregon.
635-017-0090
Additional Opportunity for Personal Use Harvest of Pacific Lamprey at Willamette Falls Allowed
Adopted June 30, 2010; effective July 1, 2010 through October 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows for one additional day for personal use harvest of Pacific lamprey by individuals with the required permit. The season modification provides opportunity for harvest of lamprey that may become stranded due to the scheduled installation of water flow devices at Willamette Falls.
635-001-0410
Confidentiality and Inadmissibility of Mediation Communications
Adopted June 30, 2010; effective July 1, 2010 through December 26, 2010.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission needs temporary mediation rules in order to begin the mediation process with a litigant. Temporarily adopting this rule will encourage mediation by limiting the discovery and admissibility of mediation communications in subsequent proceedings. There is currently a matter pending for which mediation is scheduled. The Commission finds that failure to act promptly in adopting this temporary rule will result in serious prejudice to the interests of the State and the litigant by impeding the use of mediation as a dispute resolution process. The temporary rule to be adopted is the Attorney General’s rule on confidentiality of mediation communications, developed pursuant to ORS 36.224(2). The rule must be adopted to enable the parties to the proposed mediation to communicate openly in the mediation.
a) These rules regarding confidentiality need to be in place so that the Commission can enter into mediation with the litigant knowing that its communications will be confidential and inadmissible in future adjudicatory proceedings
b) Mediation provides a mutually acceptable resolution process and encourages cooperation between the Commission and the litigant.
c) Without the confidentiality rule in place, both the Commission and the litigant may jeopardize their legal position by participating in mediation.
635-019-0090
Sport Chinook Fisheries On the Imnaha and Wallowa Rivers Extended
Adopted July 1, 2010; effective July 11, 2010 through September 1, 2010.
Amended rule extends, until further notice, the opportunity for sport anglers to harvest adipose fin-clipped adult and jack Chinook salmon which are in excess of the Department's hatchery production needs, in the Imnaha and Wallowa rivers. The original
635-017-0090
Additional Opportunity for Personal Use Harvest of Pacific Lamprey at Willamette Falls Allowed
Adopted July 7, 2010; effective July 8, 2010 through October 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows for one additional day, Thursday, July 8, 2010, for personal use harvest of Pacific lamprey by individuals with the required permit. The season modifications provide opportunities for harvest of lamprey that may become stranded due to the scheduled installation of water flow devices at Willamette Falls. ending date for this fishery was Sunday, July 11, 2010.
635-043-0051
Authority to Take or Harass Wildlife
Adopted July 8, 2010; effective July 9, 2010 through January 3, 2011.
Clarification is needed to define the authority of law enforcement officers to take or harass wildlife while carrying out law enforcement activities.
635-041-0076
Columbia River Treaty Tribes Summer Salmon Gillnet Fisheries Above Bonneville Dam Continued
Adopted July 8, 2010; effective July 13, 2010 through July 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows the continuation of sales of fish caught in the Columbia River summer Treaty Indian gillnet fisheries above Bonneville Dam. Allowable sales include: Chinook and sockeye salmon; steelhead; walleye; carp; yellow perch; bass; and shad. White sturgeon may be kept for subsistence in all fisheries except the platform and hook-and-line fisheries conducted below Bonneville Dam, where sturgeon may not be retained. Revisions are consistent with action taken by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington, in cooperation with the Columbia River Treaty Tribes on July 8, 2010.
635-023-0095
Recreational Sturgeon Fishery In the Columbia River Mainstem Below Wauna Powerlines
Adopted July 13, 2010; effective July 15, 2010 through December 31, 2010.
Amended rule allows the recreational harvest of white sturgeon, seven days per week from Thursday, July 15 through Sunday, August 1, 2010, in the Columbia River from the Wauna powerlines downstream to the mouth at Buoy 10, including Youngs Bay and all adjacent Washington tributaries. These rule modifications are consistent with action taken July 13, 2010 by the Columbia River Compact agencies of Oregon and Washington.
635-039-0085
Ocean Sport Pacific Halibut Nearshore Fishery Closed from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain
Adopted July 14, 2010; effective July 17, 2010 through October 31, 2010.
Amended rule closes the nearshore (inside 40 fathoms) sport fishery for Pacific halibut, in the area between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain, at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, July 17, 2010 when the nearshore quota of 12,284 pounds is projected to have been met. This rule is consistent with regulations that have been implemented by the federal government and the International Pacific Halibut Commission for the 2010 Oregon recreational fishery for Pacific halibut.
