Adopt Temporary Rules

Roy Elicker, Director

The Commission will be briefed on the progress of the Columbia River Fisheries Management Workgroup regarding changes in the Columbia River fishery management for 2013 and beyond.

Roy Elicker, Director
Ed Bowles, Director’s Office
Public Testimony
Informational

Attachments: (pdf)

• Cover
  
  
• Attachment 1 Agenda Item Summary
  
  
• Attachment 2 DRAFT Management Strategies for Columbia River Recreational and Commercial Fisheries: 2013 and Beyond
  
  
• Attachment 3 Columbia River Fishery Management Recommendations from Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission
  
  
• Attachment 4 Mainstem Columbia River Fisheries Management Reform
  
  
• Attachment 5 Public Correspondence as of 11/02/12
  
  
• Commission Supplemental Public Correspondence Received as of 11-9-12
  
  

December 6-7, 2012 – Portland (Congressional District 3)

Thursday, December 6

• Amend Wildlife Integrity Rules
• Access and Habitat Projects
• Eel Lake/Coquille Valley Land Exchange
• Restoration and Enhancement Project Approvals; Board Member Appointment
• Tribal Subsistence Fishing in Fifteenmile Creek Sanctuary
• 2013 Regulations for Groundfish Fisheries; Review 2011 Nearshore Logbook Report

Friday, December 7

• Columbia River Fisheries Management: 2013 and Beyond
  
  

AGENDA

The Commission meeting will begin at 8:00 AM on November 9, 2012. If you wish to receive written materials prepared for any of the agenda items, please contact the Director’s Office in Salem at 503.947.6044 to request a packet for those items, which interest you or see the agency’s website.

On November 9, a recess will be taken at 12:00 Noon, when the Commission will have lunch.

PUBLIC TESTIMONY

If you wish to give testimony on any item scheduled on this agenda, please sign up on the sheets provided the day of the meeting. You will be called to testify by the Commission Chair. The Commission places great value on information received from the public, and wants to avoid arbitrary limits on the time or attention allocated to each witness. Therefore, persons desiring to testify or otherwise present information to the Commission are encouraged to:

1. Provide written summaries of information to the Commission twenty (20 sets);
2. Limit testimony to five (5) minutes, recognizing that substance, not length, determines the value of testimony or written information;
3. Endorse rather than repeat testimony of other witnesses; and
4. Groupks or organizations wishing to testify should designate one spokesperson whenever possible.

PARKING

Parking at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 3406 Cherry Avenue, Salem, Oregon 97303, is available to anyone who attends the Commission meeting.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION OF DISABILITIES

Reasonable accommodation, such as assistive hearing devices, sign language interpreters, and materials in large print or audiotape, will be provided as needed. In order to ensure availability, please contact the Director’s Office at 503.947.6044 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to make your request. TTY users can reach ODFW by using the Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service. Please dial 711 and ask to be connected to 503.947.6044.