Licensing Requirements

• $502 Wholesale License (pdf)
• $1000 Bond (pdf)
• $277 Buyers License (pdf) (to buy away from licensed location)
• Each person and/or
• Each vehicle and/or
• Each buying station and/or
• Each vessel (Columbia River only)
  
  

Authorized Activities

• Buy commercially caught fish and shellfish from licensed commercial harvesters
• Buy commercially caught fish and shellfish from other wholesale dealers
• Sell to retail businesses, or to other wholesalers
  

Additional Information

Each Wholesale Fish Dealer is either set up to use electronic fish tickets or they are issued a set of fish ticket books for the fisheries they are participating in and self addressed, postage paid envelopes for timely reporting. Certain fisheries require electronic fish tickets.

Fish dealers are also given monthly dealer reports and instructions for both recording landings on fish tickets and filling out the monthly dealer reports.

Licensing Requirements

• $502 Wholesale License (pdf) (non-reporting)
• No bond requirement
• No buyers license is necessary

Authorized Activities

• Buy commercially caught fish and shellfish from other wholesale dealers
• Sell to other Wholesale Fish Dealers
• Sell to retail businesses
  

Additional Information

Non-reporting dealers are not issued fish ticket books and are not required to submit monthly reports to the agency

Licensing Requirements

• $127 Wholesale Bait License (pdf)
• $25 Bond (pdf)

Authorized Activities (bait only)

• Buy commercially caught fish and shellfish from licensed commercial harvesters
• Buy commercially caught fish and shellfish from other wholesale dealers
• Sell to retail businesses
  

Additional Information

Each Wholesale Bait Dealer is issued a set of fish ticket books for the fisheries they are participating in and self-addressed, postage paid envelopes for timely reporting.

Bait dealers are also given monthly dealer reports and instructions for recording landings on fish tickets and filling out the monthly dealer reports.

Licensing Requirements

• $127 Wholesale Bait License
• No Bond

Authorized Activities (bait only)

• Buy commercially caught fish and shellfish from other wholesale dealers
• Sell to retail businesses
• Sell to other wholesale bait dealers
  

Additional Information

Non-reporting dealers are not issued fish ticket books and are not required to submit monthly reports to the agency

Licensing Requirements

• $102 Resident Limited Fish Sellers License (pdf)
• $152 NonResident Limited Fish Sellers License (pdf)
• $200 Bond (pdf)

Authorized Activities

• Sell his/her own catch directly from the vessel from which the catch was made and only to the ultimate consumer

  Note:  By definition, a restaurant is also considered an ultimate consumer.
  

Additional Information

Limited Fish Sellers must complete an "estimated" fish ticket, prior to selling, indicating the estimated number of fish on board. This must be done on an electronic fish ticket or paper fish ticket.

Limited Fish Sellers keep track of each days sales on the fish ticket and upon completion of final sales, complete and forward the fish ticket to ODFW Salem.

Licensing Requirements

• No license is required from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Dealer may have to purchase a license through Oregon Department of Agriculture
  
  

Authorized Activities

Retailers are required to purchase fish or shellfish from licensed wholesale dealers only.

Additional Information

See Oregon Department of Agriculture rules and regulations.