Or. Admin. R. 635-007-0547
Fish Hatchery Record Keeping
Effective Jul 17, 2003ORS 496.012 & 496.138 | Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 496.171, 496.172, 496.176, 496.182, 496.430, 496.435, 496.445, 496.450 & 496.455Department of Fish and Wildlife
(1) Hatchery managers shall provide the following records for their operations:
- (a) All Adult Transaction (AAT) records for all adults handled at the facility.
- (b) Hatchery Mark Recovery Sampling forms to record adult fish sampled for coded-wire tags;
- (c) Egg and Fry Records (EFR) for all eggs and fry handled at each facility;
- (d) Monthly Ponded Fish Reports (MPR) for all fish being reared at each facility;
- (e) Fish Loss Report/Investigation when 1,000 or more juvenile fish or 10 or more adult fish are accidentally lost in a single incident;
- (f) Predator Mortality Report to document any fish predators that may die at the hatchery facility;
- (g) Fish Liberation Reports (FLR) for all juvenile fish released or transported into or out of all Department fish hatchery facilities;
- (h) Coded-Wire Tag Release Reports for all juvenile fish released with coded-wire tags;
- (i) Chemical use, waste discharge monitoring, purchasing, budgets, hazardous materials, safety, vehicles, equipment, maintenance and alarm logs.
- (2) Hatchery records will be stored in retrievable databases.
- (3) The Fish Division may add to or waive the requirements of subsection (1) as necessary to avoid paperwork yet assure proper documentation of hatchery programs.
- (4) Fish health documentation shall be maintained by the fish health section.
- (5) Each hatchery manager will write a monthly report describing program-specific hatchery activities, either in the form of a hatchery monthly progress report or in the district monthly report for STEP activities.
- (6) The Department will produce annual reports, from the data collected with the above records and reports, summarizing all the information regarding adult fish transactions, fish eggs transactions and fish releases.
- (7) The Department shall make hatchery operating costs information available on a fiscal year or biennium basis.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 496.012 & 496.138
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 496.171, 496.172, 496.176, 496.182, 496.430, 496.435, 496.445, 496.450 & 496.455
History
DFW 65-2003, f. & cert. ef. 7-17-03