(1) The prohibitions and allowances specified in this section apply to all areas of Oregon’s Territorial Sea designated as marine protected and seabird protection areas. Notwithstanding the area-specific prohibitions and allowances, person(s) may:
- (a) Take fish species if authorized by a valid scientific taking permit as required by OAR divisions 635-007 and 635-043.
- (b) Have catch onboard while transiting or anchoring in the marine protected or seabird protection area. Except as allowed by OAR 635-012-0060, 635-012-0080 through 635-012-0150 or by subsection (1)(a) above, fishing gear shall not be deployed in the water at any time within a marine protected or seabird protection area.
- (2) It is unlawful to take any legal fish species in a marine protected or seabird protection area while possessing onboard any species not allowed to be taken in the marine protected or seabird protection area.
Statutory/Other Authority
ORS 506.119 & 506.129
Statutes/Other Implemented
ORS 196.540 - 196.555 & SB 1510 (2012)
History
DFW 102-2012, f. & cert. ef. 8-6-12