DIVISION 023 COLUMBIA RIVER ZONE AND SNAKE RIVER ZONE 635-023-0080 Purpose and Scope (1) The purpose of Division 023 is to provide for management of sport fisheries in the Columbia River Zone and in the Snake River Zone over which the State has jurisdiction. (2) Division 023 incorporates by reference the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. Therefore, persons must consult the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations in addition to Division 011 and Division 023 to determine all applicable sport fishing requirements for the Columbia River Zone and the Snake River Zone. Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.146, 497.121, 506.119 Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.004, 496.009, 496.162, 506.129 635-023-0085 License Reciprocity (1) The statutes and regulations of the State of Washington make a valid Oregon sport fishing and shellfish harvest license lawful to take fish or shellfish for personal consumption in all waters of the Columbia River where it forms the Oregon-Washington boundary. (2) All persons landing fish or taking shellfish in Oregon for personal use must hold a valid Oregon angling or shellfish license or a resident Washington license. Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & 506.119 Stats. Implemented: SB 594; ORS 496.162, 506.109 & 506.129 Hist.: DFW 5-2006, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-06 635-023-0090 Inclusions and Modifications River Zone. However, additional regulations may be adopted in this rule division from time to time and to the 635-023-0095 See below: Temp. Rule effective 6-30-16 thru 12-26-16 Sturgeon Season Stat. Auth.: ORS 183.325, 506.109, 506.119 Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.129, 507.030 635-023-0095 Temp. Rule effective 6-30-16 thru 12-26-16 Sturgeon Season the 1 - Div. 023 7-29-16
(2) (a) Retention of white sturgeon in the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam upstream to The Dalles Dam (Bonneville Pool), including adjacent tributaries, is prohibited from 12:01 a.m Sunday, June 19 until further notice. (c) All other limits, restrictions and regulations for the Bonneville Pool as described in the 2016 Fishing Regulations remain in effect. (3) (a) Retention of white sturgeon in the Columbia River from The Dalles Dam upstream to the John Day Dam (The Dalles Pool), including adjacent tributaries, is prohibited from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016 until further notice. (c) All other limits, restrictions and regulations for The Dalles Pool as described in the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations remain in effect. (4) (a) Retention of white sturgeon in the Columbia River from The John Day Dam upstream to McNary Dam (John Day Pool), including adjacent tributaries, is prohibited from 12:01 a.m. Sunday, May 29, 2016 until further notice. (c) All other limits, restrictions and regulations for the John Day Pool as described in the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations remain in effect. Stat. Auth.: ORS 183.325, 506.109, 506.119 Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.129, 507.030 Hist.: Adopted 6-22-16, f. 6-23-16, ef. 6-30-16 635-023-0125 Spring Sport Fishery The the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations provide requirements for the Columbia River Zone and the the 635-023-0128 See below: Temp. Rule effective 6-16-16 thru 7-31-16 Summer Sport Fishery 635-023-0128 Temp. Rule effective 6-16-16 thru 7-31-16 Summer Sport Fishery the (2) Retention of adipose fin-clipped summer Chinook (adults and jacks), sockeye, and adipose fin-clipped steelhead is allowed in the mainstem Columbia River: (a) From the Astoria-Megler Bridge upstream to the Oregon/Washington border (above McNary Dam) beginning June 16 through July 31. (b) The daily bag limit is two adult salmonids and five jacks. All sockeye are considered adults in the daily limit and must be recorded as adults on the combined angling tag. (c) All other permanent rules for the Columbia River angling zone, as stated in the 2016 Oregon Sport 2 - Div. 023 7-29-16
Fishing Regulations, remain in effect. Hist.: Adopted 6-9-16, f. 6-15-16, ef. 6-16-16 635-023-0130 See below: Temp. Rule effective 8-1-16 thru 12-31-16 Fall Sport Fishery Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.162 635-023-0130 Temp. Rule effective 8-1-16 thru 12-31-16 Fall Sport Fishery the (a) Buoy 10. In the area described as: From the Buoy 10 line upstream to a line projected from Rocky Point on the Washington shore through red buoy #44 to red marker #2 at Tongue Point on the Oregon shore: (A) From August 1 through December 31: Retention of adipose fin-clipped coho salmon (16-inches or longer) and adipose fin-clipped steelhead is allowed. Effective August 1 through December 31, the daily bag limit for steelhead is one fish. (B) From August 1 through September 5: Retention of adult Chinook salmon (24-inches or longer, finclipped or not) is allowed, except on Sundays and Mondays during this period when retained Chinook must have a clipped adipose fin or a clipped left ventral fin. Either clip must have a healed scar at the location of the clipped fin. The daily bag limit is two salmonids, but may not include more than one Chinook or one steelhead. (C) From September 6 through 30: Retention of all Chinook is prohibited. The daily bag limit is two salmonids (adipose fin-clipped coho/steelhead only) but may not include more than one steelhead. (D) From October 1 through December 31: Retention of adult Chinook (fin-clipped or not) is allowed. The daily adult bag limit is two adult salmonids but may not include more than one steelhead. Chinook jacks (12-24 inches, fin-clipped or not) and adipose fin-clipped coho jacks may be retained. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. (b) Lower Columbia River from Tongue Point/Rocky Point upstream to Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island. In the area described as: From Rocky Point on the Washington shore through red buoy #44 to the red marker #2 at Tongue Point on the Oregon shore upstream to a line projected from the Warrior Rock Lighthouse on the Oregon shore through red buoy #4 to a marker on the lower end of Bachelor Island: (A) From August 1 through December 31: Retention of adipose fin-clipped adult coho and adipose finclipped steelhead is allowed. Effective August 1 through December 31, only one steelhead may be retained in the daily bag limit. (B) From August 1 through September 9: Retention of any Chinook (fin-clipped or not) is allowed. The daily adult bag limit is two adult salmonids, but may not include more than one Chinook or one steelhead. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. (C) From September 10 through September 14: Retention of Chinook is allowed but retained Chinook must have a clipped adipose fin or a clipped left ventral fin. Either clip must have a healed scar at the location of the missing fin. The daily adult bag limit is two salmonids, but may not include more than one Chinook or one steelhead. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. (D) From September 15 through September 30: Retention of all Chinook is prohibited. The daily bag limit is two adult salmonids (adipose fin-clipped coho/steelhead only) but may not include more than one steelhead. (E) From October 1 through December 31: Retention of any Chinook (fin-clipped or not) is allowed. The daily bag limit is two adult salmonids but may not include more than one steelhead. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. 3 - Div. 023 7-29-16
(F) Each legal angler aboard a vessel may continue to deploy angling gear until the daily adult salmonid (c) Lower Columbia River from Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island upstream to Bonneville Dam. In the area described as: From a line projected from the Warrior Rock Lighthouse on the Oregon shore through red buoy #4 to a marker on the lower end of Bachelor Island upstream to Bonneville Dam: during August 1 through December 31, only one steelhead may be retained in the daily bag limit. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. (d) Bonneville Dam upstream to McNary Dam: during September 1 through December 31, only one steelhead may be retained in the daily bag limit. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. All coho (adults and jacks) retained downstream of the Hood River Bridge must be adipose fin-clipped. (e) McNary Dam upstream to the Oregon/Washington border (upstream of McNary Dam): during November 1 through December 31, only one steelhead may be retained in the daily bag limit. The daily bag limit for jack salmon in Oregon is five fish. (2) All other permanent rules, as provided in the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations for the areas described above, remain in effect. Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.162 Hist.: Adopted 7-27-16, f. 7-28-16, ef. 8-1-16 635-023-0134 Snake River Fishery The 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations provide requirements for the Snake River Zone. However, additional regulations may be adopted in this rule division from time to time, and, to the extent of any inconsistency, they supersede the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. 635-023-0140 Youngs Bay Control Zone (1) The 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations provide requirements for the Columbia River Zone. However, additional regulations may be adopted in this rule division from time to time, and, to the extent of any inconsistency, they supersede the 2016 Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations. (2) The Youngs Bay Control Zone is closed to recreational angling from August 1 through September 15. (a) The Youngs Bay Control Zone is defined as those waters southerly of a line originating on the Oregon shore at the east end of the seawall at the Warrenton Fiber log yard (approximately river mile 10.1) northeasterly through green navigation buoys 29, 31, 33, and 35A to the center of the Astoria-Megler Bridge abutment adjacent to, and north of the ship channel, and continuing southerly in line with the center of the Megler Bridge span to the Oregon shore. (b) The Youngs Bay Control Zone includes all waters from the line defined in section (2)(a) above south to the Highway 101 Bridge. 4 - Div. 023 7-29-16
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