Or. Admin. Code § 635-004-0365

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 10, October 1, 2024

Section 635-004-0365 - Black Rockfish Management Areas

In addition to catch restrictions set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50 Part 660, OAR 635-004-0355 and OAR 635-004-0360, the following trip limit applies to black rockfish taken with all commercial gears except trawl:

(1) It is unlawful to take, retain, possess, or land more than the following trip limit of black rockfish per vessel from a single fishing trip when fishing occurs for any species of fish within one of the Black Rockfish Management Areas defined in section (2) of this rule:

(a) 500 pounds from November 1 of any year through February 28 of the following year; and

(b) 300 pounds from March 1 through October 31.

(2) Black Rockfish Management Areas are defined as:

(a) Tillamook Head (45°56'45" N latitude) to Cape Lookout (45°20'15" N latitude);

(b) Cascade Head (45°03'50" N latitude) to Cape Perpetua (44°18' N latitude);

(c) From a point (43°30' N latitude), approximately 8 1/2 nautical miles north of the Coos Bay north jetty, to a point (43°03' N latitude) adjacent to the mouth of Four-mile Creek;

(d) Mack Arch (42°13'40" N latitude) to the Oregon-California border (42°00' N latitude).

(3) Notwithstanding any other part of this rule, trip limits described in section (1) of this rule are suspended from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2025. Therefore, vessels may land up to the period trip limit for black rockfish described in OAR 635-004-0355(2)(a) from a single fishing trip during that time.

Or. Admin. Code § 635-004-0365

DFW 117-2002, f. & cert. ef. 10-21-02; DFW 128-2003, f. 12-15-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04; DFW 155-2009, f. 12-28-09, cert. ef. 1-1-10; Renumbered from 635-004-0036, DFW 75-2012, f. 6-28-12, cert. ef. 7-1-12; DFW 172-2019, amend filed 12/10/2019, effective 1/1/2020; DFW 177-2021, amend filed 12/20/2021, effective 1/1/2022; DFW 55-2023, amend filed 06/27/2023, effective 6/27/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 506.119

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129