OAR 635-006-0232
Damages for Commercial Fishing Violations

(1) For purposes of ORS 506.720 (Suit for damages) the following shall be the 2019 average market value for each species of food fish for 2020. For species not listed, the average market value shall be the price per pound paid to law enforcement officials for any fish or shellfish confiscated from the person being assessed damages, or the average price per pound paid for that species during the month in which the violation occurred, whichever is greater. Unless otherwise noted, the amount given is the price per pound and is based on round weight.
(a) FISH:
(A) Anchovy, Northern $0.10.
(B) Cabezon $3.86.
(C) Carp $0.50.
(D) Cod, Pacific $0.62.
(E) Flounder, arrowtooth $0.09.
(F) Flounder, starry $0.35.
(G) Greenling $4.76.
(H) Grenadier, Pacific $0.14.
(I) Hagfish, $1.04.
(J) Hake, Pacific (Whiting) $0.10.
(K) Halibut, Pacific $6.52.
(L) Herring, Pacific $0.20.
(M) Lingcod $1.81.
(N) Mackerel, jack $0.08; Pacific $0.08.
(O) Opah $4.00.
(P) Pacific ocean perch $0.40.
(Q) Pollock, Walleye $0.07.
(R) Rockfish:
(i) Black, $2.18.
(ii) Blue (including Deacon rockfish), $1.60.
(iii) Canary, $0.66.
(iv) Darkblotched, $0.37.
(v) Black and yellow, $6.13.
(vi) Brown, $2.72.
(vii) China, $5.93.
(viii) Copper, $3.65.
(ix) Gopher, $4.61.
(x) Grass, $5.41.
(xi) Olive, $2.38.
(xii) Quillback, $3.96.
(xiii) Rougheye/blackspotted, $0.81.
(xiv) Shelf, $0.35.
(xv) Shortbelly, using trawl gear $0.43, using line and pot gear $2.00.
(xvi) Shortraker, $0.57.
(xvii) Slope, using trawl gear, $0.34, using line and pot gear $1.08.
(xviii) Tiger, $4.44.
(xix) Vermilion, $2.57.
(xx) Widow $0.29.
(xxi) Yelloweye, using trawl gear $0.52, using line and pot gear $1.14.
(xxii) Yellowtail, $0.37.
(S) Sablefish, $1.62.
(T) Salmon eggs, $4.15.
(U) Salmon, Chinook, ocean mixed size, $9.47.
(V) Salmon, coho, ocean dressed weight: mixed size, $4.80.
(W) Salmon, pink, ocean, dressed weight: ungraded, $1.82.
(X) Sanddab, Pacific $0.67.
(Y) Sardine, Pacific $0.20.
(Z) Scuplin, buffalo $3.00.
(AA) Shad, American:
(i) Coast, ungraded, midwater trawl, $0.01
(ii) Columbia, ungraded, gillnet, setnet, and dipnet, $0.05.
(BB) Shark, blue $1.25, Pacific sleeper $0.03, shortfin mako $1.77, sixgill $0.05, soupfin $0.20, spiny dogfish $0.71, scalloped hammerhead $0.12, silky $0.18, thresher dressed weight $2.25, and round weight $0.60, and other species $0.02.
(CC) Skate, longnose $0.36.
(DD) Skates and Rays $0.33.
(EE) Skates, unsp. $0.81.
(FF) Smelt, Eulachon (Columbia River), $2.61 and other species $0.20.
(GG) Sole, butter $0.05, curlfin (turbot) $0.25, Dover $0.45, English $0.26, flathead $0.22, petrale $1.28, rex $0.38, rock $0.28, and sand $0.59.
(HH) Steelhead ocean $3.31.
(II) Sturgeon, green $0.98 and white $3.68.
(JJ) Surfperch $1.98.
(KK) Swordfish $4.00.
(LL) Thornyhead (Sebastolobus), longspine $0.38, and shortspine $0.51.
(MM) Tuna, albacore $1.77, bluefin $2.41, bigeye $4.00, and yellowfin $4.00.
(NN) Walleye $1.50.
(OO) Wolf-eel $1.80.
(PP) Wrymouth $0.22.
(QQ) Yellowtail $3.00.
(b) CRUSTACEANS:
(A) Crab: box $2.17, Dungeness bay $5.15, and ocean $4.33, rock $2.16, and Tanner $1.00.
(B) Crayfish $3.74.
(C) Shrimp: brine $1.00, coonstripe $5.00, ghost (sand) $2.52, mud $2.00, pink $0.78 (applied to the gross round weight of the confiscated pink shrimp reported on the fish receiving ticket) and spot $11.49.
(D) Water flea (Daphnia) $0.65.
(c) MOLLUSKS:
(A) Abalone, flat $21.09.
(B) Clams: butter $0.74, cockle $1.20, gaper $0.83, Manila littleneck $2.00, Nat. littleneck $1.25, razor $3.01, and softshell $1.23.
(C) Mussels, ocean $1.13.
(D) Octopus $0.65.
(E) Scallop, rock $0.70.
(F) Scallop, weathervane dressed weight (shucked) $5.73 and round weight $0.55.
(G) Squid, market $0.55.
(H) Squid, other species $0.22.
(d) OTHER INVERTEBRATES:
(A) Jellyfish $10.00.
(B) Sea anemone $5.00.
(C) Sea cucumber $4.00.
(D) Sea urchin, red $1.97, and purple $1.00.
(E) Sea stars $1.00.
(2) The Department may initiate civil proceedings to recover damages as authorized by ORS 506.720 (Suit for damages) where the value of any food fish unlawfully taken exceeds $300, except for food fish taken by trawl in the groundfish fishery where the trip limit has not been exceeded by more than 15%.

Source: Rule 635-006-0232 — Damages for Commercial Fishing Violations, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=635-006-0232.

635‑006‑0001
Definitions 635‑006‑0005
Fishing Gear Specifications and Operation 635‑006‑0010
Possession of Unlawful Fishing Gear Prohibited 635‑006‑0015
Personal Use Fishing with Commercial Fishing Gear Prohibited 635‑006‑0020
Experimental Fishing Gear Permit 635‑006‑0100
Retail Fish Dealer License 635‑006‑0105
Wholesale Fish Dealer License 635‑006‑0110
Food Fish Canner License 635‑006‑0115
Shellfish Canner License 635‑006‑0120
Fish Buyer License 635‑006‑0125
Fish-Buying Station License 635‑006‑0130
Wholesale Fish Bait Dealer License 635‑006‑0131
Retail Fish Bait Dealer License 635‑006‑0132
Limited Fish Sellers Permit 635‑006‑0134
Bonding Requirements 635‑006‑0135
Alteration, Borrow, or Loan License Unlawful 635‑006‑0136
License Holder Consent to Inspection 635‑006‑0140
Boat License 635‑006‑0145
Commercial Fishing License 635‑006‑0150
Single Delivery License 635‑006‑0155
Juvenile Jig Line License 635‑006‑0160
Bait Fishing License 635‑006‑0165
Commercial Fisher Transportation Report 635‑006‑0200
Required Records 635‑006‑0201
Required Records for Dungeness Crab Traceability 635‑006‑0205
Required Reports 635‑006‑0207
Limited Fish Seller Required Reports 635‑006‑0209
Sorting Required 635‑006‑0210
Fish Receiving Ticket — All Fish 635‑006‑0211
Fish Receiving Ticket — Dungeness crab and Net Caught Groundfish 635‑006‑0212
Fish Receiving Ticket — Salmon 635‑006‑0213
Fish Receiving Ticket — Limited Fish Seller Permit 635‑006‑0215
Monthly Remittance Report 635‑006‑0220
Waiver of Monthly Report 635‑006‑0225
Purchase, Record, Report, and Sale of Steelhead Trout and Walleye from Treaty Indian Fisheries 635‑006‑0230
When Possession of Steelhead or Walleye Unlawful 635‑006‑0231
When Possession of Salmon Unlawful 635‑006‑0232
Damages for Commercial Fishing Violations 635‑006‑0233
Payment for Legal Commercial Fishing Overages 635‑006‑0235
Revocation of and Refusal to Issue Commercial Fishing and Fish Dealer Licenses 635‑006‑0400
Purpose of the Columbia River Gillnet Salmon Vessel Fleet Reduction Program 635‑006‑0405
Definitions Used In the Columbia River Gillnet Salmon Vessel Fleet Reduction Program 635‑006‑0410
Columbia River Gillnet Salmon Vessel Fleet Reduction Program Eligibility Requirements 635‑006‑0412
Death of Eligible Permit Holder 635‑006‑0415
Notification of Permit Holders 635‑006‑0420
Columbia River Gillnet Salmon Vessel Fleet Reduction Program Participation Requirements 635‑006‑0423
Ranking of Applications 635‑006‑0425
Purchase of Permits 635‑006‑1005
Introduction to Restricted Participation Systems Organization 635‑006‑1015
Requirement for Permit 635‑006‑1025
Permit Fee 635‑006‑1035
Eligibility Requirements for a Permit 635‑006‑1050
Evidence of Limited Entry Permit Eligibility 635‑006‑1060
Revocation and Refusal to Issue Permits 635‑006‑1065
Review of Denials (Restricted Participation Systems) 635‑006‑1075
Renewal of Limited Entry Permit 635‑006‑1085
Lottery for Certain Limited Entry Fisheries 635‑006‑1095
Transferability of Permits 635‑006‑1120
Vessel Length Modification in Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery 635‑006‑1200
Commercial Fishery Permit Boards 635‑006‑1210
Agency Representation by Employee
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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