71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 2496
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 3014
                   Ordered by the House May 23
             Including House Amendments dated May 23
 
Sponsored by Representative KRUSE; Representative BUTLER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Requires hatchery fish bred from wild stock  { + and raised in
specified conditions + } to be considered wild fish and allowed
to spawn. Requires hatchery propagation to be from   { - wild
fish - }  { +  closest suitable broodstock of wild fish
practicable + }.
   { +  Exempts hatcheries co-managed with Indian tribes from
requirement to clip fins of hatchery fish. Provides that hatchery
fish with clipped fins are harvestable for purposes of sport
fishery harvest. + }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to wild fish management policy.
  Whereas anadromous fish recovery relies on many factors outside
human control; and
  Whereas the effectiveness of watershed and riparian
improvements that have been made and are being made cannot be
measured by the number of returning fish; and
  Whereas we have the ability to raise fish that are genetically
identical to those in specific streams and that actually enhance
return numbers and survivability rates of anadromous fish; now,
therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife
shall modify the wild fish management policy. The wild fish
management policy shall:
  (a) Treat hatchery fish that are bred from wild stock, and
raised in hatcheries under conditions that mimic natural
conditions to the closest extent practicable, as wild fish. These
fish shall be considered viable and shall be allowed to reproduce
if they return to spawn.
  (b) Require hatchery propagation to be from the closest
suitable broodstock of wild fish practicable.
  (c) Include an exemption from the practice of clipping fins to
identify hatchery fish. The exemption shall apply to fish from
hatcheries located in areas that are comanaged by federally
recognized Indian tribes and the state.
  (2) For the purposes of sport fishery harvest, hatchery fish
with clipped fins are harvestable. + }
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