72nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2003 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2079
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2459
                   Ordered by the House May 1
             Including House Amendments dated May 1
 
Sponsored by Representative KRUSE; Representative RICHARDSON
 
 
                             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 stocks to be considered
wild fish and allowed to spawn.   { - Requires hatchery
propagation to be from wild fish. - }
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to wild fish management policy.
  Whereas anadromous fish recovery relies on many factors beyond
human control; and
  Whereas the effectiveness of watershed and riparian
improvements that have been made and that are still being made
cannot be measured by the number of returning fish; and
  Whereas it is now possible to raise hatchery fish that are
genetically identical to anadromous fish 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.  { + The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall
modify any declared wild fish management policy. A wild fish
management policy shall treat hatchery fish that are bred from
wild stocks as wild fish. These fish shall be considered viable
and shall be allowed to reproduce if they return to spawn. + }
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