75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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 LC 3006
 
                    House Joint Resolution 37
 
Sponsored by Representatives BRUUN, COWAN; Representatives
  BARKER, BARNHART, BARTON, BENTZ, BERGER, BEYER, BOONE, CANNON,
  DEMBROW, D EDWARDS, ESQUIVEL, FREEMAN, GARRARD, GILLIAM,
  GILMAN, HANNA, HARKER, HOLVEY, HUFFMAN, JENSON, KENNEMER, KOMP,
  KOTEK, KRIEGER, MAURER, NATHANSON, NOLAN, OLSON, READ,
  RICHARDSON, RILEY, ROBLAN, SCHAUFLER, SHIELDS, G SMITH, J
  SMITH, SPRENGER, STIEGLER, THATCHER, THOMPSON, TOMEI, WHISNANT,
  WINGARD, Senators BONAMICI, BOQUIST, DEVLIN, MONNES ANDERSON,
  MORSE, STARR, VERGER (at the request of Students of Sunset
  Primary in West Linn)
 
 
                             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 as
introduced.
 
  Designates Dungeness crab as official crustacean of Oregon.
 
                        JOINT RESOLUTION
  Whereas the Dungeness crab fishery is the most valuable
single-species fishery in Oregon, making Dungeness crab an
important part of Oregon's economy; and
  Whereas the Dungeness crab is an iconic Oregon symbol; and
  Whereas the Dungeness crab is the most delicious of the crab
species; and
  Whereas the Dungeness crab annual harvest begins each year on
December 1, when Dungeness crabs are hard-shelled, full of meat
and in their prime; and
  Whereas the Dungeness crab harvest ends on August 14 to
minimize handling, so that post-molt, soft-shelled crabs can fill
out undisturbed; and
  Whereas this management method has served the resource well for
decades and ensures that the Dungeness crab fishery is truly
sustainable; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
  That the Dungeness crab is the official crustacean of the State
of Oregon.
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