OAR 635-005-0275
Commercial Shellfish and Marine Invertebrates Fishing Gear

(1) This regulation lists a complete set of legal gear types and associated general restrictions to take shellfish and marine invertebrates in the fisheries specified in this Division. However, most individual fisheries listed in this Division are restrained additionally by supplemental regulations specific to those fisheries. Fishers should consult the specific section of the fishery they are interested in for additional regulations.
(2) It is unlawful to possess, deploy, haul, or carry on board a fishing vessel any fishing gear not listed in section (3) of this rule, or fishing gear not in compliance with the restrictions listed in section (4) of this rule, unless such gear is the gear of another vessel that has been retrieved at sea and made inoperable or stowed in a manner not capable of being fished. The disposal at sea of such gear is prohibited by Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (Annex V of MARPOL 73⁄78).
(3) It is unlawful to take shellfish and invertebrates for commercial purposes by any means except:
(a) Hook-and-line gear, including, but not limited to handline, pole-and-line, reel-and-line and pole-reel-and-line;
(b) Longlines and vertical hook and lines are permitted in the ocean;
(c) Pots or traps (including pot longline gear) are permitted in the ocean;
(d) Rings;
(e) Dipnets of hoop or A-frame design;
(f) Seines are permitted in the ocean;
(g) Trawl gear is permitted in the ocean;
(h) Trawl gear shall not be used with any other gear type on a single fishing trip.
(i) Set nets are allowed with an experimental gear permit pursuant to OAR 635-006-0020 (Experimental Fishing Gear Permit);
(j) Spear is permitted in the ocean;
(k) Dive gear; or
(l) By hand or hand powered methods including shovel, rake, and abalone iron.
(4) Longline, vertical hook-and-line and pot gear other than Dungeness crab gear and crayfish pots or ring nets which is fixed or anchored to the bottom or drifting unattached to the vessel have the following restrictions:
(a) Gear shall not be left unattended for more than seven days;
(b) Pot longline gear shall be marked at the surface and at each terminal end with a pole, flag, light, radar reflector, and a buoy showing clear identification of the owner or operator;
(c) Pot gear used for other than Dungeness crab, hagfish or spot or coonstripe shrimp shall have biodegradable escape panels constructed with #21 or smaller, untreated cotton twine in such manner that an opening at least eight inches in diameter will result when the twine deteriorates.
(5) Fixed gear, other than crayfish pots or ring nets, must be marked with a surface buoy bearing, in a visible, legible and permanent manner, a number clearly identifying the owner or operator of the vessel. The number may be either:
(a) If required by applicable state law, the vessel’s number, the commercial fishing license number, or buoy brand number; or
(b) The vessel documentation number issued by the U.S. Coast Guard, or, for an undocumented vessel, the vessel registration number issued by the state.

Source: Rule 635-005-0275 — Commercial Shellfish and Marine Invertebrates Fishing Gear, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=635-005-0275.

635‑005‑0225
Organization 635‑005‑0230
Licensing Requirements 635‑005‑0235
Authority of Enforcement in Fishery Conservation Zone and Exclusive Economic Zone 635‑005‑0240
Definitions 635‑005‑0245
Commercial Shellfish And Intertidal Animal Harvest Permit Required 635‑005‑0250
Commercial Shellfish and Intertidal Animal Harvest Permit Fee 635‑005‑0255
Additional License Requirement 635‑005‑0260
Closed Seasons and Areas 635‑005‑0263
Restrictions on Shared Ecosystem Component Species Applicable to All Commercial Fisheries 635‑005‑0265
General Bait Restrictions 635‑005‑0270
Same Trip Recreational and Commercial Fishing — When Unlawful 635‑005‑0275
Commercial Shellfish and Marine Invertebrates Fishing Gear 635‑005‑0280
Organization of Clam and Intertidal Rules 635‑005‑0285
Additional License Requirement 635‑005‑0290
Closed Seasons and Areas 635‑005‑0295
Marine Snail Fishery Prohibited 635‑005‑0300
Piddock Fishery (Rock Oyster) Prohibited 635‑005‑0305
Bay Clam Dive Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0310
Requirement for Bay Clam Dive Permit 635‑005‑0315
Bay Clam Dive Permit Fee 635‑005‑0320
Eligibility Requirements for a Bay Clam Dive Permit 635‑005‑0325
Review of Denials — Bay Clam Dive 635‑005‑0330
Renewal of Bay Clam Dive Permit 635‑005‑0335
Lottery for Limited Entry Bay Clam Dive Permits 635‑005‑0340
Transferability of Bay Clam Dive Permits 635‑005‑0345
Logbook Required — Bay Clam Dive 635‑005‑0350
Bay Clam Dive Size Limit 635‑005‑0355
Catch Limits 635‑005‑0360
Subtidal Clams for Bait 635‑005‑0365
Intertidal Animal, Mussel and Clam Commercial Fisheries Defined 635‑005‑0370
Commercial Shellfish And Intertidal Animal Harvest Permit Required 635‑005‑0375
Logbook Required — Commercial Shellfish And Intertidal Animal Harvest 635‑005‑0380
Fishing Gear for Commercial Harvest of Mussels and Razor Clams 635‑005‑0385
Commercial Harvest of Mussels and Razor Clams — Size Limit 635‑005‑0387
Catch Limits 635‑005‑0390
Clams and Mussels for Bait 635‑005‑0395
Organization of Rules for Commercial Crab Fisheries 635‑005‑0400
Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0405
Requirement for Ocean Dungeness Crab Permit 635‑005‑0410
Ocean Dungeness Crab Permit Fee 635‑005‑0415
Eligibility Requirements for a Ocean Dungeness Crab Permit 635‑005‑0420
Revocation and Refusal to Issue Ocean Dungeness Crab Permits 635‑005‑0425
Review of Denials — Ocean Dungeness Crab 635‑005‑0430
Renewal of Limited Entry Ocean Dungeness Crab Permit 635‑005‑0435
Lottery for Limited Entry Ocean Dungeness Crab Permits 635‑005‑0440
Transferability of Ocean Dungeness Crab Permits 635‑005‑0445
Logbook Required — Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery 635‑005‑0450
Vessel Length Modification in Ocean Dungeness Crab Fishery 635‑005‑0455
License Limitation 635‑005‑0460
Harvest Areas — Dungeness Crab Fishery 635‑005‑0465
Closed Season in Pacific Ocean and Columbia River 635‑005‑0466
Dungeness Crab Closure or Evisceration Requirement Based on Biotoxin Testing 635‑005‑0470
Dungeness Crab Fishery Possession and Landing Limits 635‑005‑0475
Dungeness Crab Gear Specifications 635‑005‑0480
Dungeness Crab Buoy Tag and Gear Marking Requirements 635‑005‑0485
Dungeness Crab Gear Prohibitions 635‑005‑0490
Derelict Dungeness Crab Gear 635‑005‑0491
Post-season Derelict Gear Recovery Permits 635‑005‑0495
Size and Sex of Pacific Ocean Dungeness Crab 635‑005‑0500
Bay and Estuary Dungeness Crab Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0505
Closed Season in Bays and Estuaries 635‑005‑0510
Fishing Gear In Bays and Estuaries 635‑005‑0515
Size and Sex of Bay and Estuary Dungeness Crab 635‑005‑0520
Red Rock, Box, Tanner, and other Crab Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0525
Permits Required for Red Rock Crab and Box Crab 635‑005‑0530
Tanner and Box Crab Taken in Trawl Nets 635‑005‑0535
Closed Season — Red Rock, Box, Tanner, and other Crab Fisheries 635‑005‑0540
Fishing Gear — Tanner, Oregon Hair and Scarlet King Crab 635‑005‑0545
Fishing Area — Tanner, Oregon Hair and Scarlet King Crab 635‑005‑0550
Size and Sex — Tanner, Oregon Hair and Scarlet King Crab 635‑005‑0555
Incidental Catch Limits 635‑005‑0560
Tanner Crab Notification of Activity 635‑005‑0565
Logbook Required — Red Rock, Box, Tanner, and other Crab Fisheries 635‑005‑0570
Organization of Shrimp Fishery Rules 635‑005‑0575
Pink Shrimp Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0580
Requirement for Pink Shrimp Permit 635‑005‑0585
Pink Shrimp Permit Fee 635‑005‑0590
Eligibility Requirements for a Pink Shrimp Permit 635‑005‑0595
Revocation and Refusal to Issue Pink Shrimp Permits 635‑005‑0600
Review of Denials — Pink Shrimp Permits 635‑005‑0605
Renewal of Pink Shrimp Permit 635‑005‑0610
Lottery for Limited Entry Pink Shrimp Permits 635‑005‑0615
Transferability of Pink Shrimp Permits 635‑005‑0620
Logbook Required — Pink Shrimp Fishery 635‑005‑0625
Closed Season — Pacific Ocean Pink Shrimp Fishery 635‑005‑0630
Fishing Gear — Pink Shrimp Fishery 635‑005‑0635
Mesh Restriction 635‑005‑0640
Incidental Catch Limit 635‑005‑0645
Maximum Count Per Pound 635‑005‑0650
Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0655
Closed Season — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp 635‑005‑0660
Fishing Gear — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp 635‑005‑0665
Fishing Area — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp 635‑005‑0670
Incidental Catch Limit 635‑005‑0675
Logbook Required — Spot and Coonstripe Shrimp 635‑005‑0680
Brine Shrimp Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0685
Requirement for Brine Shrimp Permit 635‑005‑0690
Brine Shrimp Permit Fee 635‑005‑0695
Eligibility Requirements for a Brine Shrimp Permit 635‑005‑0700
Review of Denials — Brine Shrimp 635‑005‑0705
Renewal of Permit 635‑005‑0710
Lottery for Limited Entry Brine Shrimp Permits 635‑005‑0715
Transferability of Brine Shrimp Permits 635‑005‑0720
Organization of Other Shellfish and Marine Invertebrate Rules 635‑005‑0725
Weathervane Scallop Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0730
Additional License Requirement 635‑005‑0735
Requirement for Weathervane Scallop Permit 635‑005‑0740
Weathervane Scallop Permit Fee 635‑005‑0745
Eligibility Requirements for a Weathervane Scallop Permit 635‑005‑0750
Revocation and Refusal to Issue Weathervane Scallop Permits 635‑005‑0755
Review of Denials — Weathervane Scallop 635‑005‑0760
Renewal of Permit — Weathervane Scallop 635‑005‑0765
Lottery for Limited Entry Weathervane Scallop Permits 635‑005‑0770
Transferability of Weathervane Scallop Permits 635‑005‑0775
Logbook Required — Weathervane Scallop Fishery 635‑005‑0780
Closed Season — Weathervane Scallop Fishery 635‑005‑0785
Fishing Gear — Weathervane Scallop Fishery 635‑005‑0790
Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0795
Requirement for Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permit 635‑005‑0800
Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permit Fee 635‑005‑0805
Eligibility Requirements for a Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permit 635‑005‑0810
Revocation and Refusal to Issue Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermits 635‑005‑0815
Review of Denials — Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber 635‑005‑0820
Renewal of Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermit 635‑005‑0825
Lottery for Limited Entry Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Permits 635‑005‑0830
Transferability of Sea Urchin and Sea CucumberPermits 635‑005‑0835
Logbook Required — Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Fisheries 635‑005‑0840
Closed Seasons and Areas — Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Fisheries 635‑005‑0845
Prohibitions — Sea Urchin and Sea Cucumber Fisheries 635‑005‑0850
Size and Catch Limits — Sea Urchin Fisheries 635‑005‑0855
Crayfish Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0860
Closed Season — Crayfish Fishery 635‑005‑0865
Fishing Gear — Crayfish Fishery 635‑005‑0870
Size Limit — Crayfish Fishery 635‑005‑0875
Protection of Females — Crayfish Fishery 635‑005‑0880
Identification of Gear — Crayfish Fishery 635‑005‑0885
Closed Area — Crayfish Fishery 635‑005‑0890
Oyster Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0895
Additional License Requirement — Shellfish Sanitation Certificate 635‑005‑0900
Oyster Import Applications and Permit 635‑005‑0905
Prohibited Activities in Restricted Shellfish Areas 635‑005‑0910
Oyster Seasons and Gear 635‑005‑0915
Squid Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0920
Market Squid Fishery 635‑005‑0925
Market Squid Harvest Guideline 635‑005‑0929
Closed Season 635‑005‑0930
Logbook Required — Squid Fishery 635‑005‑0931
Fishing Gear — Squid Fishery 635‑005‑0932
Bycatch Restrictions — Squid Fishery 635‑005‑0933
No Reduction Fishery Allowed — Squid Fishery 635‑005‑0935
Octopus Fishery Defined 635‑005‑0940
Logbook Required — Octopus Fishery
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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