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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