OREGON
Summary of Agenda Item
T
Title:
i and Salmon
t Culture at Former
l
e
Abalone
Oregon Aqua
Site
Date of
of Meeting: March 22, 1995
1995
Date
Jim Golden
Person: JimMartin
Principal Staff Person:
Jim Martin
:
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c
Exhibit #__________
Phone:
Ext 346
Phone: Ext.
Read
and Approved
Approved by:
by:
Read and
Division Chief:
(D
Attorney
Date:
3J311cf5
Date:
Date:
3/7/ PS
Description of Item:
Description
Review a proposed public salmon release and
and recapture
recapture facility
facility to
to be
be operated by the
Port of
for abalone
abalone. Both
Newport and
and aa private
private commercial
commercial operation for
Bothoperations
operations
of Newport
would be located
would
located at
at the
theformer
formerOregon
OregonAqua-Foods
Aqua-Foods facility
facility on
on Yaquina
Yaquina Bay.
Bay.
Review
collection of
Review and
and Commission
Commissionaction
actionon
onaa proposed
proposed rule
rule change
change to
to allow collection
of
in aa commercial
commercial aquaculture
aquaculturefacility.
facility.
native abalone for use as broodstock
broodstock in
Public Involvement
Involvement Process:
Public meeting
meeting at
at Newport,
Public
Newport, March
March 2, 1995.
1995. Public
Public testimony
testimony at
at Commission
Commission
meeting, March 22, 1995.
1995.
Supplemental Information Attached:
Y e s
YesX
X
NoNo___
Rearing Notice:
Yes
Y e Xs X
NoNo_______
H
OREGON
Summary of Agenda Item - page 2
Fisk &W
Fiah&Wildlife
Relationship to:
-
statute Oregon revised statute
ORS # 506.036.
506 036. 506.109.
506.109.506.119
506.119and
and 506.129
506.129
-
administrative rule Oregon administrative
OAR # 63
5-05-005
OAR
635-05-005
Options available
Options
available to
to Commission:
Commission:
1.
collection of native abalone
abalone as broodstock.
broodstock.
1. Allow the collection
2.
2. Prohibit the collection of native abalone as broodstock.
3. Request
Requestadditional
additionalinformation.
information.
4. Defer
Deferaction
actionon
onthe
theissue.
issue.
recommended: #1
Option recommended:
#1
Draft Motion:
I move
move to
to amend
amend OAR
OAR 635-05-005,
635-05-005,to allow
allow the
the collection
collection of
of native
native abalone
abalone as
as
broodstock in
broodstock
in aa private
private commercial
commercial operation.
operation
NOTICE OF
OF PROPOSED
PROPOSED RULEMAKING
RULEMAKING HEARING
HEARING
NOTICE
(Statement of Need and Fiscal
Fiscal Impact must
must accompany
accompanythis
thisform.)
form.)
(Statement
Oregon Department
Daartment of Fish and Wildlife
Oregon
Division
Fish Division
(DiVISION)
(DIVISION)
(AGENCY NAME)
(AGENCY
NAME)
OAR
635
OAR CHAPTER
CHAPTER^
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DATE:
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LOCATION
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Oregon Department of
of
Fish and
and Wildlife
Wildlife
Fish
Commission
Commission Room
Room
2501
2501 SW
SWFirst
First Avenue
Avenue
Portland, OR 97201
97201
Portland,
t 8:00
however, there
there will be more
An agenda
agendawill
will be
be available
available 10
10
The meeting
meeting begins
begins aat
8:00 am.;
tin.; however,
more than one
one agenda
agenda item.
item. An
days
will be
be heard.
beard. The
days prior to the
the meeting
meeting showing
showing the general
general order in which items will
Theagenda
agendaisisavailable
availableby
bywriting
writingoror
calling
callingthe
the address
addressbelow.
below.
3-22-95
3-22-95
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TIME:
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DATE:
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LOCATION:
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OFFICER(s):
HEARINGS OFFICER(s):
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: ORS
ORS
STATUTORYAUTHOR1TY:
CHAPTER(s)
CHAPTER(s)
HOUSE BILL(s)
:or
506.109..506.119and506.129
506.109.506.119 and 506.129
;or
LAWS
,, OREGON
OREGONLAWS
19 19 ____________________________; ;or
or
,,19-19_ LEGISLATURE
,, or SENATE
SENATE BILL(s)
BILL@)
LEGISLATURE
ADOPT:
ADOPT:
AMEND:
AMEND:
OAR Chapter
Chaoter 635.
635. Division
Division05
05
OAR
REPEAL :
REPEAL:
This hearing
hearing notice
notice isis the
the initial
initial notice
notice given
given for
for this
this rulemaking
rulemakingaction.
action.
I1 This
Thishearing
hearingwas
wasrequested
requestedbybyinterested
interestedpersons
personsafter
afteraaprevious
~kmaking
notice.
O This
previous rulemaking
notice.
El Auxiliary
Auxiliary aids
aids for
for persons
persons with
with disabilities
disabilities are available
available upon advance
advance request.
SUMMARY:
Consider
Consider rule
rule changes
changes to allow the take of abalone through a permit process
process for
for use
use as
as brood
brood
stock
stock for
for aa proposed aquaculture
aquaculture operation
operation at the former
former Ore-Aqua
Ore-Aqua facility.
facility.
4-1-95
DATE PROPOSED
PROPOSEDTO
TOBE
BEEFFECTIVE:
EFFECTIVE::: 4-1-95
COMMENT:
LAST DATE FOR COMMENT:
3-22-95
RULES COORDINATOR:
COORDINATOR:
Jan Ragni
Carolyn
Rami (Agencv':
(Aaencvk
Carolvn Porter (Staff)
(Staff)
ADDRESS:
ADDRESS:
Oreeon Department
De~artmentof Fish and Wildlife
Wildlife
Oregon
P. 0.
0.Box
Box 59
59
Portland,
Portland. OR 97207
97207
TELEPHOME:
TELEPHONE:
(503)229-5400.
229-5400. Ext.
Ext.305
305 or
or Ext.
Ext. 353
353
(503
Interested persons may comment on
on the
the proposed
proposedrules
rulesorally
orallyor
orin
inwriting
writingatatthe
the hearing.
hearing. Written
Written comments
comments will also
also be
censidered if received by the date indicated above.
U-C. (ç
Signature
SED 424
(Rev. 911193)
2/IS/IS
Date
STATEMENT
FISCAL IMPACT
IMPACT
STATEMENT OF
OF NEED AND FISCAL
BEFORE THE
COMMISSION
THE FISH
FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION
THE STATE
OF TITlE
STATE OF
OF OREGON
OREGON
In the Matter of the Adoption
Adoption of
Chapter 635,
635, Division
Division 05,
05,
OAR Chapter
Shellfish Fishery
Commercial Shellfish
Fisheiy
1.
1.
)) STATUTORY
STATUTORYAUTHORITY,
STATEMENT OF
OF NEED,
) STATEMENT
)) PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL DOCUMENTS
DOCUMENTS RELIED UPON
)) ADVISORY
ADVISORY COMMITTEE,
COMMITTEE,
)) AND
AND STATEMENT
STATEMENTOF
OF FISCAL
FISCAL IMPACT
IMPACT
Statutorv Authority: ORS
ORS 506.109,
506.109,506.119,
506.119, and
and 506.129.
506.129.
Citation of Statutory
2. Need
Needfor
forRules:
Rules:The
Therules
rulesare
areneeded
neededtotoallow
allowabalone
abaloneto
tobe
be taken
taken through
through aa permit
permit process
for commercial aquaculture and to allow culture
culture and sale of undersized abalone produced
from the operation.
operation.
3.
Documents Relied Upon:
3. Principal Documents
Report prepared
a. Staff
StafFReport
prepared for
for the
the March
March22
22Commission
Commission meeting.
meeting.
a.
The above
Department of
above documents
documentsare
areavailable
available for
for public
public inspection
inspection in the Department
of Fish
Fish and
and Wildlife,
Wildlife,
Fish Division, Third
Third Floor,
Floor, 2501 SW 1st Avenue, Portland, Oregon, between 8:00
FishDivision,
8:00 a.m.
a.m. and
and
4:30 p.m.,
p.m., on
on normal
normal working
workingdays,
days, Monday
Mondaythrough
throughFriday.
Friday.
4.
4. Advisory
Advisorv Committee: Representatives
Representativesfrom
from the Port of
of Newport,
Newport, Oregon
OregonState
StateUniversity
University
in
Oregon Department
Department of
ofFish
Fish and
and Wildlife
Wildlife have been reviewing the operation
operation request
request and,
and, in
and Oregon
addition, members of the public will
will be
be included
included in
in review
review of
of the
the proposal
proposal in early March..
March..
5.
5.
Fiscal and Economic
See attached.
attached.
Economic Impact:
Impact: See
Dated this
this 15th
15thday
day of
ofFebruary,
1995.
February, 1995.
Department of
Oregon Department
of Fish
Fish and
and Wildlife
(_).o. (344.Signature
Signature
('
At- Director
Title
Fiscal and Economic Impact Statement for the March 22, 1995
1995Hearing
Hearing
in the Matter of Rules Relating to the Taking of Wild
Wild Abalone and
the Cultureand
Culture andSale
Saleof
ofAbalone
Abalone from
from Wild
Wild and Imported Stock
Stock
Fiscal and economic impact: The
The proposed
proposed rules
rules will
will affect
affect state
state agencies,
agencies, units
units of
oflocal
local
government and the
the public,
public, respectively,
respectively, as
as discussed below:
by adoption of these rules is
is the
the
a. The
Theonly
only state
state agency
agency which
which should be affected by
Wildlife. No significant
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
significant changes from the current levels
of the department's
expected as a result
result of the adoption of
department's operations or expenditures are expected
these rules. The
Thedepartment
departmentmay
may enter
enterinto
into cooperative
cooperative agreements
agreementswith
with parties
parties interested
interested
in abalone aquaculture activities. Modest
Modest amounts
amountsof
ofstaff
staff time
time may
may be
be involved
involved in
in the
development
and implementation
implementation of
of permit
permit processes.
processes. The
deve~o~meniand
The permit
permit process
processwould
would define
define
how abalone would be collected and returned to
to the
the wild;
wild; how
how abalone
abalone and
and imported
imported kelp
kelp
food would be checked for pathogens or
or exotic
exotic epifauna;
epifauna; isolation and culturing
wild sock; and,
and, other conditions for the
procedures to prevent contamination
contamination of wild
enhancement of wild
wild stocks and use of stocks for research purposes.
enhancement
by these
these rules.
rules. No
b. No
No units
units of
of local
local government
government are expected to be affected by
No significant
significant
local agencies'
agencies operations or
changes from the current levels of any local
or expenditures
expenditures are
are
expected as a result of the adoption
adoption of
of these
these rules.
rules.
c.
these rules
rules: Currently no abalone may
may
Thepublic
public could
could be affected by the adoption of these
c The
commercial purposes
purposes. The
be taken in Oregon for commercial
The rules
rules need to be
be modified
modified to enable
enable
businesses interested in
in the
the culture of abalone to use wild
wild seed stock from Oregon as
businesses
as well
as imported abalone stock
stock. Ultimately
Ultimately this could lead to the aquaculture
aquaculture of
of native stock,
stock,
which could
could be
be used
used to
to enhance southern Oregon
Oregon native
native abalone
abalone production
production for
for
which
recreational
harvest. Some
effects could
could also
also occur
occur as
as aa result
result of
of
recreational harvest
Some positive
positive economic effects
sale of
of abalone
abalone from
from the
the aquaculture
aquaculturefacility.
facility
culture and sale
The rules are believed to be ffilly
compatible with
with legislative
legislative direction
direction on
on the
the goals of fish
hlly compatible
and wildlife management
management in Oregon
Oregon.
Businesses affected by these rules are believed to be "small
"small business."
STAFF REPORT
REPORT TO THE
THE
OREGON FISH AND WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ABALONE
SALMON CULTURE
CULTURE
ABALONE AND SALMON
SITE
AT THE FORMER
FORMER OREGON AQUA-FOODS SITE
MARCH 22,
1995
MARCH
22,1995
TABLE OF
OFCONTENTS
CONTENTS
TABLE
PartAA
Part
-
Rule
RuleMaking
MakingOn
OnUse
Use of
of Native
NativeRed
Red Abalone
Abalone
For
For Brood
BroodStock
StockIn
InAA Commercial
Commercial Aquaculture
Aquaculture
Facility
Facility
1.
Page
Page
Introduction ..................................................................I1
Introduction..................................................................
II.
II.
22
Backgroundand
andRationale
Rationale ...........................................
...........................................
Background
111.
III.
PublicInvolvement
Involvement.......................................................
.......................................................55
Public
IV.
IV.
CommissionOptions
Options....................................................
....................................................55
Commission
Part BB - Informational
InformationalReport
ReportOn
On Public
PublicSalmon
Salmon
Part
.............................88
Release And Recapture
Recapture Facility
Facility.............................
Release
PART A
ABALONE FOR BROOD STOCK
USE OF NATIVE RED ABALONE
STOCK
FACILITY
IN A COMMERCIAL AQUACULTURE FACILITY
I.
I
.
INTRODUCTION
The Port
Port of Newport
Newport and Agua-Dulce
have presented
presented aa
Agua-Dulce Partners
Partners have
S
renovate the former Ore-Aqua site
site in
in South
South Beach
Beach for use
plan to renovate
as aa salmon
salmon and
and abalone
abalone rearing
rearing facility.
facility. In
In order
order to
to develop
develop
broodstock for spawning,
spawning, rearing and production of red
red abalone
abalone
(Haliotis rufescens),
Partners
(Haliotis
rufescens), the Port of Newport and Agua-Dulce
Agna-Dulce Partners
need
a source
source of
of adult
adult abalone.
abalone.
need a
In addition,
addition, Oregon State University
University (OSU) has
has developed a
molluscan broodstock
cooperative
molluscan
broodstock facility
facility and has been conducting cooperative
research with
with the Department
research
Department and
and industry
industry to develop
develop abalone
abalone
broodstock.
By permit
permit from
from the
the Department,
Department, OSU has
has obtained
obtained
broodstock.
adults from
from both
both native
native and
and commercial
commercial sources
sources for
for research.
research.
adults
OAR 635-05-005
635-05-005 prohibits
commerprohibits the
the taking
taking of
of abalone for coinerThis rule
cial
cial purposes.
purposes.
rule was
was originally
originally intended
intended to
to prevent
prevent
commercial harvest of abalone for food as native
native abalone
abalone producproduction in
in Oregon
Oregon waters
waters was
was found
found to
to be
be insufficient
insufficient to
to support
support aa
tión
commercial
fishery. Crafters of the rule did not anticipate
anticipate the
the
commercial fishery.
potential development
development of abalone aquaculture
aquaculture in Oregon and
and the
the
need to
to acquire
acquire broodstock
broodstock for
for such
such aa project.
project.
While Agua-Dulce
Aqua-Dulce Partners
Partners could obtain adults for broodstock
While
commercial sources in California,
California, they would prefer
prefer using
using
from commercial
native stock to minimize or eliminate potential disease problems
associated
associated with importation
importation of
of California
California stocks,
stocks, and
and to
to use
use
the genetic
genetic make-up
make-up that
that is better
better suited
suited for
for
abalone having the
Oregon
waters.
Oregon waters.
Staff supports
supports changing
taking of
of
Staff
changing the
the rules
rules to
to allow
allow the taking
abalone
native stock can be used
abalone through
through aa permit
permit process so that native
develop brood
brood and
and seed
seed abalone
abalone in
in the
the proposed
proposed commercial
commercial
to develop
could also be used
aquaculture facility.
facility. The seed abalone
abalone could
used to
to
aquaculture
southern Oregon abalone production
enhance southern
production for recreational
recreational harvest, and
vest,
and to
to restore
restore abalone
abalone to
to depleted
depleted areas.
areas. The Department
Department
through aa memorandum
memorandum of understanding
understanding would
through
would cooperate with Oregon
Oregon
State University
University and
and Agua-Dulce
Aqua-Dulce Partners
Partners would collect
collect and
and mainmainState
tain aa population
population of
of native
native red
red abalone
abalone for
for broodstock.
broodstock.
tain
In this
this report,
report, staff
staff summarizes
summarizes red
red abalone
abalone life
life history,
history,
In
stock status,
fishery history,
recent events,
events, and
and provides
provides
stock
status,
fishery
history, recent
on the
the need for
for genetic conservation of native abalone
abalone
rationale on
stocks. In
In addition,
addition, staff provides an analysis of the
the proposed
proposed
stocks.
for broodstock
broodstock to
to meet
meet the
option to allow use of native abalone for
commercial aquaculture facility,
facility, research,
research, and the
the
needs of
of a aconirnercial
needs
need to
to enhance
enhance native
native red
red abalone
abalone populations.
populations.
11.
II.
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE
Red Abalone Life
Life History
Red abalone
abalone have
have evolved
evolved aa survival
survival strategy
strategy characterized
characterized
long life
life and
and tremendous
tremendous egg
egg production.
production. It is
is possible that
that
by long
Oregon abalone
abalone population has successful recruitment of new
new
the Oregon
animals
are
animals only very
very rarely,
when environmental
environmental conditions
conditions are
rarely, when
optimal.
optimal. Being at the edge of the species'
species' range increases the
potential for
for irregular
irregular reproductive
reproductive success.
success. One or two
two sucsuc-
cessful recruitment
pulses in
in aa twenty
twenty year
year period
period may
may be the
recruitment pulses
the
norm.
north of
of Cape Mendocino
Mendocino seem
seem to be cennorm. The populations
populations north
cenaround the Crescent
Crescent City
City to Cape
Cape Ferrelo
Ferrelo region and are
are
tered around
30
distributed in relatively
relatively shallow
distributed
shallow water
water (most
(most at
at less than 30
Several
researchers
have
demonstrated
that
most
sessile
feet).
sessile
feet).
invertebrates need
need tight adult
(slow or
or non-moving)
non-moving) invertebrates
adult concentraconcentrations (i.e.
(i.e. C< 20
20 cm.
cm. apart)
apart) in
in order
order for
for successful
successful egg
egg fertilifertilitions
zation
to occur.
occur.
zation to
Stock Status and Fishery History
It was not until the 1950's that the
the known
known range of the red
It
abalone
extended northward
southern Oregon,
Oregon,
abalone was
was extended
northward to
include southern
to include
eventually
Commercial harvesters from
eventually as far
far as
as Sunset
Sunset Bay.
Bay.
Commercial
from
California almost
immediately
expressed
interest,
and
an
exploraalmost
interest,
exploratory survey agreement was
was approved
approved by
by the
the OFC
OFC from 1958 to 1962
1962
with
with two
two commercial
commercial divers.
divers. Abalone
Abalone were found
found in
in localized
localized conconcentrations between
Cape Ferrelo.
Ferrelo. At the
the
between the Chetco river and Cape
end of
of this
this time,
time, abundance
abundance was
was deemed
deemed insufficient
insufficient to support
support
commercial
commercial harvest.
harvest. The wise decisions
decisions to
to prohibit
prohibit commercial
commercial
harvest and to
to implement
implement aa conservative
conservative sport size
size limit
limit of
of 8
8
inches minimum form
inches
form the
the basis
basis for
for abalone
abalone management
management to
to this
this day.
day.
The record December 1964 flood appears
a proproappears to
to have had a
as
found effect on red abalone stocks
stocks in Curry
Curry county
county as well as
Del Norte county immediately to the south
south in
in California.
California. Prior
Prior
to this
this year,
year, knowledgeable
knowledgeable collectors
collectors in
in this
considered
to
this region
region considered
be abundant
abundant (Red Porteous, Crescent City,
City, personal
personal
abalone to be
communication).
interviews of some of these
these indiindicommunication)
.
From our own interviews
dropped dramatically
dramatically to
to where
where only a few
viduals, the abundance
abundance dropped
few
locations held any
any number
number of
of large
large animals.
animals. The
The effects
effects of
of the
the
flood on the
the nearshore
nearshore ocean
ocean and beach habitats
habitats are
are legend.
legend. The
The
record freshwater
freshwater run-off
run-off is well-documented,
well-documented, but
the debris
debris
but the
accumulation, sedimentation and habitat disturbance probably had
accumulation,
subtidal
the greater
greater impact
impact on
on abalone.
abalone. The beaches and shallow
shallow subtidal
the
habitats were literally
literally awash with vast accumulations
accumulations of large
large
woody
at least
least aa year
year after
after (Ron
(Ron Warner,
Warner, California
California
woody debris for at
Department of
of Fish
Fish and
and Game,
Game, personal
personal communication).
communication). It
It is
is felt
felt
Department
the nearshore
nearshore ecosystem
ecosystem was heavily battered and disturbed
disturbed
that the
by rolling
great Alaska earthrolling logs
logs and
and rocks.
rocks. The
The tsunami
tsunami of the great
earthquake also occurred in the spring of 1964,
1964, devastating Crescent
Crescent
City, California where
occurs
where much
much of the known abalone habitat occurs
in Del
Norte County.
County.
in
Del Norte
Page 2
documented
staff documented
Preliminary surveys
surveys by Fish Commission
Commission staff
Preliminary
an unusual
unusual number
number (50
(50 to
to 75)
75) of large
large empty
empty
citizen reports of an
abalone shells
shells in
in Mill
Mill Beach
Beach Cove
Cove near
near Brookings
Brookings in
in 1965.
1965. They
able to
to detect
detect only
only one
one live
live abalone
abalone in
in aa three-day
three-day
also were able
search, in an
an area
area where
where they
they expected
expected to
to find
find several
several dozen.
dozen.
search,
comprehensive dive survey
survey of Oregon
Oregon abalone
abalone habitats
habitats was
was
A more comprehensive
conducted by staff
staff in
in 1969.
1969. Out of
of 127
127 red
red abalone
abalone counted,
counted,
came from
from aa very
very small
small area
area near
near Cape
Cape Ferrelo.
Ferrelo. As
all but
but 10 came
As
reported by harvesters
reported
harvesters and in previous
previous surveys, there were no
no
juveniles and extremely
extremely few
few small
small adults
adults detected.
detected.
No survey
survey
work has
has been
been conducted
conducted since.
since. Other
natural disturdisturOther than by natural
bance,
removals of adult abalone from the wild have occurred
bance, the
the removals
in three ways:
in
ways:
sport harvests,
harvests, commercial
surveys and
and by
sport
commercial surveys
researchers.
researchers.
a four
four year
year
only estimates
estimates of sport
sport harvest
The only
harvest come from a
in the
the 1970's
1970's when
when the
the Fish
Fish Commission
Commission required
required abalone
abalone
period in
harvest permits.
permits. During the four
four years,
harvest was
was 122
122
harvest
years, reported
reported harvest
animals,
animals, or
or about
about 30
30 per
per year.
year. All but 55 of
of these
these animals
animals were
were
from the Brookings-to-Ferrelo area and most were picked
picked by
by expeexperienced
Virtually all animals seen
rienced local
local divers.
divers. Virtually
seen by permittees
permittees
were near
near or
or above
above the
the 88 inch
inch minimum
minimum size.
size. Draft
Draft recommendarecommendalimit from
from
this project
project included
included lowering
lowering the
tions from this
the bag
bag limit
three
week, at least until more was known
known about
three to
to one
one animal
animal per week,
abalone reproduction.
reproduction.
The
pattern and
amount of
of harvest
harvest is
is
The pattern
and amount
probably similar
similar today,
today, but there is
is no way to
to be
be sure.
sure. AnecdoAnecdoreports and
and personal
personal experience
experience indicate
steady
tal reports
indicate aa low but steady
removal
harvest
removal of
of very large
large animals,
animals, with the large majority of harvest
occurring
localized areas
areas near
near Brookings.
Brookings.
world
occurring in aa few localized
A world
record animal
animal (12.2
(12.2 inches) documented
California officials
officials
documented by California
in September 1993 was allegedly
California
allegedly taken
taken in Oregon by aa California
trophy hunter
mishunter (guided by aa local
local diver)
diver) who purposely
purposely misreported
reported the
the area
area of
of catch.
catch. Probably less than a half dozen
dozen are
are
taken annually
annually in
in areas
areas other
other than
than the
the Brookings
Brookings vicinity.
vicinity. The
The
taken
reported abundance in the nearby Crescent City
is currently
City area is
low, attracting some additional
additional pressure
the few
few productive
productive
pressure to the
spots
in Oregon.
Oregon.
spots in
The
second type
type of removal,
The second
removal, commercial harvest, was confined
four year
year period
period prior
prior to
to the
the 1964
1964 flood.
flood. A reported
reported 238
238
to aa four
animals were taken for market research purposes,
purposes, again
again all very
large
and from
from aa few
few locations
locations near
near Brookings.
Brookings.
large and
The removals
removals by state
state researchers amounted
9 animals in
amounted to
to 7
79
two of
of the
the same
same few
few locations,
locations, virtually all very large
large animals
animals
two
These animals were used for
for
(one was
measured at
at 12.5
12.5 inches).
inches)
was measured
culture
in Central
Central
culture experiments
experiments and
and as
as outplants
outplants to
to Whale
Whale Cove
Cove in
.
Oregon.
Oregon.
are two
two recorded
recorded outplants
outplants of
of Northern
Northern California
California
There are
abalone in
in 1969.
1969.
50 animals
animals
(Ft. Bragg)
Bragg) wild
wild stock adult red abalone
on aa pinnacle
pinnacle just
just south
south of Goat
Goat Island
Island off
off Harris
Harris
were place on
Beach State
State Park
Park near
near Brookings.
Brookings. Another 75 animals
animals were placed
at aa site
site on
on Rogue
Rogue river
riverreef
reefofoff
Gold Beach.
Beach. The animals
animals were
were
f Gold
tagged
with stainless
stainless steel
steel tags,
tags, but
but no
no follow-up
follow-up was
was conducted.
conducted.
tagged with
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notes indicate
indicate that some of the animals may
Field notes
may have been in a
stressed
condition prior
prior to
to release.
release.
stressed condition
few sublegal
sublegal animals
animals have been seen
seen since
since the
the species
species
Very few
was
described in
in Oregon.
Oregon. This
This fact,
fact, combined with a conservative
conservative
was described
and a liberal
(8 inches)
inches) and
liberal bag limit
limit (3 per 77 days),
days),
size limit
limit (8
means that
that most
most abalone
abalone encountered
encountered are
are currently
currently harvested.
harvested. As
As
an example,
two
biologists
reported
a
sport
diving
trip
in
1991
1991
example, two biologists reported
where several
several hours of searching
searching a "hot-spot"
"hot-spot1*finally yielded 5
large abalone clumped
clumped at the base
base of
of one
one large
large boulder.
boulder.
Two
Two
could have
have been
been legally
legally
large animals were removed
removed but all
all 5 could
taken.
The reproductive
success of
of the Oregon population
taken.
reproductive success
population may
Another
depend
the existence
existence of
of such
such aggregated
aggregated adults.
adults. ' Another
depend on the
example comes
comes from
from a
a rare
rare shore
shore picking this year where two
two very
example
large animals were discovered
discovered and
remote rocky
rocky
and removed
removed from
from a remote
shore.
shore.
Interviews with commercial
divers indicate
commercial divers
indicate that there
there are
are
scattered
animals at
at the
the offshore
offshore Rogue and Orford Reefs,
as well
scattered animals
Reefs, as
as along
along certain
certain shoreline
shoreline locations.
locations. One experienced
experienced Brookings
Brookings
as
"as many as
as 100
100 animals"
animals1*at
at
urchin
seen "as
urchin diver estimates he has seen
"40 to
to 50
50 dozen"
dozenn in
in the
the Brookings area
area during the
the
Rogue
and "40
Rogue Reef and
course
of hundreds
of hours
hours underwater
underwater in
in these
these two
two areas.
areas.
hundreds of
course of
Recent
Recent Events
Events
1993, staff
staff began
began a
cooperative abalone
abalone enhancement
enhancement
In 1993,
In
a cooperative
Brookings recreational divers,
project with Brookings
divers, and
and has worked with
Friedman of
of California
California Department
Department of Fish
Fish
OSU and
and Dr.
Dr. Carolyn
Carolyn Friedman
Previous
and Game to
to work
work out
out health
health certification
certification procedures.
procedures. Previous
attempts at outplanting
outplanting young abalone raised
raised in California were
halted
until it
it could
could be
be verified
that two micro-organisms
micro-organisms
verified that
halted until
present
the abalone
abalone were either
either present
present in the
present in native stock or
non-pathogenic.
non-pathogenic.
OSU has
class molluscan
molluscan broodstock
broodstock facti.facilOStJ
has developed
developed a
a world
world class
under the
the direction
direction of
of Dr.
Dr. Chris
Chris Langdon.
Langdon. Department
Department staff
staff
ity under
began assisting OSU in collecting
collecting red abalone
abalone for use as broodstock in 1994
1994 under
under aa scientific
scientific collection permit (ORS
(ORS 508.111
508.111
and 508.116).
508.116).
Conservation
and Enhancement
Enhancement of
of Native
Native Red
Red Abalone
Conservation and
balone
As illustrated
illustrated above,
above, red abalone
abalone are
are successful
successful broadcast
broadcast
spawners when sufficient numbers of adults in close proximity to
to
spawners
one
another have
have the
the opportunity
opportunity and
and conditions
conditions to
to spawn.
spawn. Larval
one another
Larval
survival to
to the
the settled
settled juvenile
juvenile stage is dependent on
on appropriapproprisurvival
ate environmental
environmental conditions.
conditions.
Spawning
induced in the
the
Spawning can
can be
be induced
aquaculture facility
environmental conditions
conaquaculture
facility and
and environmental
conditions can
can be conadults are
are
trolled so
so that
that larval
larval survival
survival is
is high.
high. As few
few as
as 20 adults
trolled
needed to ensure
ensure genetic
genetic diversity
diversity of
native parent
parent stock
stock
needed
of the native
(Dr. Chris Langdon,
Langdon, personal
personal communication).
communication).
use of
of stock
stock
The use
to Oregon
Oregon will reduce
reduce the
the potential for introducing
introducing disdisnative to
ease into
into Oregon's
Oregon's aquaculture
aquaculture facilities
facilities or
or into
into coastal
coastal waters.
waters.
ease
The proposed use
native red
red abalone
for commercial
and
The
use of
of native
abalone for
commercial and
Page 4
research aquaculture
research
aquaculture purposes will provide seed
seed stock
stock needed
needed for
for
enhancing Oregon's
Oregon's depleted
depleted populations.
populations.
enhancing
In summary,
summary, there
there is
is aa low-level,
low-level, trophy-style fishery for
for
red abalone
abalone in
in Oregon.
Oregon. We would
would like
like to begin applying
applying modern
modern
priate for sessile
broodstock management
management principles
principles appro
appropriate
sessile inverinvertebrates. The red
tebrates.
red abalone
abalone population
population may
may need
need some
some positive
positive
input
Oregon's rocky shoreline
shoreline
input from
from us
us to ensure its place in oregon's
ecosystem.
ecosystem.
111. PUBLIC
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
INVOLVEMENT
III.
Newport and
and Agua-Dulce
Agua-Dulce
Staff has met
met with
with the
the Port
Port of
of Newport
Staff
Partners
in 1994
1994 to
to discuss
discuss their
their proposal.
proposal. Staff held a public
public
Partners in
meeting
March 2,
2, 1995
1995 to
discuss abalone
abalone and
and salmon
salmon issues
issues
meeting March
to discuss
related to
related
to the
the intended
intended use
use of
of the
the former
former Ore-Aqua
Ore-Aqua facility.
facility. Two
Two
about abalone
individuals spoke
spoke about
abalone and were
were supportive
supportive of
of the
individuals
the
proposal.
proposal.
IV.
IV.
COMMISSION
COMMISSION OPTIONS
OPTIONS
: Allow
collection of
of native
native abalone
abalone for use
use as
Option 1
1:
Allow the collection
as
broodstock in a commercial
facility through
through
commercial aquaculture
aquaculture facility
issuance
issuance of
of aa special
special permit.
permit.
benefits of this
this option
option are
are development
development of
of cultured
cultured
The benefits
stocks of
consistent with
a genetic make-up
stocks
of abalone having
having a
make-up consistent
abalone native
may prove to
abalone
native to
to Oregon.
Oregon. These abalone may
to be
be better
better
suited
both in aquaculture
and in the
suited for growth
growth and
and survival
survival both
aquaculture and
By
obtaining native
wild as
wild
as outplanted
outplanted enhancement
enhancement stocks.
stocks.
By obtaining
native
broodstock, the
broodstock,
the potential for
for propagation of disease
disease is
is reduced.
reduced.
Some
depletion of native stock is required which
which might
might jeopardize
jeopardize
Some depletion
some
populations. Reductions in native stock due to
to collections
collections
some populations.
could be offset
offset by enhancement using seed abalone developed
developed from
the native
native broodstock.
broodstock.
The Commission
Commission would
of wild
wild
would be
be asked
asked to allow the taking of
from Oregon waters for use as broodstock
abalone from
broodstock in a commercial
abalone
abalone facility
facility by
by modifying
modifying OAR
OAR 633-05-005.
635-05-005. A special
special permit
issued including
but not
would
would be
be issued
including but
not limited
limited to the
the following
following
requirements:
requirements:
1) applicant
applicant must
must provide
provide adequate
adequate evidence of aa
suitable facility
facility and procedures for spawning and
suitable
and rearing wild or
broodimported abalone;
abalone; 2) methods for collecting and returning
returning broodstock
stock abalone
abalone to and
and from
from the
the wild;
wild; 3) methods
checking
methods for checking
imported kelp food
food for
for pathogens
pathogens or
or exotic
exotic fauna;
fauna;
abalone and imported
isolation and culturing
culturing procedures to prevent contamination
4) isolation
contamination of
wild stock;
stock; 5)
5) and other conditions for
for providing
providing the
the state with
abalone
stocks and use
use of stocks
stocks for
abalone seed
seed for
for enhancement
enhancement of wild stocks
for
Abalone would
would be collected
research
research purposes.
purposes.
Abalone
collected and
and maintained
maintained
according to the terms of a
a memorandum of understanding between
the
the Department,
Department, Agua-Dulce
Agua-Dulce Partners,
Partners, and
and Oregon
Oregon State
State University.
University.
would be
Abalone
Abalone collected
collected under
under this
this proposal
proposal would
be quarantined,
quarantined,
conditioned,
OSU's facility.
facility. Sharing of abalone
abalone
conditioned, and
and spawned
spawned at
at OSU's
Page 5
broodstock
place when Agua-Dulce
subsequently take
take place
Agua-Dulce
broodstock and
and seed
seed would
would subsequently
facilities were
and prepared
prepared to
to receive
receive native
native stocks.
stocks.
facilities
were completed
completed and
2: Prohibit
Prohibit the
the taking
taking of
of wild
wild abalone for broodstock in
Option 2:
a
a commercial
commercial facility.
facility.
Commercial abal
abalone
facilities could
could still
still obtain
obtain br
broodstock
Commercial
one facilities
oodstock
purchasing abalox
abalone
other coxnmerc
commercial
aquaculture facilifaciliby purchasing
ial aquaculture
ie from
from other
ties.
ties.
The benefits
benefits would
readily available
source.
The
available sourc
The
would be aa readily
e.
negative
negative aspects
aspects of
of this
option include
include the risk
this option
risk of
of introducing
mt :roducing
into
Oregon or
or obtainil
obtaining
diseased animals in
to Oregon
ig abalone
abalone with genetic
genetic
characteristics not
not suitable for
for commerc
commercial
culture or
or enhanceenhanceial culture
ment of
of wild stocks
stocks in
in Oregon
Oregon waters.
waters.
Page 6
Part
PartB
B
Informational
Informational Report
Report on
on
Public
Recapture Facility
Public Salmon
Salmon Release and Recapture
Facility
SOUTH
HATCHERY PROGRAM
SOUTH BEACH HATCHERY
PROGRAMAT
ATYAQUINA
YAQUINA BAY
BAY
Oregon Department
Department of
of Fish and Wildlife Information Summary
March 2,
2,1995
March
1995
BACKGROTJT4D,
APPROVALPROCESS
PROCESS
BACKGROUND, APPROVAL
This is aa public
public hatchery
hatchery program,
program, being
being developed
developed through a cooperative
cooperative planning
process
with the Port
process with
Port of
of Newport
Newport and
and Oregon
Oregon Department
Department of Fish and
and Wildlife
Wildlife
(ODFW).
(ODFW).
The primary
primary fishery
relatively small run of
fishery benefit
benefitisis likely
likely to
to be
be the
the creation of a relatively
hatchery salmon
salmonto
to the
the lower
lowerreach
reach of
of Yaquina
YaquinaBay.
Bay. A small
hatchery
small portion of these
these fish
may then be harvested by in-bay recreational
recreational anglers.
A variety of non-fishe~y
also accrue
accrue from
fiom the program.
non-fishery benefits may also
A written Operational Plan (Op Plan) and Memorandum of Understanding
Understanding (MOU) are
Newport and
and
being prepared
prepared to guide
guide this
this cooperative
cooperative agreement
agreement between Port of Newport
ODFW.
ODFW.
Administrative
the Port;
Port;
Administrative and
and operational
operationaldetails
detailsmust
mustbe
be agreed
agreed on
on by ODFW and the
monitoring, and funding.
funding.
including evaluation, monitoring,
Establishing this hatchery program does not require approval
approval by
by ODFW
ODFWCommission,
Commission,
as long as it is consistent with ODFW statutes,
statutes, rules,
rules, and
and policy
policy guidance
guidancedocuments.
documents.
POLICY GUIDANCE
POLICY
GUIDANCE
Oregon
Rules (ORS's, and OAR's).
Oregon Laws and Administrative Rules
OAR'S).
Chinook Plan, Yaquina Basin Plan, Wild Fish
Fish Management Policy.
SCHEDULE
11995
995
Jan-Mar
22 Mar
May-June
May-June
Fall
Policy
Op Plan
Plan and
and MOU
MOU development;
development;
Policy review, Op
ODFW Commission information presentation;
First
First coho
coho release;
release;
broodstock collection.
First wild chinook broodstock
collection.
Spring
spring
Fall
Fall
Second
Second coho
coho release;
release;
First chinook
chinook release;
release;
First adult
adult coho
coho return.
11996
996
RELEASE/RETURN LEVELS
RELEASElRETLTRN
coho 300,000
Developmental Stage:
Develovmental
Stage:
Siletz coho
300,000 (1995)-600,000;
Yaquina chinook 150,000.
150,000.
Successive
SuccessiveStages:
Stages:
Modest incremental
incremental increases
permitted, or
Modest
increases may
may be
be permitted,
program may
interrupted, reduced
reduced or
orterminated,
terminated,
program
may be intemipted,
based on
on results
results of
of monitoring,
monitoring, costs,
costs, etc.
etc.
ISSUES AND COKCERNS
CONCERNS
Ex~ected
Program: The
The potential
potential size
size of
of the
theprogram
program isisrelatively
relatively modest
modest
Expected Size of Program:
compared to former production
production by private
private hatchery.
hatchery.
Manager:
Portmust
mustdesignate
designateaafish
fishculture
culturemanager.
manager.
Manager: Port
Broodstock Collection:
Collection: ODFW
ODFW must
must design
design and
and assign
assignresponsibility
responsibility for
for Siletz
Siletz coho
coho
and Yaquina fall
fall chinook.
chinook.
Stray Monitoring:
Strav
Monitoring: ODFW
ODFWmust
mustdesign
designand
andsupervise.
supervise.
In-Bav
F i s h e n Monitoring:
Monitorin~:
ODFWmust
mustdesign
designand
andsupervise.
supervise.
In-Bay Fishery
ODEW
S h a r i nFormulas
~Formulasmust
mustbe
beagreed
agreed on.
on.
Cost Sharing:
Port
As "Agent":
"Agent": ToTosell
selladults
adultsand
andeggs
eggstotosupport
supportcosts
costs of
of program.
program.
Port As
Allocation
Agreement must
must be
be reached
reached as
as how
how proceeds
proceeds from sales
sales
Allocation of Sales Proceeds: Agreement
are returned to reimburse
reimburse costs
costs of
of program
program to
to Port
Port and
and ODEW.
ODFW.
S t r a v i n ~and
and Breeding:
Breeding: Program
Program will
will be
be monitored
monitored for
forcompliance
compliance with
with WFMP;
WFMP;
Straying
hatchery
consistent with
with ODFW
ODFW hatchery
hatchery breeding
breeding
hatchery breeding
breeding program
program will
will be consistent
procedures and guidelines.
guidelines.
fromODEW
ODFW hatcheries
hatcheries
Diseases: Some
Somerisk
riskexists
existsthat
thatdisease
diseasemay
maybe
be transferred
transferredto
to and
andfrom
basin, routine disease inspections will be conducted to guard against
and the Yaquina basin;
this occurrence.
occurrence.
Funding and
andPersonnel:
Personnel:Issues
Issuesofoffhnding
fundingand
andstaff
staffinvolvement
involvementmust
must be
be agreed
agreed upon;
upon;
this program require adjustment
adjustment of
of existing
existingODFW
ODFWworkloads.
workloads.
certain elements of this
ODFW Policies:
Policies: This
This program
program is being
being developed
developed in accord
accord with
with existing
existing laws, rules,
and policies.
Com~etitionand
Predation: Some
Some will
will occur,
occur, far
far less
lesssignificant
significant than
than during
during the
the
Competition
and Predation:
operation of the private
private hatchery.
hatchery.
Law Enforcement:
Enforcement: Modest
Modest increase
increase in law enforcement
enforcement need is
is anticipated;
anticipated; public
public
assist compliance
compliance with regulations
regulations will be needed.
pressure to assist
Hatcherv
Loeistics: Significant
Significant issues
issues need
need to
tobe
beaddressed
addressedregarding
regardingboth
bothODIFW
ODFW
Hatchery Logistics:
and the release/capture
releaselcapture site.
site.
facilities and
Fisherv
Benefits: Are
Arelikely
likelytotobe
berelatively
relativelymodest.
modest.
Fishery Benefits:
Accountabilitv:
TheOp
OpPlan
Planand
andMOU
MOUwill
willdefine
defineaccountability
accountabilityof
ofthe
the program.
program.
Accountability: The
Loneevitv:
terminated for
number of
of reasons
reasons
Longevity: This
This program
programmay
may be
be reduced
reduced or
or terminated
for a number
certainrequirements
requirements
described
may also
also be
beincreased
increasedmodestly
modestlyififcertain
described in
in the MOU; itit may
described in the MOU are met.
Orderlv Termination:
Termination: The
TheMOU
MOUdescribes
describes the
the Port's
Port's obligations
obligations in
in the
the event
event that the
Orderly
program is
is terminated.
It]
OperationalPlan
Planfor
forthe
theSalmon
SalmonRelease
Release and
andRecapture
RecaptureFacility
Facility
Operational
at South
South Reach,
Beach, Oregon
Oregon
at
Summary
Introduction
The Port
Port of
of Newport
Newportintends
intendsto
tooperate
operateaaportion
of the
the former
formerOregon
OregonAqua-Foods
Aqua-Foodssalmon
salmon
The
portion of
SwthBeach,
Beach, in
in agreement
agreement with
with the
the Oregon
Oregon Department
D e p m e n t of
of Fish
Fish
releaseand
andrecapture
recapturefacility
facilityatatSouth
release
enhanced in-bay
in-hay
and Wildlife,
Wildlife,to
toproduce
producecoho
cohoand
andchinook
chinooksalmon
salmonfor
forrelease
releaseto
toprovide
providefor
forenhanced
and
fisheriesfor
forthe
thepublic.
public.The
Theplan
plancalls
callsfor
foroperation
operationconsistent
consistentwith
withapplication
applicationfishery
fisheryrules,
rules,
fisheries
Smeof
ofOregon
Oregonand
andto
tooperate
operateat
at relatively
relatively low
low levels
levels of
of releases. Any
Any
policiesand
andplans
plansof
ofthe
theState
policies
beuntaken
untakenonly
onlyafter
afteran
anevaluation
evaluation of
of opportunities
opportunitiesand
and constraints.
constraints.
increasein
inproduction
productionwould
wouldbe
increase
The release
release of
of salmon
salmon isisexpected
expectedtotobe
bepart
partof
ofaaone
oneor
or more
more complimentary
complimentaryactivities
activities on the site.
The
Brief History
Historyof
of the
theSouth
SouthBeach
BeachFacility
Facility
Brief
1971
1971
1975
1975
1977-79
1977-79
1989
1989
1990
1990
1990-92
1990-92
1994
1994
Incorporation
Incorporation of
of Oregon
Oregon Aqua-Foods
Aqua-Foods
Acquisition
Acqulsltlonby
byWeyerhaeuser
WeyerhaeuserCompany
Company
Consmcuon of
of Springfield
Spnngf~eldhatchery
hatchery and
and South
South Beach
Beach release
release and
and recapture
recapture facility
facfity
Construction
Acqlusltlon by
by Oregon
Oregon Salmon,
Salmon,Inc.
Inc.
Acquisition
Foreclosureby
by Alleco,
AUeco, aa secured
secured creditor
cre&tor
Foreclosure
Recapture
Recapturefacility
f d t y use
use only.
only.
Facdity acquired
q w e d by
by the
the Port
Port of
of Newport
Newport
Facility
Cooperative Project
Project
Cooperative
The
The release
releaseand
andrecapture
recapturefacility
facilitywill
willbe
beoperated
operatedby
bythe
the Port
Port of
of Newport,
Newport,which
whichwill
will be
be
responsible
responsiblefor
forsalmon
salmonacclimation,
acclimation,release,
release,and
andfor
forrecapture
recapture of
of adults
adults not
not harvested
harvested in
in the
the public
public
fishery.
fishery. Income
Incomefrom
fromreturns
returnstotothe
thefacility
facilitywill
willbe
beearmarked
earmarked by
by the
the Port
Port to
to defray
defray directly related
D e p m e n tof
ofFish
Fishand
andWildlife
Wildlife
expenses to
to producing
producingfor
forthe
thepublic
public fishery.
fishery. The
TheOregon
OregonDepartment
expenses
(ODFW), through
through an
an agreement
agreement with
with the Port, will provide eggs, smolts,
(ODFW),
smolts, technical assistance, and
thebroodstock
broodstock development
developmentphase--through 1998.
1998.
other services
servicesduring
during the
other
Stocks to
to be Released
Released
Stocks
The plan
plan calls
calls for
for releases
releasesboth
bothSiltez
Siltezstock
stock coho
coho and
and Yaquina
Yaquina fall chinook. The
Thecoho
cohowould
wouldbe
be
The
hatched and
and reared
rearedat
at the
theSalmon
Salmon River
River hatchery
hatchery with
with broodstock from the Rock
Rock Creek facility on
hatched
the
fall chinook
Siletz. AAbroodstock
broodstockisisavailable
availableand
andcommitted
committedfor
for release
release in
in 1995.
1995. The
The Yaquina
Yaquinafall
the Siletz.
will need
need to
to be
be developed.
developed. The
Theplan
plansuggests
suggestsbroodstock
broodstockcollection
collectionin
in 1995
1995with
with
broodstock will
broodstock
at the
the Fail
Fall Creek
Creek hatchery
hatchery on the Alsea
Releases would
would begin in
in 1996.
1996. After
After1998,
1998,the
the
rearing at
rearing
Alsea. Releases
South
SouthBeach
Beach facility
facilityis
isexpected
expectedto
to meet
meet its
its own
own broodstock
broodstock needs
needs for
for coho
coho and
and chinook,
chinook, subject
subject to
to
hatchexypolicies.
policies.
infusion of
of wild
wildstock
stockto
tomeet
meetthe
the state's
state's hatchery
infusion
10
Release Levels
Levels
Release
Duringthe
the broodstock
broodstockdevelopment
developmentphase,
p h w ,the
theplan
plansuggestions
suggestionsrelease
releaseof
of 300,000
300,000to
to 500,000
500,000
During
coho and
and 150,000
150,000chinook.
chinook.These
Theselevels
levelsare
arewell
wellwithin
withinthe
therelease
releaselevels
levelsnecessary
necessarytotobe
be
coho
consistentwith
withthe
theYaquina
YaquinaRiver
RiverBasin
BasinFish
FishPlan
Planand
andthe
theWild
Wild Fish
Fish Management
Management Policy.
Policy.
consistent
Release
Releaszlevels
levelsare
aresubstantially
subsfantiallybelow
belowthose
thoseof
ofearlier
earlieroperations
operationsand
andlower
loweror
orequal
equalto
tothe
the
Department's1991
1991recommendations
recommendationsfor
forcontinued
continuedprivate
private salmon
salmon ranching.
ranching. In
Inaddition,
addition,coho
coho
Department's
smolts
smoltswifi
will be
be yearlings,
yearlings,and
andthe
theacclimation
acclimationperiod
period for
forboth
bothcoho
coho and
and chinook
chinook will
will be
be at
at least
least 2121days.
days. These
Thesemanagement
managementpractices
practicesare
areintended
intendedtotoreduce
reducestraying
strayingin
in the
theYaquina
YaquinaRiver
River basin
basin and
and
adjacent
the post-broodstock phase would be undertaken only after
adjacentstreams.
streams.Increased
Increasedreleases
releases in
in the
an evaluation
evaluationof
ofthe
thesuccess
successof
ofthe
the facility
facility to
to provide
provide for
for public fisheries
fisheries and to avoid adverse
an
wild stocks.
stocks.
impacts to wild
Recapture
The recapture
recaptureportion
portionof
of the
thefacility
facilitywifi
will operate
operate between
between August 11 and November 30 of each year
The
If, for
at levels that provide an appropriate attractant
attractant for
for return
return salmon.
salmon. IC
for some
some reason,
reason, releases of
salmon
is
terminated,
the
Port
will
continue
to
operate
the
recapture
up
to
four
years beyond
beyond the
the
salmon is terminated, the Port will continue to operate the recapture up to fouryears
last release
releasein
inorder
orderto
toreduce
reducestaying.
staying.
last
Operational Agreement
Agreement
Operational
The Port
Port of Newport
Newpoa and
and the
the Oregon
Oregon Department
Department of
of Fish
Fish and Wildlife are expected
expected to agree
agree to
to the
the
The
purposes and
and the
the operation
operationof
of the
the facility
facility in aa cooperative
coopzrative agreement through a memorandum of
purposes
understanding (MOU).
(MOU). The
TheMOU
MOUstipulates
stipulatesobligations
obligationsof
of the
the Port
Port and
and the
the Department
Department for
understanding
raft MOU is appended to
operation and
and for
forcontingencies
contingenciesin
in case
case of
of discontinuing
discontinuing operation. A d
operation
draft
the plan.
OtherSite
Site Uses
Uses
Other
The
The release
release of
of salmon
salmonto
to augment
augmentaa public
public fishery
fLshery provides an additional opportunity to work in
close bannony
harmonywith
withother
otherpotential
potential uses
uses of the facility.
facility. Some
Someof
of those
those uses
uses include
include abalone
fanning,
fkning, salmon
salmonand
andtrout
trout farming,
farming,fee
fee fishing
fishing ponds, and sightseeing. Salmon
Salmon releases,
therefore, are
arz part
part of
of aa larger
largereffort
effort at
at marketing
marketing the
the South
South Beach
Beach area's
area's attractions--Oregon
attractions--Oregon
therefore,
Coastal
Coastal Aquarium,
Aquarium,Hatfield
HatfieldMarine
MarineScience
ScienceCenter,
Center,South
SouthBeach
Beachmarina--as
marina--aswell
wellas
asfuture
future
attractionsand
and operations.
operations.
attractions
11
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41
OREGON ADMINISTRATIVE
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
RULES
OREGON
OREGONDEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENTOF
OF FISH
FISH AND
AND W1LDUFE
WllDUFE
OREGON
Fun WlidIuf.j
Note: [[ ]] means
means proposed
proposed to
t o be
be deleted
deleted
Note:
-
Bold means
means proposed
proposed to
t o be
be added.
added.
Bold
Prohibited
Prohibited
635-05-005 (1)
Exceot as
as provided
arovidedin
insubsection
subsection(2)
(2)ofofthis
thisrule,
rule,[It]
[It]it2isisunlawful
unlawfilto
to
635-05-005
(11 Except
take abalone
abalonefor
for commercial
commercial purposes.
purposes.
take
commercial aguaculture
aauaculturefacility
facilitv may
mav take
take abalone
abalonefor
foruse
use as
as broodstock
broodstock under
under
(2) AAcommercial
the tenns
termsand
andconditions
conditionsspecified
suecified in
in aa pennit
oermitissued
issued by
bv the
the Oregon
Oregon Department
Deaartmentof
of Fish
the
and Wildlife.
Wildlife. Application
Aoolicationfor
forsuch
suchaapermit
oermitshall
shallbe
bein
inwriting
writingand
andsh'all
shall include
include aa
and
descriotion of
of the
the commercial
commercial aquaculture
aauaculture facility,
facilitv. the
the methods
methods for
for collecting
collectine and returnin9
description
returning
broodstock abalone
abalone to
to and
and from
from the
thewild,
wild, the
the methods
methods for
for checking
checking abalone
abalone and
and imported
imuorted
broodstock
kelo food for pathogens
oathogens or
or exotic fauna.
culturine abalone
abalone
kelp
fauna, the orocedures
procedures for isolating and culturing
urevent contamination
contamination of
of wild
wild abalone stock and such other information as the
to prevent
to
Department may
shall
Deoartment
may require.
reauire. Permit
Permitapplications
au~lications
shallbe
bemailed
mailedto:
to:Marine
MarineRegional
RegionalOffice,
Ofice,
Deoartmentof
ofFish
Fishand
andWildlife,
Wildlife,2040
2040 SE
SEMarine
MarineScience
ScienceDrive,
Drive, Newport,
Nemort. OR,
O R97365.
97365.
Department
Adopted 3-22-95,
3-22-95, ef.
ef. 4-1-95.
Stat. Auth.:
Auth.: ORS
ORS506.119
506.119&
&506.129.
506.129.
Adopted
4-1-95. Stat.
Div. 05-1