fllt"u{O0ff ccqtltrfYoYffiR LAi{Ds
Ig.t-reduqlggg
.fha pruqpose
1) the
neguletloru
The
purpose of
of thls
this report
report le
is to
to ronrler:
review: ((1)
the surront
eurrent oyster
cster regulatton
(a) problems
County; (2)
en
problemo associated
eesoeta,ted wtth
lttd,l(3)
in ?j.ll.a,raook
Tülamook County;
with thess
these regulatlonc;
renlations; and
(3) aaount
aryt,
t+-t'grounds eialued for o5rster production tn fJ.lLsmok County and clelunta.
@
tiument regulatlu:s
gwor,rtrng oyster cultum
tn Tlllauook
Couatlr erc fornd
9n
psgcr 130
r3O
in 0.,1d"$"
ORS0 5I1625,
51165 51165O
$11655
andend
511,660,
511.645, 51164O,
5tt"d*00 51.1.#&5,
5LL"65Q,
5t1"6550
511,ffio pageó
and 132 .33
The eix etatutee apphrtng to oyeter eulturc
fn ?ilJenook Cmrnty srro er
fellowe:
t'l
{1}
O"R"S" 573,"6e5 $aturel ard artlflLctrl, oystar beds ln [ot*lto fu;r"
That portLon of Scf,arbs Bagrol"n tlllesook Countyu fyf$g muth of tbo
querter eectl,on lX.m nrmrtng eact aud $ost tbolgb th eeater of ccotion
19, ln tounshlp 2 eouthu rengs 10 rest ef tbe Hlllauette l&r:Ldl.en, fe
doeignate<i as netural oyeter bfiis" Ehat portlon of Estartc BaV \rfng
reorth of, euch qrrerter geeti.on l.lns ts deai,gnated and pet epert, for
artl^flel.al plantationa of, oyetera, ths sls€s of vtrlch lbrl1 bs f,lrod
by the local r"ogulattonc of, arry oErstereen0sastwLat!.oa Ep f,et*rts
'8apru
not oxceedtng t'go aeres ln ar6r ona pl,antetlon.
Bvery pesrgs
lzoldtng a olatm fon ths eulttvetton of, oystere on Sstar*e 8ay ehall ,
in aLl respecto eonply wi,tb tbe locaL regulatioas appltaablo tlranoto,
i{rr peraon, ftmo eorporati.on or assoeiat{.on rh.U. bs entttLed to
traeate nore the$ ons gueh elai.a"
{e}
O"R"S" 511.M
@ster bede ln TllJanook Bagr; prl.or etetqc cat ecllds
for artificlaL
oryster ela$.ss" AlL ths tldalands ad' lsnds ua&r tb
saters of ?tnlamok Ba3rtn Tlllnmook Cornty lyfne wsct of, tb old ehlp
clranmel trhtch" prl.or to Jufy 36, 19119,rura locst€d ra oIq?S of4lte
ae provlded b3r l"aw" are wlthdrawn fnon ths Lends of thLs gtrtr ilbfsh
mey be sold or Leesad, ere dealgnated ea ryater landsn and afr ast
astds for the locatlen of ar.tlf,tctal. ogrcter cLaing"
t3)
O.R"S" 5LI^&5 Iocatlng cLaJ.nsin tlll"enook Bqy oyatc ]-gldrl n$l,or,
Arryrctt'taEn of tbla sta&e, tncludlng angr Or.ogoncorponrtlon, my osatf,
on oycter lends nentlc,nEd tn ORS5?1"6r$ an oyctar cletn or clafncn
th€ l6grsgate aeeage of whletr doea not oxeead 50 ecrern Ey nsrhf.a6
ttls boundarles of each e3.aln Qr mans whlch rrtlt not obstnrct rrvtgatton
end W recordlng, wi.ttrln l0 d*ys thereaftero nltb tbc corurtgr ol,rrk
of Ttllareock Coranty, a *ot1.ee of loeatlono etgnod end ecknCI*l9dgodgr
?rtnn irhlch. nstlee eheil eonta*sr;
of eaeh oyster al*l"ln ao nsrkod.
{11 A descriptlon
(2) A statenert ttut eaeh cl"atm ts nark@d, and la eleiqcd
&c en oyster elsixr.
Zo
t4)
0"R"S" 511..650 Requlaltee for retalning elalns ln TllJanook 8ag'
-rande"
oystgl
Tbe Loeators of oyster clelns uniler prior l^err or OR.S
to
and the tptrl,
5t7"&'O
suecesaora, aeclgneeE snd lesseae
.5t|"ffi,
&hereofo are entitLed to contirnred poececsl.on of such clai"mg !f t@l,,
or $oe€ cns on th€lr behalf:
( f i feep the borindaries
of eacb sueh o;rster el,ai-n reaeonrb$r
(r) ffi;Hf4rnu afrer *s rocor.rd,lns
of notrce of locarton" or
clatuue'Prwlouerlr
locqted'amcwtrere
*Y"lf'"13ffi;,tk;ffi:-of,
(a) Prant et leaEt four-tenths of
1 bugbel of qyater cecd; or
(U)
at
least
f,tno
hlsbol.a
of oyotars'i or
(a) lrananl*nt
narnest at least eight bushels of oyeier", ior alch *cmo
or frsctLon ttrereofo of, eacb e1e!8"
(3) Uarteand-reaord
4.
b r'
wltb the county clerk of, ?l,llanook
Coultyo
on sr bofore .truls 30n 1951, and on or bsforra .tuqe 30 of .-. -.
eaeh odd nuobered
A. year tberoefter, e$
I! affldavlt
U.
atatlngn :: ' "ii'i"
Ii.-.
_:
.
.
4
.
I
.
{*) Tto descrlp#.on and ecnaage of eaeh sueh c}a!n"
{b} 3h* pgriod-for r.rhtcb ttre lCftdavft ie fi.led.
{a} Thet trre pranti:rgo tranqprantt4g or hsrvestrng and
yarkr-ne provlsions of subsectlsn (e) og thla Isotlon
have baon coryLled wlth.
is)
o'R"s"
Evtdsntiary value of ctaiu &ffldavrt"
afftdevtt tr1t"655
ment!.onadt,n Eubsestton (3) of ORS5l1"6jo i"
evldence of the facte theretn st.tu6, end lto or JAufy
eopgrihereofo slrall be roeEived ag sueh €ryl&nce ln ufi
?hG rrecor&d
Frr.-i;i;
lertfffed
couit""--
td;) o,R"so 5rt "660 loes of eletu bgr noncoupllaneewrth Oflli 511.650"
rn enrentof the fail're-tr
gv ir"r*nt'to
coryxy ,rrti, .6-#';;
prCIrieions of, 6B.s5ti,:6ra atl hi.s rlgbta to tnl
ir**""iql
clar.n held_by hrrnstrair
an&-t6g;J;;Tt "rrd-;;ii
?{:uch.eyster
lawful to ralocate sueh claim"
""**u,
c"R"S"
degcr:-beshow
CRS
511625
deacribe5
511"&,5
how oyster
oSrater cultivatton
eu1ttation will
will be
be conducted
conductsd ln
in
!'ie;*'i"ts Bey and eete aalde ebort JOo acree of, land declgnatad
qrttg,
aa nrtlntl
bedn ando presunab\ru undor stato conrtroL" fho problen
ln thl.a reggletlon ta
fe;:nd ln tba sentsnce pertatnlng to ert,ifictar prantatlong" trthe
rr.rer of, rtroh
eh+l1 be flmd bE the lscal regulattons of arryroprster*n's
ecsoc!.ati.m oa lotrgts
BaTo rtot exceodiag two acres tn ar15r'
ono plentx,tlonr.
Tbe probler ss,str - ln
-- tbst
--.:t'i:nr'* is no o5rstemcn$E assocl,ation
ls uvrregulated.
.
on lletarta
Bay sdu
!n effcct"
$|3 lndtrltr?r
As a eonsequsnee a fsw people have aoquiredn tly one
Eril
olF
30
another numerous claims and hold large acreagea of land0
.
In the case of one
nrn tbse lands are being held but not cultivated and is effectively preventing any
newS growers from going into business0
OOS 5116lO wa enacted in the 1919 legislature and wttxIrew frc
the
lands tay not be leased or sold by the state.
OtOSO 51106k5 simply states which and how individuals may claim oyster
lands irt Tillamook Bay and, in effect, put control in the hands of the ooizity0
regulation arises In the sentence ending, 'sand the heirs, successors,
and laisees thereof, are entitled to continued possession of such claims if
.
I
At the ,resent time the basic control of the oyster lands in Til
j :)j.j.f:)
decsiori
m*Cdwt
how this pest was brought into Netarts0
Sam Hayes claims that a former Fish
rnLJL
seed
On the other band Roger Tollefeon (former OOFOCO Shellfish pro3ect leader)
is quits contrary to his brother Verna0
!o matter how the drills got there
plant
a
The following information and figures were taken fran plot maps and
county records
Netarts Bay
.
they are surviving and have beco
.
Because of the difficulty in extracting the information from
5,
5,
ar,reeof
of state
statc controlled
300
controlled oyster
rglerruo
oyatcr reserve0
J00 ares
ln
locrted in
The
f.sndt are
erc located
Tbo state
ct tc lands
ero lees
frrr ttrrn
Lrrrdt that
tbrt are
the
extreme south
end of
bay in
what rpposro
appears to
to ba
be lands
than
the extrere
ln wbet
aouth srd
of the
ttls bqy
desirable for oyster production9 (Figure 1)
r
^
rr
-*-.;.
,
-:
Mr
l-cr" Ed
Ferry, tbe
the crty
only aetlve
active oyatermen
oysterman on
on Xctartr
Batarts 3ryr,
Bay, brc
baa ebwt
about3O
30tl*lfl
e]*tM
Ed Ferry"
.
(60 acres)
(60
acras).
Wlth only
With
2acre exceptions
onfy 3.-u
exceptlmE,
34 Z*cet\
under claim0
cLatn.
urder
rclt of
tht bry
Sam
bay
of the
Hryce has
hst the
the rest
Sra Hayes
them that
ar, bcfry
being
Ienda
thrt en
ln ttpl
Lands owned
Bayes have
old oysters
oyctcrl in
osned by Hayoc
heve some
s@ old
procractng into
to Ur"
sold
Mr. Cacti
Harris on
Tillamook Bay
soLd to
Caal"l Earrls
etor 6
lnto stew0
oa ttll"arcok
for processing
&V for
Tlllanook Bay
Tillamook
Bay
Wlthln Tlllauook
land of
Within
Tillamook Bry
Bay tborc
there are
are ebout
about ?ajfo
2500 acres
of rfilgh
which
rcrcs of
of, oyster
rycter land
.:
prha grounds.
groundl"
about
300 acres
ebout 11,300
rcrsa are prime
.'i
j0'roi**;'r:
Robolhf has
acreá,
Ed Roboelq
hrt 50
Of
Of this
totalu I4r
t&, Ed
ttrb total,
i'-
'
Cactl
Cecil Psrric
Harris 1J0
150 acrcco
acres0 !&o
Mr0 EarL
Earl OLsm
Olson 500
500 scncs
acres rnd
andllascrc
MeesersSr
Searnd
andl,lal
LAM. B*7$
ry
(actual record
L.50 ecrct)
acres) mdnr
under
and 110500
between
25O and
5OO acres
betr,ruen11,,25Q
aares (actual
recorrl checks
etraakcin
ln 195
t95ll" 11oll50
Mr
!lr.
elain.,(Fkuro
claim(Figuro 2)
2)"
ipedr a.ilSl$rn
rsi'ad
althgh
arc being
bdry uttllrd
Although the
axe
*t
tb affidavits
lrdr
af,Rlderttr indicate
toalloatG the..
tbrr lands
yfrrral obs.i'vatica
poeaLbXcto
oDn*rattc
by
*atrfre, it
thfr by
by statute,
lt is
to verify
ls not
!o0 possible
rrrtft this
$r, visual
øf every oyster
in
!r
tbe
tb as..
illc
'ower0
Sunery erril
Summary
and Conclusions
9oc,1gql,onr.
,i, .
i'urront
('urrent oyster
oyster statutes
statutes phecs
places the
the nrJorlty
majority of
of oyatcr
oyster Londr
lands fn
in llllrmok
Ttllsmook
fiornty
County under
under the control
control, of
the county0
county"
of the
f.rttdt are
the landa
crcl minimal
d.nlnrl
Requirements
Requlrcmnts for
hoLdtng the
for holding
peopb
have allorred
alloweda afeu
few
people
virtually
inonopoltee
the tndueta7 Ths'k#
and bcvs
aonopoltra
to to
tlr fnaurt'qf';.".f9;:
vlrtuelly
state
state eontroL
control and
of
and an
cornty concern
concerrl could
corrl.dresult
nsult in
tn the
th. tntx'cduotton
lntroduottgt of
an absence
absence of
of county
pasts"
disease
di.seaeeor
or pests0
Bty allows
rlJm
asaoolatlm on
tctrrts Bay
The
oysterma&s association
Ttr lack
lack of
on Netarte
of an otrrstermansa
gm fit
(fgaorfrX the
groud (ignoring
grolrer$ to
nuch usorbls
ftr dftl.t
growers
and much
usoable ground
drill
operate as
to operate
ec they
they see
flt snd
probleu) to
problem)
lay id1e
to lay
fdl.e.
.5"
4o
[etarta Bay
f
I
I
fril'b
lhls rss brohr
up lnto ll4J,
oyater pfrnte
plotr"
Another Jl pLotr an.
locatcd tn ttoaqulto
Cwg ln ]orcr
I
hv
h _ * _ * _
Stato
Qyctar
Fteune 10'
1.' Map
liep of
of Netarts
f,etatt!-pst'
Figure
Bay Showing
Shortu the
thp Location
Lottton of
of the
Strta Wt
Oyster
tb State
ry
Recolrc
Reserv, and
and TllLaoook
Tillamook County
CountyLands
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lhdm Claia,
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tle do
dEnot
not have
barethe
tbl authorit.y
dbodr4r etat tba
We
the prrcnr
çeeent tine
to provide the
ttD to
-* Jmsssaess
rytu
no,nqgementof
qyitc lands
of, o*ter
unagement
lssalr in
ln Tillamoc&
f{rlprnon& Ccrott.
lfc are
an extrenely
County. We
eooeart*d
dreft
ffira0
srar
aver ti
ths @Xtu at
amrnt
of of:
ZR&
lelldrK1er
orr,ltfuatlo
drr
itiation ond tht Lsn
vblah
prrt&
which ailXd,
could rcnrlt
result t!
in tb
the trte*fucbto
intoduetion of
pssts.
of destructive
drltnlstfur
d odldr,
ll is
it
|r
C
reawsndattq
reaanmondaticm that
tb,t rp sd
seek lqlnlattvr
legislative bdp
help tn
in Ftuttllg
returning artbou{ty
authority fe
for cffidl
.otrc
larrilg tn in
ef Iit'vis
Tll.lqmol
Cclltt
of
Tuiiaaook
Coimty
Fish
Cs(sai
to to
th thenhb
CllFlcda
Ylth reaponeibilities
roopma!,bf,Llttcr delegated
{eb8etodl to
with
to us
m
na in
b 0I
aiHarrrtru, ta
tp edninister
to
in rmu{rm
*eo5daeeS
509.425
throu
Ng.W th.ogh
fb
ntt
509.500
for he
frr.W
othcr
ilt*tartc snd
other than
than Netarte
ar4 !l?'l.q'+o&;
Tiilauock. Until
trkt!..l such
tl!. as
ruob tins
r. the
tb nnsoery
o.nry aentrola
out*nfr
are established,
tstabliahde
utlJ, .ecntinne
u'c viii
couttm to
are
we
to rnslh
work rrtth
with qrtrrm
cystereen tn
in lttls
Tiflaneok 0r{S
CaImt7
,
ln *hatsrar
in
whatever ny
way poarthla
possible to
to help
help aolvr
solve tblr
their trrobb.
probisas.
C. Lb
ltbfl3l$
tU,ugr
Sfl
Urt|ftfc
l?, lflit
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