Oregon Code § 506.011·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Types
of marine life defined.
As used in the commercial fishing laws, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) Anadromous
fish includes but is not limited to salmon, as defined in ORS 506.016; Roccus
saxatilis, commonly known as striped bass; Alosa sapidissima, commonly known as
shad; Acipenser medirostris and Acipenser transmontanus, commonly known as
sturgeon; and Thaleichthys pacificus, commonly known as smelt.
(2) Animals
living intertidally on the bottom includes but is not limited to starfish, sea
urchins, sea cucumbers, snails, bivalves, worms, coelenterates and shore,
hermit and other small crabs not included within subsection (1) or (7) of this
section.
(3) Black
rockfish means Sebastes melanops, commonly known as black rockfish.
(4) Blue
rockfish means Sebastes mystinus, commonly known as blue rockfish.
(5) Food fish
means any animal over which the State Fish and Wildlife Commission has
jurisdiction pursuant to ORS 506.036.
(6) Nearshore
fish means:
(a) Enophrys
bison, commonly known as buffalo sculpin;
(b) Hemilepidotus
hemilepidotus, commonly known as red Irish lord;
(c) Hemilepidotus
spinosus, commonly known as brown Irish lord;
(d)
Scorpaenichthys marmoratus, commonly known as cabezon;
(e) Hexagrammos
decagrammus, commonly known as kelp greenling;
(f) Hexagrammos
lagocephalus, commonly known as rock greenling;
(g) Hexagrammos
stelleri, commonly known as whitespotted greenling;
(h) Oxylebius
pictus, commonly known as painted greenling;
(i) Sebastes
atrovirens, commonly known as kelp rockfish;
(j) Sebastes
auriculatus, commonly known as brown rockfish;
(k) Sebastes
carnatus, commonly known as gopher rockfish;
(L) Sebastes
caurinus, commonly known as copper rockfish;
(m) Sebastes
chrysomelas, commonly known as black and yellow rockfish;
(n) Sebastes
dalli, commonly known as calico rockfish;
(o) Sebastes
maliger, commonly known as quillback rockfish;
(p) Sebastes
miniatus, commonly known as vermilion rockfish;
(q) Sebastes
nebulosus, commonly known as china rockfish;
(r) Sebastes
nigrocinctus, commonly known as tiger rockfish;
(s) Sebastes
rastrelliger, commonly known as grass rockfish;
(t) Sebastes
serranoides, commonly known as olive rockfish; or
(u) Sebastes
serriceps, commonly known as treefish.
(7) Shellfish
includes but is not limited to abalone, clams, crabs, crayfish or crawfish,
mussels, oysters, piddocks, scallops and shrimp. [1965 c.570 §4; 2003 c.809 §11]
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01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 506.011
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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