Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Division 41 - COLUMBIA RIVER SYSTEM TREATY INDIAN FISHERIES
Section 635-041-0620 - Grand Ronde Tribal Shellfish Licensing, Trask Unit
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
(1) Scope.
(2) Season and Species. Tribal Members may harvest any Shellfish species pursuant to this MOU during any times that State law authorizes non-commercial Shellfish harvest of that Shellfish species in the Location set forth in Section 3. Harvest limits shall be as specified in annual Oregon Sport Fishing Regulations.
(3) Location. The area included in this MOU is within, or in the ocean adjacent to, the following boundary:
Beginning at McMinnville; southwest on State Highway 18 to Salmon River; west on Salmon River to Pacific Ocean,; north on Pacific Ocean coastline to north shoreline at mouth of Tillamook Bay, defined here as the visible tip of the Tillamook North (Barview) Jetty; east on north shoreline of Tillamook Bay and the north shoreline of the Wilson River to State Highway 6 at Mills Bridge; northeast on Highway 6 to State Highway 8 near Gales Creek; southeast on Highway 8 to State Highway 47 at Forest Grove; south on Highway 47 to State Highway 99W; southwest on Highway 99W to McMinnville, point of beginning. The ocean adjacent to this area is defined as that area of the Marine Zone north of latitude 45.0434 N (an east/west line drawn through the southernmost rock in the area known as Three Rocks at the mouth of the Salmon River) and south of latitude 45.5705 N (an east/west line drawn through the visible tip of the Tillamook North Jetty).
(4) Gathering. Tribal Members may harvest Shellfish so long as:
(5) License. The Permit conveys a State recreational shellfish license upon appropriately documented Tribal members consistent with Section 4.
(6) Existing Rights. This MOU does not create, convey or imply any additional tribal legal or treaty entitlement, nor does it modify any existing agreement, treaty, or court decree.
(7) Third Party Rights. This MOU is exclusively for the benefit of and governs only the respective authorities and relationships between Grand Ronde and the State, and does not create, grant, confer or diminish any rights whatsoever as to any third party, person, or entity.
(8) Effective Date. This MOU shall become effective when the State and Grand Ronde have adopted the necessary rules and resolutions, and both parties have executed the MOU.
(9) Termination.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 497.075
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 497.075