SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

OREGON DISABILITIES HUNTING AND FISHING PERMIT INFORMATION
In order to be considered a person with a disability under the wildlife laws, a person shall provide either:
1. Written certification from a licensed physician, which states that the applicant:
a. Is permanently unable to walk without the use of, or assistance from, a brace, cane, crutch, prosthetic device,
wheelchair, scooter or walker, full time;
b. Is restricted by lung disease to the extent that the person’s forced expiratory volume for one second, when
measured by a spirometer, is less than 35 percent predicted, or arterial oxygen tension is less than 55 mm/Hg
on room air at rest;
c. Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional limitations are classified in severity as Class
III or Class V, according to standards established by the American Heart Association;
d. Has a permanent, physical impairment that prevents the person from holding or shooting a firearm or bow or
from holding a fishing rod in hand; or
e. Has central visual acuity that permanently does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with corrective lenses, or
the widest diameter of the visual field is no greater than 20 degrees; or
2. Written proof that the last official certification of record by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or
any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States shows the person to be at least 65 percent disabled (ORS
496.018).
The “Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit” is not a license or tag. Anglers must still obtain an angling license
and/or Combined Angling Tag (if angling for salmon, steelhead, sturgeon or pacific halibut). Hunters also must still
obtain a hunting license and apply for and/or purchase appropriate tags prior to specified tag sale deadlines to hunt in
controlled and general big game seasons. You must be in possession of your “Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing
Permit,” license, and tag while you are angling or hunting (even holders of a Disabled Veteran/Pioneer license and
tag). All license and tag fees are at regular rates.
A licensed angler who possesses a valid “Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit” is allowed to angle from
an anchored craft in waters where angling from a floating device is prohibited by ODFW. This allowance does not
supersede safety or security regulations enacted by other agencies.
Disabilities Permit holders may angle with use of electric powered reels. Rods with electric reels may be kept in rod
holder when angling and landing fish.
Licensed angers who possess a valid “Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit” may also fish during authorized
open fishing seasons from the Nehalem Hatchery Barrier Free Fishing Platform on the North Fork Nehalem River.
For additional information on the rules and regulations pertaining to hunting and “Oregon Disabilities Hunting and
Fishing Permit” consult the 2013 Oregon Big Game Regulations.
OREGON DISABILITIES HUNTING AND FISHING PERMIT APPLICATION
For more information or to obtain an “Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit” application packet, please visit
our Web site at www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/disability/.
Application packets are also available at the ODFW headquarters office, ODFW regional offices (see page 4), ODFW
district offices, or by calling 503-947-6101.
This agency receives federal financial assistance in Sport Fish and/or Wildlife Restoration and prohibits discrimination
on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability.
If you believe that you have been discriminated against as described above in any program, activity, or facility, or if you
desire further information, please contact:
ADA Coordinator Department of the Interior
Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
3406 Cherry Avenue NE Division of Human Resources
Salem, OR 97303-4924 1849 C Street NW
(503) 947-6000 Mailstop: 3458
Washington DC 20240
All trout, salmon and steelhead that are released must be unharmed and should not
be removed from the water.
Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012
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