SPOrT FISHIng regulaTIOnS - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

GENERAL (STATEWIDE) REGULATIONS
Free 3. Has a cardiac condition to the extent that the person’s functional
STATEWIDE
Licenses, Tags and Permits - Fish
Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit
Fee Qualifications
(Permit holders must still acquire the
limitations are classified in severity as Class III or Class IV, accord-
appropriate license and tags.)
ing to standards established by the American Heart Association;
4. Has a permanent, physical impairment that prevents the person
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from holding or shooting a firearm or bow or from holding a fishing
rod in hand; or
5. 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
• 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).
• Holders of a Oregon Disabilities Hunting and Fishing Permit; a
Permanent Wheel-chair Angling License or a Permanent Blind
Angler License (issued prior to 2000); or a Walking Disability Permit
(issued prior to 1988) may 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 holder may angle with use of
electric powered reels. Rods with electric reels may be kept in rod
holder when angling and landing fish.
• A person may assist a disabled angler provided:
1. The person assisting the disabled angler has the appropriate
license and tags in possession and a copy of the disabled angler’s
Permanent Disabilities Permit while providing assistance.
2. The Permanent Disabilities Permit holder is present and participating
in the angling activities.
3. Fish harvested while providing assistance to the Permanent
Disabilities Permit holder become part of the Disabled Permit
holder’s bag and possession limit.
4. The disabled angler and their assistant(s) may only use one fishing
rod while being assisted or providing assistance, except in
Two-Rod waters when disabled angler and assistant(s) have
Two-Rod validations.
5. The person(s) assisting the disabled angler may be in possession
of their daily bag limit and still assist the disabled angler.
Licenses and Permits - Shellfish Fee Qualifications
Resident Annual Shellfish License* $7.00
• Same qualifications as Resident Annual Angling License (see page
5 under Licenses, Tags and Permits).
Nonresident Annual Shellfish License* $20.50 • No residency requirements.
Disabled Veteran Shellfish License Free • Available only at ODFW offices.
• Must have resided in Oregon for at least 6 consecutive months
immediately before applying for a license and provide written
certification of at least 25 percent disability from Veterans Affairs or
a branch of the Armed Forces.
Nonresident 3-day Shellfish License* $11.50 • No residency requirements.
Disabled Clam Digger Permit
Free • Issued by ODFW Newport, Charleston or Astoria offices.
• A person may assist a disabled clam digger,
• Written certification from a licensed physician that the applicant
provided:
meets one of the following criteria:
1. Both diggers have their own containers for
1. Severely limited mobility because of paralysis or loss of use of
clams; and
some or all of a person’s legs or arms;
2. The disabled clam digger is within 100
2. Loss of vision or substantial loss of visual acuity or visual field
feet of the assistant while the assistant is
beyond correction; or
digging; and
3. Unable to walk without an assistive device or unable to walk more
3. The disabled clam digger has one of the
than 200 feet.
permits or licenses listed in possession on
• The doctor’s certification must state whether the condition is
the clam beds; and
permanent or temporary and, if temporary, the date when assistance
4. The person assisting the clam digger holding
would no longer be required.
one of the permits or licenses listed has a
• A Disabled Veterans License, a Oregon Disabilities Hunting and
copy of said permit or license in possession
Fishing Permit, Wheelchair Angler License, or a Blind Angler
on the clam beds.
License, issued by ODFW, may be used instead of the Disabled
Clam Digger Permit.
• A shellfish license is required in addition to this permit.
Abalone Harvest Permit / Scallop Harvest Permit
Text highlighted in blue is new or changed from 2012
Free • Issued by ODFW Newport, Charleston or Astoria offices.
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