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Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4510
Organization of Rules
Administrative rules for the Siletz River Basin fish management plan are organized as follows:
(1) OAR 635-500-4520 covers Siletz River Basin, all waters.
(2) OAR 635-500-4530 covers habitat management.
(3) OAR 635-500-4540 covers chum salmon.
(4) OAR 635-500-4550 covers fall chinook.
(5) OAR 635-500-4560 covers spring chinook.
(6) OAR 635-500-4570 covers coho salmon.
(7) OAR 635-500-4580 covers winter steelhead.
(8) OAR 635-500-4590 covers summer steelhead.
(9) OAR 635-500-4600 covers cutthroat trout.
(10) OAR 635-500-4610 covers white and green sturgeon.
(11) OAR 635-500-4620 covers Pacific lamprey.
(12) OAR 635-500-4630 covers crayfish.
(13) OAR 635-500-4640 covers public access.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4520
Siletz River Basin, All Waters
Policies and objective for fish management in the Siletz River Basin, all waters.
(1) Policies:
(a) Fish management in the Siletz River Basin shall be directed at protecting and restoring self-sustaining populations of all fish species native to the basin;
(b) Management of individual fish populations and their habitat shall only be emphasized when remedial actions are needed to address critical stocks or species, or when a population is the cause of constraints placed on mixed-stock fisheries or land use activities;
(c) Permanent natural barriers to fish migration shall not be altered to allow fish passage and fish shall not be transplanted above these barriers;
(d) Conservation objectives take priority over harvest objectives;
(e) Introduction of non-native fin fish species into flowing waters of the Siletz River Basin shall be prohibited.
(2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to the Siletz River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4530
Habitat Management
Policies and objectives for habitat management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall actively pursue and promote habitat protection and improvement necessary to achieve the objectives for management of the basin's aquatic resources;
(b) The Department shall coordinate with and advise landowners and management agencies of the Siletz River Basin;
(c) Habitat protection shall be emphasized over habitat restoration and enhancement;
(d) Potential losses of fish production from habitat alteration shall be prevented or reduced to the extent possible.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain or increase in-stream flows during summer low flow periods in the Siletz River Basin;
(b) Reduce summer water temperatures where artificial warming occurs that is detrimental to fish;
(c) Increase in-stream channel complexity in the Siletz River Basin;
(d) Reduce artificially accelerated erosion rates and inputs of sediments into waterways in the Siletz River Basin;
(e) Prevent chemical contaminants from degrading fish habitat in the Siletz River Basin;
(f) Restore natural fish passage conditions in the Siletz River Basin;
(g) Increase habitat area available to fish in the Siletz River Basin;
(h) Coordinate with other agencies and landowners to implement habitat protection and restoration activities.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4540
Chum Salmon
Policy and objective for chum salmon management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Siletz River Basin shall be managed for naturally produced chum salmon except for hatchery releases designed specifically to assist in the recovery of the wild population.
(2) Objective: Achieve an annual chum salmon spawning escapement of at least 300 adults.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4550
Fall Chinook
Policy and objectives for fall chinook management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policy: Fall chinook in the Siletz River Basin shall be managed for wild production only.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an average annual peak count of 50 adult and jack fall chinook per mile in spawning survey index areas in the Siletz River Basin;
(b) Provide a potential in-river harvest of 1,200 fall chinook annually;
(c) Cooperate with the Siletz Tribe in developing a mutually acceptable fishery based on provisions in the Agreement (US Public Law 96-340).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4560
Spring Chinook
Policy and objectives for spring chinook management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policy: Spring chinook in the Siletz River Basin shall be managed for wild production only, except for hatchery programs specifically designed to assist recovering the wild population.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an annual spring chinook escapement of at least 300 adults with population components in both the lower and upper parts of the basin;
(b) Achieve an in-river harvest of at least 50 spring chinook annually if the population exceeds 300 spawners and is documented to be secure.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4570
Coho Salmon
Policies and objectives for coho salmon management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Siletz River Basin shall be managed for production of both wild and hatchery coho salmon;
(b) Coho hatchery stocks that can be used in the Siletz River Basin are limited to the existing Siletz hatchery stock or a broodstock developed from native Siletz coho.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an annual benchmark for wild coho spawning escapement in the Siletz River Basin of 4,300 adult coho salmon during poor marine survival conditions, and 7,400 adults under more moderate conditions;
(b) Achieve an average summer juvenile coho salmon seeding level of at least 1.5 fish per meter squared of pool habitat in streams suitable for coho production;
(c) Recover Siletz River Basin wild coho salmon sufficiently to prevent restrictions on fisheries targeting other species or fin clipped hatchery coho, and sufficiently to provide for future harvest in the Siletz River Basin;
(d) Cooperate with the Siletz Tribe in developing a mutually acceptable fishery based on provisions in the Agreement (US Public Law 96-340).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4580
Winter Steelhead
Policies and objectives for winter steelhead in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Winter steelhead in the Siletz River Basin shall be managed for wild and hatchery production;
(b) Winter steelhead hatchery stocks that can be used in the Siletz River Basin are limited to a broodstock developed from naturally produced Siletz winter steelhead.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Increase production of wild winter steelhead in the Siletz River Basin below Siletz Falls from present levels;
(b) Develop an information base and methodology for measuring and monitoring natural production of winter steelhead in the Siletz River Basin over the next five years;
(c) Provide an opportunity to catch an average of 1,500 hatchery winter steelhead in the Siletz River Basin;
(d) Provide angling opportunities for wild winter steelhead in the Siletz River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4590
Summer Steelhead
Policies and objectives for summer steelhead management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Summer steelhead in the Siletz River Basin shall be managed for wild and hatchery production;
(b) Summer steelhead hatchery stocks that can be used in the Siletz River Basin are limited to the native Siletz summer steelhead stock.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve a wild summer steelhead spawning escapement of 700 adults;
(b) Provide an opportunity to catch an average of 2,400 hatchery summer steelhead in the Siletz River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4600
Cutthroat Trout
Policy and objectives for cutthroat trout management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policy: Cutthroat trout in stream reaches of the Siletz River Basin shall be managed for wild production only. Hatchery programs for trout shall be confined to lakes and reservoirs without substantial wild cutthroat trout production.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain the existing distribution and density of wild cutthroat trout in the Siletz River Basin;
(b) Re-establish spring, summer and early fall fishing opportunities for cutthroat trout in Siletz River Basin streams, when populations warrant.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4610
White and Green Sturgeon
Policies and objective for white and green sturgeon management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Siletz River Basin management of white and green sturgeon shall be consistent with management in the lower Columbia and other coastal estuaries;
(b) There shall be no hatchery programs or transplants of sturgeon in the Siletz River Basin.
(2) Objective: Provide angling opportunities for sturgeon in the Siletz River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4620
Pacific Lamprey
Policy and objective for Pacific lamprey management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Siletz River Basin shall be managed for wild production of Pacific lamprey.
(2) Objective: Maintain or increase Pacific lamprey production in the Siletz River Basin where they naturally occur.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4630
Crayfish
Objectives for crayfish management in the Siletz River Basin. Objectives:
(1) Maintain natural production of crayfish in the Siletz River Basin;
(2) Determine the size and importance of the recreational crayfish harvest in the Siletz River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4640
Public Access
Policies and objectives for public access management in the Siletz River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall seek to provide access for boat and bank angling that shall satisfy public need for a variety of angling opportunities and a dispersion of angling effort throughout the basin.
(b) Acquisition and development of angler access sites shall be consistent with guidelines and objectives for management of fish species and habitat.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain sufficient boat launches to allow anglers to access to areas from Moonshine Park downstream to the mouth of Siletz Bay;
(b) Maintain bank angling access in the Siletz Gorge.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4800
Applicability
OAR 635-500-4800 through 635-500-4940 apply to the Alsea River Basin. The Alsea River Basin is 466 square miles in size and contains about 950 miles of stream. The mainstem Alsea River is 43.5 miles long. Major tributaries include the North and South Forks of the Alsea River, Fall Creek, the Five Rivers system including Lobster Creek, and Drift Creek. The Alsea River enters the Pacific Ocean at Waldport, Oregon.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4810
Organization of Rules
Administrative rules for the Alsea River Basin fish management plan are organized as follows:
(1) OAR 635-500-4820 covers Alsea River Basin, all waters.
(2) OAR 635-500-4830 covers habitat management.
(3) OAR 635-500-4840 covers chum salmon.
(4) OAR 635-500-4850 covers fall chinook.
(5) OAR 635-500-4860 covers spring chinook.
(6) OAR 635-500-4870 covers coho salmon.
(7) OAR 635-500-4880 covers winter steelhead.
(8) OAR 635-500-4890 covers cutthroat trout.
(9) OAR 635-500-4900 covers white and green sturgeon.
(10) OAR 635-500-4910 covers Pacific lamprey.
(11) OAR 635-500-4920 covers crayfish.
(12) OAR 635-500-4930 covers public access.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4820
Alsea River Basin, All Waters
Policies and objective for fish management in the Alsea River Basin, all waters.
(1) Policies:
(a) Fish management in the Alsea River Basin shall be directed at protecting and restoring self-sustaining populations of all fish species native to the basin;
(b) Management of individual fish populations and their habitat shall only be emphasized when remedial actions are needed to address critical stocks or species, or when a population is the cause of constraints placed on mixed-stock fisheries or land use activities;
(c) Permanent natural barriers to fish migration shall not be altered to allow fish passage and fish shall not be transplanted above these barriers;
(d) Conservation objectives take priority over harvest objectives;
(e) Introduction of non-native fin fish species into flowing waters of the Alsea River Basin shall be prohibited.
(2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to the Alsea River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4830
Habitat Management
Policies and objectives for habitat management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall actively pursue and promote habitat protection and improvement necessary to achieve the objectives for management of the basin's aquatic resources;
(b) The Department shall coordinate with and advise landowners and management agencies of the Alsea River Basin;
(c) Habitat protection shall be emphasized over habitat restoration and enhancement;
(d) Potential losses of fish production from habitat alteration shall be prevented or reduced to the extent possible.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain or increase in-stream flows during summer low flow periods in the Alsea River Basin;
(b) Reduce summer water temperatures where artificial warming occurs that is detrimental to fish;
(c) Increase in-stream channel complexity in the Alsea River Basin;
(d) Reduce artificially accelerated erosion rates and inputs of sediments into waterways in the Alsea River Basin;
(e) Prevent chemical contaminants from degrading fish habitat in the Alsea River Basin;
(f) Restore natural fish passage conditions in the Alsea River Basin;
(g) Increase habitat area available to fish in the Alsea River Basin;
(h) Coordinate with other agencies and landowners to implement habitat protection and restoration activities.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4840
Chum Salmon
Policy and objective for chum salmon management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Alsea River Basin shall be managed for naturally produced chum salmon except for hatchery releases designed specifically to assist in the recovery of the wild population.
(2) Objective: Achieve an annual chum salmon spawning escapement of at least 300 adults.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4850
Fall Chinook
Policy and objectives for fall chinook management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policy: Fall chinook in the Alsea River Basin shall be managed for wild production only.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an average annual peak count of 80 adult and jack fall chinook per mile in spawning survey index areas in the Alsea River Basin;
(b) Provide an annual average in-river harvest of 2,500 wild fall chinook.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4860
Spring Chinook
Policy and objectives for spring chinook management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policy: Spring chinook in the Alsea River Basin shall be managed for wild production only except for hatchery programs specifically designed to recover the wild population.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an annual spring chinook escapement of at least 300 adults with population components in both the lower and upper parts of the basin;
(b) If escapement levels are achieved, provide an opportunity to angle for spring chinook in the mainstem Alsea River below Five Rivers.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4870
Coho Salmon
Policies and objectives for coho salmon management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Alsea River Basin shall be managed for wild coho production with an option for a hatchery program;
(b) Coho hatchery stocks that can be used in the Alsea River Basin are limited to a new broodstock developed from wild Alsea River Basin coho.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an average benchmark for wild coho spawner abundance in the Alsea River Basin between 15,100 adult coho spawners during poor marine survival conditions, and 21,500 adult coho during more moderate marine conditions;
(b) Achieve an average summer juvenile coho salmon seeding level of at least 1.5 fish per meter squared of pool habitat in streams suitable for coho production;
(c) Recover Alsea River Basin wild coho salmon sufficiently to prevent restrictions on fisheries targeting other species or fin clipped hatchery coho, and sufficiently to provide for future harvest in the Alsea River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4880
Winter Steelhead
Policies and objectives for winter steelhead in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Winter steelhead in the Alsea River Basin shall be managed for wild and hatchery production;
(b) Winter steelhead hatchery stocks that can be used in the Alsea River Basin are limited to the Alsea Hatchery broodstock or a broodstock developed from native Alsea winter steelhead.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Increase production of wild winter steelhead;
(b) Develop an information base and methodology for measuring and monitoring natural production of winter steelhead in the Alsea River Basin over the next five years;
(c) Provide an average annual catch of 2,400 hatchery winter steelhead in the Alsea River Basin;
(d) Provide angling opportunities for wild winter steelhead in the Alsea River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4890
Cutthroat Trout
Policy and objective for cutthroat trout management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policy: Cutthroat trout in stream reaches of the Alsea River Basin shall be managed for wild production only. Hatchery programs for trout shall be confined to lakes and reservoirs without substantial wild cutthroat trout production.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain at least the existing distribution, density and genetic diversity of wild cutthroat trout in the Alsea River Basin;
(b) Increase the searun cutthroat component of the cutthroat trout resource to levels comparable to those during 1966-70;
(c) Re-establish spring, summer and early fall consumptive angling opportunities for cutthroat trout in Alsea River Basin streams, when populations warrant;
(d) Provide additional angler opportunity to catch hatchery trout under the intensive use management alternative for trout in Thistle Pond and Eckman Lake.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4900
White and Green Sturgeon
Policies and objective for white and green sturgeon management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Management of white and green sturgeon in the Alsea River Basin shall be consistent with management in the lower Columbia River and other coastal estuaries;
(b) There shall be no hatchery program or transplants of sturgeon in the Alsea River Basin.
(2) Objective: Provide angling opportunities for sturgeon in the Alsea River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4910
Pacific Lamprey
Policy and objective for Pacific lamprey management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Alsea River Basin shall be managed for wild production of Pacific lamprey.
(2) Objective: Maintain or increase Pacific lamprey production in rivers and streams in the Alsea River Basin where they naturally occur.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4920
Crayfish
Objectives for crayfish management in the Alsea River Basin. Objectives:
(1) Maintain natural production of crayfish in the Alsea River Basin;
(2) Determine the size and importance of the recreational crayfish harvest in the Alsea River Basin;
(3) Maintain recreational crayfish harvest opportunity in the Alsea River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-4930
Public Access
Policies and objectives for public access management in the Alsea River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall seek to provide access for boat and bank angling that shall satisfy public need for a variety of angling opportunities and a dispersion of angling effort throughout the basin;
(b) Acquisition and development of angler access sites shall be consistent with guidelines and objectives for management of fish species and habitat.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain sufficient boat launches to allow anglers access to areas from Mill Creek downstream to the mouth of Alsea Bay;
(b) Maintain or improve bank angling opportunities along the mainstem Alsea River above Mill Creek and the North Fork Alsea River, and Fall Creek below the hatcheries;
(c) Maintain access to Slide Lake and Klickitat Lake.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5000
Applicability
OAR 635-500-5000 through 635-500-5110 apply to the Yachats River Basin. The Yachats River Basin is about 44 square miles in size and contains about 69 miles of stream. Major tributaries of the Yachats River include the North Fork and School Fork. The Yachats River enters the Pacific Ocean at the town of Yachats. About two-thirds of the land in the Yachats River Basin is in federal ownership and nearly one-third privately owned.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5010
Organization of Rules
Administrative rules for the Yachats River Basin fish management plan are organized as follows:
(1) OAR 635-500-5020 covers Yachats River Basin, all waters.
(2) OAR 635-500-5030 covers habitat management.
(3) OAR 635-500-5040 covers fall chinook.
(4) OAR 635-500-5050 covers chum salmon.
(5) OAR 635-500-5060 covers coho salmon.
(6) OAR 635-500-5070 covers winter steelhead.
(7) OAR 635-500-5080 covers cutthroat trout.
(8) OAR 635-500-5090 covers Pacific lamprey.
(9) OAR 635-500-5100 covers crayfish.
(10) OAR 635-500-5110 covers public access.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5020
Yachats River Basin, All Waters
Policies and objective for fish management in the Yachats River Basin, all waters.
(1) Policies:
(a) Fish management in the Yachats River Basin shall be directed at protecting and restoring self-sustaining populations of all fish species native to the basin;
(b) Management of individual fish populations and their habitat shall only be emphasized when remedial actions are needed to address critical stocks or species, or when a population is the cause of constraints placed on mixed-stock fisheries or land use activities;
(c) Permanent natural barriers to fish migration shall not be altered to allow fish passage, and fish shall not be stocked above these barriers. However, existing fish ladders shall be maintained;
(d) Conservation objectives take priority over harvest objectives.
(2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to the Yachats River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5030
Habitat Management
Policies and objectives for habitat management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall actively pursue and promote habitat protection and improvement necessary to achieve the objectives for management of the basin's aquatic resources;
(b) The Department shall coordinate with and advise landowners and management agencies of the Yachats River Basin;
(c) Habitat protection shall be emphasized over habitat restoration and enhancement;
(d) Potential losses of fish production from habitat alteration shall be prevented or reduced to the extent possible.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain or increase in-stream flows during summer low flow periods in the Yachats River Basin;
(b) Reduce summer water temperatures where artificial warming occurs that is detrimental to fish;
(c) Increase in-stream channel complexity in the Yachats River Basin;
(d) Reduce artificially accelerated erosion rates and inputs of sediments into waterways in the Yachats River Basin;
(e) Prevent chemical contaminants from degrading fish habitat in the Yachats River Basin;
(f) Protect natural fish passage conditions in the Yachats River Basin;
(g) Increase habitat area available to fish in the Yachats River Basin;
(h) Coordinate with other agencies and landowners to implement habitat protection and restoration activities.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5040
Fall Chinook
Policy and objectives for fall chinook management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: Fall chinook in the Yachats River Basin shall be managed for wild production only.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve spawning escapement of at least 300 spawners;
(b) Provide an opportunity to harvest an average of 40 fall chinook in the in-river fishery.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5050
Chum Salmon
Policy and objective for chum salmon management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: Chum salmon in the Yachats River Basin shall be managed for natural production only.
(2) Objective: Determine if a self-sustaining natural population of chum salmon exists in the Yachats River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5060
Coho Salmon
Policy and objectives for coho salmon management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Yachats River Basin shall be managed for production of wild coho salmon.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Provide an average annual wild coho spawning escapement in the Yachats River Basin of 40 fish per mile of juvenile coho salmon rearing habitat;
(b) Achieve an average summer juvenile coho salmon seeding level of at least one fish per square meter of pool habitat in streams suitable for coho production;
(c) Recover Yachats River Basin wild coho salmon suffi-ciently to allow an in-river fishery on wild coho.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5070
Winter Steelhead
Policy and objectives for winter steelhead management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Yachats River Basin shall be managed for wild production of winter steelhead.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Increase production of wild winter steelhead;
(b) Develop an informational base and methodology for measuring and monitoring wild winter steelhead in the Yachats River Basin over the next five years;
(c) Provide catch-and-release angling opportunities for wild winter steelhead in the Yachats River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5080
Cutthroat Trout
Policy and objectives for cutthroat trout management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: Cutthroat trout in stream reaches of the Yachats River Basin shall be managed for wild production only.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain or improve the existing distribution, density, and genetic diversity of cutthroat trout in the Yachats River Basin;
(b) Re-establish spring, summer and early fall consumptive angling opportunities for cutthroat trout in Yachats River Basin streams, when populations warrant.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5090
Pacific Lamprey
Policy and objective for Pacific lamprey management in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Yachats River Basin shall be managed for wild production of Pacific lamprey.
(2) Objective: Maintain Pacific lamprey production in rivers and streams in the Yachats River Basin where they naturally occur.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5100
Crayfish
Objectives for crayfish in the Yachats River Basin. Objectives:
(1) Maintain natural production of crayfish in the Yachats River Basin;
(2) Monitor the size and importance of the commercial crayfish harvest in the Yachats River Basin;
(3) Determine the size and importance of the recreational crayfish harvest in the Yachats River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5110
Public Access
Policy and objective for public access in the Yachats River Basin.
(1) Policy: Acquisition and development of angler access sites shall be consistent with guidelines and objectives for management of fish species and habitat.
(2) Objective: Increase bank angling access in the Yachats River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5200
Applicability
OAR 635-500-5200 through 635-500-5340 apply to the Siuslaw River Basin. The Siuslaw River Basin is about 776 square miles in size. It contains about 1,242 miles of fish bearing stream. The Siuslaw River enters the Pacific Ocean near Florence, Oregon. The mainstem Siuslaw River is 110 miles long, including 22 miles of estuary. The Siuslaw has two major tributary systems. The North Fork Siuslaw River contains 118 miles of stream. Lake Creek contains about 203 miles of stream.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5210
Organization of Rules
Administrative rules for the Siuslaw River Basin fish management plan are organized as follows:
(1) OAR 635-500-5220 covers Siuslaw River Basin, all waters.
(2) OAR 635-500-5230 covers habitat management.
(3) OAR 635-500-5240 covers fall chinook.
(4) OAR 635-500-5250 covers spring chinook.
(5) OAR 635-500-5260 covers coho salmon.
(6) OAR 635-500-5270 covers chum salmon.
(7) OAR 635-500-5280 covers winter steelhead.
(8) OAR 635-500-5290 covers cutthroat trout.
(9) OAR 635-500-5300 covers American shad.
(10) OAR 635-500-5310 covers white and green sturgeon.
(11) OAR 635-500-5320 covers Pacific lamprey.
(12) OAR 635-500-5330 covers crayfish.
(13) OAR 635-500-5340 covers public access.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5220
Siuslaw River Basin, All Waters
Policies and objective for fish management in the Siuslaw River Basin, all waters.
(1) Policies:
(a) Fish management in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be directed at protecting and restoring self-sustaining populations of all fish species native to the basin;
(b) Management of individual fish populations and their habitat shall only be emphasized when remedial actions are needed to address critical stocks or species, or when a population is the cause of constraints placed on mixed-stock fisheries or land use activities;
(c) Permanent natural barriers to fish migration shall not be altered to allow fish passage and fish shall not be transplanted above these barriers. However, existing fish ladders shall be maintained;
(d) Conservation objectives takes priority over harvest objectives;
(e) Introduction of non-native fish species into flowing waters of the Siuslaw River Basin shall be prohibited.
(2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5230
Habitat Management
Policies and objectives for habitat management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall actively pursue and promote habitat protection and improvement necessary to achieve the objectives for management of the basin's aquatic resources;
(b) The Department shall coordinate with and advise landowners and management agencies of the Siuslaw River Basin;
(c) Habitat protection shall be emphasized over habitat restoration and enhancement;
(d) Potential losses of fish production from habitat alteration shall be prevented or reduced to the extent possible.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain or increase in-stream flows during summer low flow periods in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(b) Reduce summer water temperatures where artificial warming occurs that is detrimental to fish;
(c) Increase in-stream channel complexity in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(d) Reduce artificially accelerated erosion rates and inputs of sediments into waterways in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(e) Prevent chemical contaminants from degrading fish habitat in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(f) Restore natural fish passage conditions in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(g) Increase habitat area available to fish in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(h) Coordinate with other agencies and landowners to implement habitat protection and restoration activities.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5240
Fall Chinook
Policies and objectives for fall chinook management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Fall chinook in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild production only;
(b) The tidewater fishery for fall chinook in the Siuslaw River Basin shall have priority over the freshwater fishery.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an average annual peak count of 100 adult and jack fall chinook per mile in spawning survey index areas in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(b) Provide an opportunity to harvest 2,500 fall chinook annually in the in-river fishery.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5250
Spring Chinook
Policy and objective for spring chinook management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policy: Spring chinook in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild production only.
(2) Objective: Determine if a distinct population of wild spring chinook exists in the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5260
Coho Salmon
Policies and objectives for coho salmon management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild coho production with an option for a hatchery program;
(b) Coho hatchery stocks that can be used in the Siuslaw River Basin are limited to a new broodstock developed from wild Siuslaw River Basin coho, except that Siltcoos or Tahkenitch stock can be used in the Munsel Lake System;
(c) The tidewater fishery for coho shall have priority over the freshwater coho fishery in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Achieve an annual benchmark for wild coho spawning escapement in the Siuslaw River Basin between 22,800 adult coho salmon during poor marine survival conditions, and 39,200 adults during more moderate conditions;
(b) Achieve an average summer juvenile coho salmon density of at least 1.5 fish per square meter of pool habitat in streams suitable for coho production;
(c) Recover Siuslaw River Basin wild coho salmon sufficiently to allow fisheries targeting fin clipped hatchery coho;
(d) Recover Siuslaw River Basin wild coho salmon sufficiently to allow an in-river fishery on wild coho.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5270
Chum Salmon
Policy and objective for chum salmon management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policy: Chum salmon in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for natural production only.
(2) Objective: Determine if a self-sustaining natural population of chum salmon exists in the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5280
Winter Steelhead
Policies and objectives for winter steelhead management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Winter steelhead in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild and hatchery production;
(b) Winter steelhead hatchery stocks that can be used in the Siuslaw River Basin are limited to Siuslaw winter steelhead.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Increase production of wild winter steelhead;
(b) Develop an information base and methodology for measuring and monitoring natural production of winter steelhead in the Siuslaw River Basin over the next five years;
(c) Provide catch-and-release angling opportunities for wild winter steelhead in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(d) Provide for a consumptive harvest of 2,000 winter steelhead annually with a hatchery program.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5290
Cutthroat Trout
Policy and objectives for public access in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policy: Cutthroat trout in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild production only. Hatchery programs for trout shall be confined to lakes and reservoirs without substantial wild cutthroat trout production.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain or improve the existing distribution and density, and genetic diversity of cutthroat trout population in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(b) Restore the searun component of the cutthroat trout population to 1965-70 levels of abundance;
(c) Re-establish spring, summer and early fall consumptive angling opportunities for cutthroat trout in Siuslaw River Basin streams, when populations warrant.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5300
American Shad
Policies and objectives for American shad management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild production of American shad;
(b) Fisheries for American shad in the Siuslaw River Basin shall be limited to sport fisheries.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain a self-sustaining population of American shad in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(b) Provide a recreational fishery for shad in the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5310
White and Green Sturgeon
Policies and objective for white and green sturgeon management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) Siuslaw River Basin management of white and green sturgeon shall be consistent with management in the lower Columbia and other coastal estuaries;
(b) There shall be no hatchery programs for sturgeon in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(2) Objective: Provide angling opportunities for sturgeon in the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5320
Pacific Lamprey
Policy and objective for Pacific lamprey management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policy: The Siuslaw River Basin shall be managed for wild production of Pacific lamprey.
(2) Objective: Maintain Pacific lamprey production in rivers and streams in the Siuslaw River Basin where they naturally occur.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5330
Crayfish
Objectives for crayfish management in the Siuslaw River Basin. Objectives:
(1) Maintain natural production of crayfish in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(2) Monitor the size and importance of the commercial crayfish harvest in the Siuslaw River Basin;
(3) Determine the size and importance of the recreational crayfish harvest in the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-98
635-500-5340
Public Access
Policies and objectives for public access management in the Siuslaw River Basin.
(1) Policies:
(a) The Department shall seek to provide access for boat and bank angling that shall satisfy public need for a variety of angling opportunities and a dispersion of angling effort throughout the basin;
(b) Acquisition and development of angler access sites shall be consistent with guidelines and objectives for management of fish species and habitat.
(2) Objectives:
(a) Maintain sufficient boat access to allow anglers access to navigable reaches of the Siuslaw River Basin;
(b) Increase bank angling access in the Siuslaw River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 5-1998, f. & cert. ef. 1-12-9
635-500-5400
Nestucca River -- Winter Steelhead
The goal of the Wild Fish Management Plan for Nestucca River winter steelhead is a maximum of 10% hatchery fish on spawning grounds. This goal will be achieved by the following strategies:
(1) Transition to local broodstock within an interim period from the current non-local broodstock.
(2) Maintain hatchery release of 110,000 smolts/year.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.012, ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146, ORS 506.109, ORS 506.119 & ORS 506.129
Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.012, ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146, ORS 506.109, ORS 506.119 & ORS 506.129
Hist.: DFW 107-2001, f. & cert. ef. 11-5-01
Upper Deschutes River Subbasin Anadromous
Fish Management
635-500-6000
Applicability
OAR 635-500-6000 through 635-500-6060 apply to the upper Deschutes River subbasin including: the Crooked River subbasin upstream to Bowman and Ochoco Dams; the Metolius River subbasin including Suttle Lake, Blue Lake, and Link Creek; the Deschutes River subbasin upstream to Big Falls including Squaw Creek; Lake Billy Chinook, and Lake Simtustus. These areas are located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains in Central Oregon primarily in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.14 & 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & 506.129
Hist.: DFW 129-2003, f. & cert. ef. 12-15-03
635-500-6010
Organization of Rules
(1) Administrative rules for the Upper Deschutes Subbasin anadromous fish management policies and objectives are organized as follows: Rule Number -- Subject.
(2) OAR 635-500-6020 covers policies and objectives for summer steelhead management in the upper Deschutes subbasin.
(3) OAR 635-500-6030 covers policies and objectives for spring chinook management in the upper Deschutes subbasin
(4) OAR 635-500-6040 covers policies and objectives for sockeye salmon management in the upper Deschutes subbasin
(5) OAR 635-500-6050 covers policies and objectives for bull trout management in the upper Deschutes subbasin
(6) OAR 635-500-6060 covers policies and objectives for lamprey management in the upper Deschutes subbasin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.146 & 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & 506.129
Hist.: DFW 129-2003, f. & cert. ef. 12-15-03
635-500-6020
Summer Steelhead
(1) The following policies apply to summer steelhead management in the upper Deschutes subbasin:
(a) Only specific pathogen free hatchery reared eggs or juvenile summer steelhead will be released into the upper Deschutes River subbasin until they return as adults to the Pelton Trap.
(b) Only summer steelhead adults known to have originated upstream of Round Butte Dam or reared in a M. cerebralis free environment will be released above the dam until passage measures are proven successful.
(c) Summer steelhead of any origin may be considered for passage upstream of Round Butte Dam once it has been determined the population is able to sustain itself.
(d) The upper Deschutes River subbasin will be managed for native summer steelhead consistent with the Native Fish Conservation Policy (OAR 635-007-0503).
(2) The following objectives apply to summer steelhead management in the upper Deschutes subbasin:
(a) Maintain self-sustaining populations of naturally produced summer steelhead upstream of Round Butte Dam. A stock recruitment model will be developed for native summer steelhead to determine specific escapement numbers necessary to meet conservation goals.
(b) Provide a non-consumptive recreational fishery above Pelton if naturally produced summer steelhead spawner escapement exceeds conservation goals in five consecutive years.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.146 & 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & 506.129
Hist.: DFW 129-2003, f. & cert. ef. 12-15-03
635-500-6030
Spring Chinook
(1) The following policies apply to spring chinook management in the upper Deschutes subbasin:
(a) Only specific pathogen free hatchery reared eggs or juvenile spring chinook will be released into the upper Deschutes River subbasin until they return as adults to the Pelton Trap.
(b) Only spring chinook adults known to have originated upstream of Round Butte Dam or reared in a M. cerebralis free environment will be released above the dam until passage measures are proven successful.
(c) Spring chinook of any origin may be considered for passage into habitats upstream of Round Butte Dam once it has been determined the population is able to sustain itself.
(d) The upper Deschutes River subbasin will be managed for native spring chinook consistent with the Native Fish Conservation Policy (OAR 635-007-0503).
(2) The following objectives apply to spring chinook management in the upper Deschutes subbasin:
(a) Maintain conservation levels of self-sustaining populations of naturally produced spring chinook upstream of Round Butte Dam. A stock recruitment model will be developed for spring chinook to determine specific escapement numbers necessary to meet conservation goals.
(b) Provide opportunity to harvest spring chinook if spawner escapement goal is exceeds conservation goals in five consecutive years.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, 496.146 & 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & 506.129
Hist.:DFW 129-2003, f. & cert. ef. 12-15-03 (continued)