Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 496.435 (2026)

Policy to recover and sustain native stocks

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      496.435 Policy to recover and sustain native stocks. Consistent with other provisions of law, it is declared to be a goal of the people of the State of Oregon to achieve recovery and sustainability of native stocks of salmon and trout. In order to achieve this goal in a cost-effective manner, the State of Oregon shall engage in a program to rehabilitate and improve natural habitat and native stocks and ensure that the level of harvest does not exceed the capacity of stocks to reproduce themselves. The State of Oregon shall promote rehabilitation of salmon and trout populations by reintroducing the fish to habitats by using the salmon and trout enhancement program and remote hatchboxes. [1981 c.317 §3; 1999 c.189 §1; 2003 c.463 §2]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Siletz Anglers Assn. v. ODFW, 336 Or. App. 272 (Or. Ct. App. 2024).
Siletz Anglers Assn. v. ODFW, 336 Or. App. 272 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 9× “With regard to salmon in particular, ORS 496.435 provides that “it is declared to be a goal of the people of the State of Oregon to achieve recovery and sustainability of native stocks of salmon.”
Siletz Anglers Assn. v. ODFW, 336 Or. App. 272 (Or. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 9× “With regard to salmon in particular, ORS 496.435 provides that “it is declared to be a goal of the people of the State of Oregon to achieve recovery and sustainability of native stocks of salmon.”
Oregon Aqua-Foods, Inc. v. Paulus, 676 P.2d 870 (Or. 1984). “ORS 496.435, 496.440 and 506.109. We do not agree, however, with the conclusion in the certified explanation that the thrust of the first part of the measure is the same as, or similar to, existing statutory mandates.”
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