Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 497.079 (2026)
Open fishing and shellfish taking days
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497.079 Open fishing and shellfish taking days. Notwithstanding ORS 497.075, 497.121 and 497.132, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may issue, up to four times each year, an order that authorizes individuals to angle for fish or take shellfish in the waters of this state without the licenses or tags, or without the licenses and tags otherwise required by law, on any two consecutive days. [1989 c.344 §2; 1995 c.177 §1; 2003 c.656 §7; 2015 c.764 §1]
497.080 [Repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
497.090 [Repealed by 1965 c.295 §3]
497.100 [1959 c.692 §§2,3(1),(3); 1961 c.536 §2; 1971 c.446 §5; repealed by 1973 c.723 §130]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2006–2006 · leading case: State v. Milburn, 134 P.3d 969 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
State v. Milburn, 134 P.3d 969 (Or. Ct. App. 2006). “Defendant contends that, by fishing on “free fishing weekend,” ORS 497.079, he was not “engaging] in the activity for which [an angling] license * * * is required.”
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