Oregon Revised Statutes
Or. Rev. Stat. § 508.025 (2026)
License required to take, process or deal in fish
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508.025 License required to take, process or deal in fish. (1) It is unlawful for any person, without first procuring a license from the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, to:
(a) Take food fish in any of the waters of this state for commercial purposes or land food fish in this state for commercial purposes.
(b) Buy, sell or otherwise deal in food fish for commercial purposes.
(c) Process or can food fish for commercial purposes.
(2) In a prosecution under this section, it is no defense that a person did take the person’s own food fish for commercial purposes. [1965 c.570 §60]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1979–1979 · leading case: State v. Goodell, 590 P.2d 764 (Or. Ct. App. 1979).
State v. Goodell, 590 P.2d 764 (Or. Ct. App. 1979). “Defendant, a Chinook Indian, appeals his conviction of fishing in the Columbia River without a commercial fishing license (ORS 508.025,508.235). He argues: (1) The Treaty of Olympia (12 Stat 971), entered into in 1855 between the United States and the Quinault and Quileute…”
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