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Or. Rev. Stat. § 508.931 (2026)

Eligibility for permit

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      508.931 Eligibility for permit. (1) The system established under ORS 508.921 shall provide initial eligibility for vessels to participate in the ocean Dungeness crab fishery seasons established by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission, beginning on December 1, 1995, with a transferable ocean Dungeness crab permit only if:

      (a) The vessel for which application is made was continuously licensed pursuant to ORS 508.260 for the calendar years 1991 through 1994, and was used in the ocean Dungeness crab fishery to lawfully land into Oregon ports at least 500 pounds of ocean Dungeness crab in each of two crab fishing seasons between December 1, 1988, and December 31, 1994;

      (b) The vessel for which application is made was under construction between December 1, 1988, and August 14, 1991, for the purpose of ocean Dungeness crab fishing in waters of this state, and the vessel lawfully landed into Oregon ports at least 500 pounds of ocean Dungeness crab in each of two crab fishing seasons between December 1, 1988, and December 31, 1994, and was licensed as an Oregon vessel from the date of completion;

      (c) The vessel for which application is made was used in the ocean Dungeness crab fishery to lawfully land into Oregon ports at least 500 pounds of ocean Dungeness crab in each of two crab fishing seasons between December 1, 1991, and December 31, 1994, and is owned by a person who, prior to December 31, 1994, sold a vessel that was used prior to sale in the ocean Dungeness crab fishery to lawfully land into Oregon ports at least 500 pounds of ocean Dungeness crab in each of two crab fishing seasons between December 1, 1988, and December 31, 1994, and who, as a condition of the sale, retained the sold vessel’s commercial fishing rights to fish for ocean Dungeness crab in the ocean waters of Oregon;

      (d) The vessel for which application is made was continuously licensed pursuant to ORS 508.260 for the calendar years 1991 through 1994, was used in the ocean Dungeness crab fishery to lawfully land into Oregon ports at least 10,000 pounds of ocean Dungeness crab in one crab fishing season between December 1, 1988, and December 31, 1994, and the owner of the vessel on December 31, 1994, demonstrates possession of one or more vessel licenses described in ORS 508.260 in each of 10 separate years during the period December 1, 1980, to December 31, 1994; or

      (e) The vessel for which application is made was licensed pursuant to ORS 508.260 during 1994, is 26 feet or less in length and was used in the ocean Dungeness crab fishery to lawfully land into Oregon ports at least 100 pounds of ocean Dungeness crab in at least one crab fishing season between December 1, 1988, and December 31, 1994.

      (2) As used in this section:

      (a) “Crab fishing season” is the time period from December 1 of one year through August 14 of the next year.

      (b) “Owner” includes any ownership interest in a vessel, including interests arising from partnership or corporation. [1995 c.484 §4]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2010 · leading case: Marble v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 234 P.3d 1062 (Or. Ct. App. 2010).
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Marble v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 234 P.3d 1062 (Or. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 5× “Since 1995, Oregon has limited the entry of vessels into the commercial ocean Dungeness crab fishery by restricting eligibility for permits to those Oregon vessels that caught a specified amount of crab at a specified frequency during the late 1980s and early 1990s and lawfully…”
Fishermen Against Irresponsible Reallocation, Inc. v. Fish & Wildlife Comm'n, 193 P.3d 1014 (Or. Ct. App. 2008). “936, the legislature set forth certain limits on the transfer of vessel permits based on vessel length. Those provisions, individually and collectively, complement — and do not contradict — the commission’s authority to promulgate the regulations challenged here.”
Mar Pacifico, Inc. v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 939 P.2d 637 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 6× “941(2), which provides, in part: “The board may waive the eligibility requirements contained in ORS 508.931 if the board finds that the individual fails to meet the requirements as the result of illness, fire, sinking, accident or other circumstances beyond the individual’s…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 508.931(1) — 1 case
Mar Pacifico, Inc. v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 939 P.2d 637 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “941(2), which provides, in part: “The board may waive the eligibility requirements contained in ORS 508.931 if the board finds that the individual fails to meet the requirements as the result of illness, fire, sinking, accident or other circumstances beyond the individual’s…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 508.931(a) — 1 case
Mar Pacifico, Inc. v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 939 P.2d 637 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “941(2), which provides, in part: “The board may waive the eligibility requirements contained in ORS 508.931 if the board finds that the individual fails to meet the requirements as the result of illness, fire, sinking, accident or other circumstances beyond the individual’s…”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 508.931(d) — 1 case
Mar Pacifico, Inc. v. Dep't of Fish & Wildlife, 939 P.2d 637 (Or. Ct. App. 1997). “941(2), which provides, in part: “The board may waive the eligibility requirements contained in ORS 508.931 if the board finds that the individual fails to meet the requirements as the result of illness, fire, sinking, accident or other circumstances beyond the individual’s…”
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