Or. Admin. R. 635-007-0547

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 6, June 1, 2024

Section 635-007-0547 - Fish Hatchery Record Keeping

(1) Hatchery managers shall provide the following records for their operations:

(a) All Adult Transaction (AAT) records for all adults handled at the facility.

(b) Hatchery Mark Recovery Sampling forms to record adult fish sampled for coded-wire tags;

(c) Egg and Fry Records (EFR) for all eggs and fry handled at each facility;

(d) Monthly Ponded Fish Reports (MPR) for all fish being reared at each facility;

(e) Fish Loss Report/Investigation when 1,000 or more juvenile fish or 10 or more adult fish are accidentally lost in a single incident;

(f) Predator Mortality Report to document any fish predators that may die at the hatchery facility;

(g) Fish Liberation Reports (FLR) for all juvenile fish released or transported into or out of all Department fish hatchery facilities;

(h) Coded-Wire Tag Release Reports for all juvenile fish released with coded-wire tags;

(i) Chemical use, waste discharge monitoring, purchasing, budgets, hazardous materials, safety, vehicles, equipment, maintenance and alarm logs.

(2) Hatchery records will be stored in retrievable databases.

(3) The Fish Division may add to or waive the requirements of subsection (1) as necessary to avoid paperwork yet assure proper documentation of hatchery programs.

(4) Fish health documentation shall be maintained by the fish health section.

(5) Each hatchery manager will write a monthly report describing program-specific hatchery activities, either in the form of a hatchery monthly progress report or in the district monthly report for STEP activities.

(6) The Department will produce annual reports, from the data collected with the above records and reports, summarizing all the information regarding adult fish transactions, fish eggs transactions and fish releases.

(7) The Department shall make hatchery operating costs information available on a fiscal year or biennium basis.

Or. Admin. R. 635-007-0547

DFW 65-2003, f. & cert. ef. 7-17-03

Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.012, 496.138

Stats. Implemented: ORS 496.171, 496.172, 496.176, 496.182, 496.430, 496.435, 496.445, 496.450, 496.455