Oregon Statutes - Chapter 508 - Licenses and Permits - Section 508.485 - Revocation and refusal to renew license for violation of commercial fishing laws or rules or theft of crab fishing gear.

Except for vessel licenses prescribed in ORS 508.285, 508.470, 508.755, 508.775 to 508.796, 508.801 to 508.825, 508.880, 508.883 and 508.889 to 508.910, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may, in its discretion, revoke for the remainder of the license year any license issued to such person under the authority of the commission or the State Fish and Wildlife Director, and in its discretion may refuse the issuance of any license issued under the authority of the commission or director during any period not to exceed one year from the date of the license revocation order:

(1) Upon conviction within this state of any person of violation of any of the commercial fishing laws or rules;

(2) Upon receiving notice from the agency that regulates commercial fishing in the State of Washington of the conviction of any person in that state of an offense which was a violation of Columbia River commercial fishing rules adopted pursuant to the Columbia River Compact and which if committed in this state would be grounds for license revocation pursuant to subsection (1) of this section;

(3) Upon conviction within this state of any person for violation of ORS 498.022, or any rule promulgated pursuant thereto, involving game fish, through the use of a license issued pursuant to the commercial fishing laws; or

(4) Upon conviction within this state of a person for violation of ORS 164.043 to 164.065 when the subject of the theft is commercial fishing crab rings or crab pots, or the crabs taken therefrom. [Amended by 1965 c.570 §74; 1971 c.569 §1; 1977 c.350 §6; 1987 c.213 §4; 1997 c.252 §1; 1999 c.1051 §276]

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