(1) Additional fees shall be collected by the State Fish and Wildlife Director in the amount prescribed by this section, except as provided in ORS 508.510. Every person operating within the state as a canner, buyer, bait dealer or wholesaler of any food fish or shellfish shall pay, in addition to all other licenses or fees provided by law, a fee equal to the value of the food fish at the point of landing multiplied by the following rates:
(a) All salmon and steelhead, 3.15 percent.
(b) All black rockfish, blue rockfish and nearshore fish, five percent.
(c) All other food fish and shellfish, 1.09 percent for the period beginning January 1, 1992, and ending December 31, 1992. Thereafter the State Fish and Wildlife Commission may increase the rate to not more than 1.25 percent to the extent that the commission determines upon review that revenues received are inadequate to maintain the legislatively adopted program level. The commission shall report its revenue review and any proposed rate increase to the Emergency Board prior to the time the rate increase is implemented.
(2) Only live, fresh or frozen in the round or dressed food fish or shellfish are subject to the fees provided in this section. “Dressed” includes but is not limited to beheaded, gutted, filleted, loined or shucked. However, frozen food fish or frozen shellfish received in a wrapped package to which a legible label is stamped or printed showing the name, address, brand or trade name of the original processor or wholesale distributor under which the package is marketed and the kind of frozen food fish or frozen shellfish contained therein, for distribution and ultimate sale in the original package are not subject to the fees provided in this section. [Formerly 508.305; 1969 c.172 §4; 1971 c.243 §1; 1973 c.768 §15; 1979 c.378 §1; 1989 c.166 §1; 1991 c.701 §2; 2003 c.809 §12]
Note: Section 8, chapter 512, Oregon Laws 1989, provides:
Sec. 8. Additional fee through 2009. In addition to the ad valorem fee prescribed by law, during the period beginning January 1, 1998, and ending December 31, 2009, there shall be paid for each fish species referred to in ORS 508.505 (1)(a), an additional fee of five cents per pound. The ad valorem fee referred to in this section is subject to ORS 508.505 to 508.540. [1989 c.512 §8; 1991 c.184 §3; 1997 c.8 §11; 2003 c.643 §3]
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