Or. Admin. Code § 141-102-0020 - Definitions
(1) "Essential"
means those portions of a stream reach that fill all or part of the basic or
indispensable spawning or rearing needs of indigenous anadromous salmonids and
are those areas necessary to prevent the depletion of indigenous anadromous
salmonids. Such areas include "spawning habitat" and "rearing habitat" as
defined below under sections (3) and (4) of this rule (Oregon Fish Habitat
Distribution Data Standard, Version 2.0, February 2011:
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/CIO/GEO/standards/docs/oregonfishhabitatdistributiondatastandardv2.pdf).
(2) "Indigenous anadromous salmonid" means
chum, sockeye, Chinook and Coho Salmon, and steelhead and cutthroat trout, that
are members of the family of Salmonidae and are listed as sensitive, threatened
or endangered by a state or federal authority.
(3) "Spawning Habitat" " includes areas where
eggs are deposited and fertilized. For some species, including salmonids, this
also includes areas where gravel emergence occurs and where at least some
juvenile development occurs.
(4)
"Rearing Habitat" includes areas outside primary spawning habitats where
juvenile fish take up residence during some stage of juvenile development and
use the area for feeding, shelter, and growth. Some migration also occurs as
juvenile and adult fish move between the ocean and spawning grounds.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 196.810
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 196.800 - 196.990 & 390.805 - 390.925
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