ORS 496.470: Natural production of anadromous fish; rules; priorities.

(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission shall adopt by rule plans for the natural production of anadromous fish runs in the basins set forth in subsection (2) of this section. The commission shall adopt the plans after government-to-government consultation in the forum established pursuant to United States v. Oregon, United States District Court Case No. 68-513 MA, among the State Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon and the Nez Perce Tribe.

      (2) The basins for which plans may be adopted under subsection (1) of this section are:

      (a) Hood;

      (b) Deschutes;

      (c) Fifteenmile Creek;

      (d) John Day;

      (e) Umatilla;

      (f) Walla Walla;

      (g) Grande Ronde; and

      (h) Imnaha.

      (3) Of the basins set forth in subsection (2) of this section, the commission shall give priority to adopting plans for the Grande Ronde, Imnaha, Umatilla, Walla Walla and Hood basins.