Oregon Statutes
§ 498.208 — Use of electricity or foreign substances to take game fish prohibited; rules
Oregon § 498.208
JurisdictionOregon
Vol.14
Title 41Wildlife
Ch. 498Hunting, Angling and Trapping Regulations; Miscellaneous Wildlife Protective
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Bluebook
Or. Rev. Stat. § 498.208 (2026).
Text
(1)Except as the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule may provide otherwise, no person shall:
(a)Use in any body of water any electric current that may attract, frighten, retard, stun, kill or obstruct the movement of any game fish.
(b)Place in any body of water any foreign substance such as blood or fish offal or any gas, chemical, drug or powder that may attract, frighten, retard, stun, kill or obstruct the movement of any game fish.
(c)Use in any body of water any explosive device for the purpose of taking game fish.
(2)No person shall possess any game fish that the person knows or has reason to know was taken in violation of subsection (1) of this section.
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Legislative History
1973 c.723 §92
Nearby Sections
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§ 498.005
§ 498.005§ 498.010
§ 498.010§ 498.012
Taking wildlife causing damage, posing public health risk or that is public nuisance; rules§ 498.015
§ 498.015§ 498.016
Taking crippled or helpless wildlife§ 498.018
Commercial cervid attractants§ 498.020
§ 498.020§ 498.021
Short title§ 498.022
Purchase, sale, exchange or possession of wildlife or wildlife parts or products; rules; penalty§ 498.025
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Bluebook (online)
Oregon § 498.208, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/or/498.208.