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Panel hears competing views on repurposing hatchery research surcharge for maintenance and monitoring
Summary
The committee heard lengthy public testimony for and against House Bill 2345, which would rename the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund, extend an angling-license surcharge through 2036 and direct revenue to hatchery maintenance and fishery monitoring. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said the research center at Fall Creek was
The committee held a public hearing Jan. 29 on House Bill 2345, an agency-sponsored bill that would rename the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund to the Oregon Hatchery Monitoring and Maintenance Fund, extend the angling-license surcharge that supports it through 2036 and redirect revenue toward hatchery maintenance and monitoring.
Sean Clements, deputy director at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, told the committee the Hatchery Research Center facility on Fall Creek has been closed for about a year and a half after a large landslide upstream threatened the site and the facility experienced disease issues. ODFW said…
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