Fick v. Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

Petitioners, Steve Fick, James Wells, and Fishhawk Fisheries, Inc., seek judicial review of certain rules adopted by respondent Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).1 In particular, pursuant ORS 183.400(1),2 petitioners challenge a series of administrative rules entitled “Columbia River Recreational and Commercial Fisheries Management Strategies,” numbered OAR 635-500-6700 to 635-500-6765. On judicial review, petitioners challenge the rules on seven grounds. We write to address petitioners’ first ground for challenge, in which they assert that the rules should be declared invalid…