Location
Key Information
| 19 km2 | MARINE AREA |
| 19 km2 | TOTAL AREA i |
- Commercial marine life removal is prohibited
- Both commercial and recreational marine life removal are heavily restricted
- Recreational marine life removal is prohibited, and commercial marine life removal is restricted
Boundary: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (Unmodified)
2.0
October 2023
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Purpose
To protect the two Cape Falcon Marine Protected Areas, which include 19.7 square km of ocean habitat. The Cape Falcon region is home to over 20 seabird colonies with thousands of nesting birds, including over 16,000 common murres in addition to black oystercatchers, marbled murrelets, and bald eagles. The large rocky reefs and soft bottom habitats around Cape Falcon provide habitat to a rich array of plants and marine animals. Additionally, this site includes the deepest habitat of all protected sites in Oregon, hosting plants and animals that require cold deepwater to feed and breed, helping the state's marine reserve network provide more comprehensive protection for wildlife and habitats.
Species of Concern: Multiple, Unclassified
Regulations Summary
Restrictions
The following is prohibited:
1. The take of any fish, invertebrates, seaweeds or wildlife species, with exceptions.
2. The take of any legal fish species while possessing onboard any species not allowed to be taken in this area.
3. Picking, cuttin, mutilating, trimming, uprooting, removing or attempting to take or possess any living or non-living plants.
Allowed
1. Commercial or recreational trolling or take of salmon in fisheries authorized specifically for this area by commission rule.
2. Commercial or recreational take of crab in fisheries authorized specifically for this area by commission rule.
3. Persons may have catch onboard while transiting or anchoring in the marine protected area.
4. These restrictions do not alter or supersede the Agreement between the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the United States and the State of Oregon defining specified tribal hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering rights by the Siletz Tribe and its members, nor the Agreement between the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the United States and the State of Oregon defining specified tribal hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering rights by the Grand Ronde Tribe and its members.