we always have returned our tags to get in the drawings and support data collection...
returning Combined Angling and Hatchery tags plus daily licenses will apparently be required soon, I am expecting an announcement on it in 2016.
This is from the Coastal Multi-Species Conservation and Management Plan (CMP), final version, adopted June 2014, page71:
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Improved Estimates of Harvest
Estimates of salmon and steelhead harvest are currently based on the voluntary return of anglers’ Combined Angling Tags...and Daily Angling Licenses..... To help ensure a better and more reliable estimate of salmon and steelhead harvest, ODFW will make the reporting of harvested salmon and steelhead mandatory by requiring the return of Combined Angling Tags, Hatchery Harvest Tags, and Daily Angling Licenses annually.
The details and process for implementing mandatory reporting have not been finalized. To be effective, the mandatory rule will need to be backed up with a fine, denial of future licenses for a period of time, or some other penalty for non-compliance in order to encourage anglers to turn their tags in. These and other details will be determined during the early implementation of this plan.
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