State of Oregon

Places of Use - Fish

Records of individually held water rights in Oregon, excluding those held by irrigation districts, applications, temporary transfers, instream leases, and limited licenses. Each record includes the first name, last name, business name, and website of the water right holder.

Example records
Namelegal entityWebsitewebsiteObjectididentifierPou Displayadditional dataPou Display Shortadditional dataSnp IDidentifierPou Use IDidentifierApp CharclassificationApp NbrregistrationPermit CharclassificationPermit NbrregistrationCert Nbrregistration
WHITE RIVER RANCH LLChttps://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/wr/wrinfo/wr_det110007Permit: R 15616 * FIR 15616224097291328R 88784R 15616
SUNSET FARM JC LLChttps://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/wr/wrinfo/wr_det108982Permit: R 15552 * FIR 15552222229288104R 88922R 15552
BRIDGE CREEK RANCH LLChttps://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/wr/wrinfo/wr_det108784Permit: R 15535 * FIR 15535221903287585R 84459R 15535
Use cases

Aquaculture Business Verification for Commercial Lending

A commercial lender evaluating a loan application from a fish farming operation checks whether the applicant holds a valid, state-issued water right permit, when that right was established, and the acreage covered, to assess whether the business has the legal water access needed to sustain operations as collateral.

NamePermit NbrPriority DateWris AcresUse Code Description

Vendor Due Diligence for Seafood Supply Chain

A seafood distributor onboarding a new aquaculture supplier cross-references the supplier's legal entity name against state water right records to confirm the business is a licensed fish culture operation with a documented permit history, reducing the risk of contracting with an unlicensed or misrepresented producer.

NamePermit NbrCert NbrUse Code DescriptionRec Creation Date

Market Sizing for Aquaculture Equipment Sales

A sales team at an aquaculture equipment company uses the registry of individually held fish culture water rights to identify and prioritize outreach to LLC and ranch-type entities operating at scale, filtering by acreage and permit recency to focus on active, growing operations most likely to need infrastructure investment.

NameWris AcresPriority DateUse Code DescriptionPermit Nbr
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