Trying to head off a ballot measure to ban gillnetting for salmon on the Oregon side of the lower Columbia River, Gov. John Kitzhaber has told state fisheries managers to come up with new regulations that would accomplish a similar goal while still keeping gillnetters on the water.
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On the Washington side of the river, Department of Fish and Wildlife Regional Director Guy Norman said they hoped to work out a way to keep Washington's regulations compatible with Oregon's, but reserved the right to go their own way.
LINK (via:The Seattle PI)
Stop Gillnets Now, the organization that got the gillnet ban placed on the ballot, has come out in favor of the Governors plan, the gillnetters have not.
LINK (via:Coast River Business Journal)