Oregon's New Governor Should Restore Gillnet Fishing to Lower Columbia (Opinion)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Daily Astorian] - March 24, 2015 -
Science is not supporting Kitzhaber's gillnet directive
It was unfortunate to see the Oregon Court of Appeals reject the lawsuit brought by Steve Fick and Jim Wells. Fick of Fishhawk Fisheries and Salmon for All President Wells contested rule making by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
This lawsuit was about former Gov. John Kitzhaber's surprising decision to eliminate gillnet fishing on the lower Columbia River. The outcome of Kitzhaber's directive — to move from gillnet fishing to a seine net fishery — is not the success story Kitzhaber said it would be.
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