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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2016
White House honors Oregon
man for role in fi sh recovery
OBITUARIES
Joe (Shorty) Daniel Nichols
Warrenton
Feb. 29, 1936 — Oct. 3, 2016
By CASSANDRA
PROFITA
Oregon Public
Broadcasting
Sixteen years ago, the
West Coast groundfi sh trawl
fi shery was declared a federal
disaster.
The fl eet’s catch limits
on groundfi sh like rockfi sh,
black cod and Dover sole
were dramatically slashed to
protect severely overfi shed
species.
On Friday, the White
House recognized Brad Pet-
tinger, the leader of the Ore-
gon Trawl Commission in
Brookings, for his role in
leading the way to recovery.
On his watch, a fi shery that
was on the brink of collapse
is now certifi ed sustainable.
Pettinger was one of
12 people across the coun-
try honored as “Champions
of Change” in the seafood
industry at an event in Wash-
ington, D.C.
Shems Jud of the Envi-
ronmental Defense Fund said
Pettinger played a key role in
turning a struggling fi shery
around.
“In the early 2000s, the
West Coast groundfi sh trawl
fi shery was pretty much a
disaster across the board,” he
said. “There were a number
of slow-growing, long-lived
rockfi sh species that had been
Joe was born on leap day Feb. 29, 1936, to
Joe liked to hang out with Jon (and his yel-
Ann and Cleatus Nichols in St Helens, Oregon. low dog, Puppers) in his shop and help him
He passed in Halfway, Oregon, on Oct. 3, 2016. build boats. He did this mostly in exchange for
He spent his childhood in Oklahoma and Cali- going out in the boats that Jon made for him-
self. Sturgeon fi shing on the river
fornia before settling for good on the
was great fun for him and the entire
northwest coast of Oregon. He did
family. To be honest, just about
spend some of his later teenage years
any kind of fi shing or hunting was
wandering through Alaska trapping
exactly what he wanted to be doing.
and hunting.
Whether it was deer, elk, antelope,
He married Jacqueline Buchanan
rattlesnake, grouse, salmon, smelt,
on July 22, 1955, and had one amaz-
sturgeon, trout, crab, clam digging
ing daughter and then Jon, a son. Joe
— the list is endless! He also liked
worked at Point Adams Cannery in
to have beer time with his friends.
Hammond, Del Bodie’s Service Sta-
He loved his family, and was kept
tion in Warrenton, and then started
Joe Nichols
amused by the antics of all his grand-
his 41-year career with Ocean View
children, and was even brave enough
Cemetery when he was 18 years old.
to take his 14-year-old great-grand-
He started as a caretaker, and eventu-
ally became the supervisor before retiring from daughter out for driving lessons.
As he grew older and slower, you could
the cemetery at 59 years old. He was also a vol-
fi nd him sitting in the garage, enjoying a glass
unteer fi reman for many years in Warrenton.
Joe loved the outdoors and looked forward to of wine watching cars going by or going for a
hunting season each year. Heck, he went hunt- “tour” of the area. This included going down
ing and fi shing for just about anything he could to the Hammond Basin, the Jetty or Peter Ire-
get the family to eat. The family went camping dale, by the cemetery, over to the Warrenton
as often as possible. He taught his son, Jon, how Basin and back home, always on the lookout
for elk. Many times they would be right in his
to trap, hunt and fi sh.
He traveled to Alaska several times, pre- yard when he returned.
He is survived by his wife, Jacquie; his
tending to visit his daughter only to go hunting
and clam digging as much as he could get away daughter, JoLynn Cagle and her children, Jared
with. Joe and Jacquie went to Eastern Oregon and Kristina ; his son, Jon and his children,
every year they could, and enjoyed the company Kimberly and Sarah; fi ve great-grandchildren,
of the other hunters at the camp. This year he and Peanut; a sister, Barbara Dunn; “out-laws”
Bettie Rubens, Mary and David Silver and
did not return from hunting camp.
In the 1960s he was an avid citizens band Patricia Smith; along with many nieces and
r adio fan — Snoopy was his handle, and they nephews.
There will be a celebration of Joe’s life at
traveled as far as Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to
CB Breaks. He was also a founding member of Jon’s house Saturday Oct. 15, 2016, at 1 p.m.
the Sons of the Beaches Jeep Club, and the fam- It’ll be a casual event, so bring your camp
ily went on many Jeep Runs over the years. The chair, favorite food and beverage.
In lieu of fl owers, please just make a extra
Jeep Club started one of the fi rst beach clean up
donation to your favorite charity.
efforts.
Oregon Trawl Commission
Groundfish trawlers dragged along the seafloor to catch
groundfish species such as rockfish, black cod and Do-
ver sole.
nized under a new “catch
share” program in 2011.
The program gives each
permitted boat a percentage
of the total catch limit and
tracks every fi sh that comes
on board.
Pettinger said the lat-
est fi sh counts show all the
changes have had a posi-
tive effect. The fl eet will be
allowed to catch around 40
million pounds of rockfi sh
next year.
“We’re going to have a
directed rockfi sh fi shery on
the West Coast for the fi rst
time in almost 20 years,”
he said. “We could poten-
tially double the value of the
fi shery — in a sustainable
manner.”
severely depleted. There
was high levels of bycatch,
low levels of accountabil-
ity. Really, everything bad
that can happen in a fi shery
was happening. Nobody was
making any money. It wasn’t
working well for anyone.”
Pettinger said the whole
fl eet deserves credit for
undergoing massive reforms
to reduce bycatch, rebuild
fi sh stocks and restructure the
permitting system.
“What fi shery has done
what we’ve done: Basically
hit bottom, right?” Pettinger
said. “For the most part our
stocks have been rebuilt, and
they are well above the target
level.”
The fi shery was reorga-
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
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Newport
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Coos Bay
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Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
4:53 a.m.
5:21 p.m.
Low
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Lakeview
27/69
Ashland
46/77
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Bend
Brookings
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Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
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Rep.
Suzanne
Bonamici has started accepting
submissions for the nationwide
Congressional App Challenge.
In the challenge, organized
by the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives, students create and
demonstrate a software appli-
cation for smartphone, tablet,
or desktop. A panel of local
DEATH
driving while under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants, driving
while suspended and hit and
run.
• On Sunday, t he S her-
iff’s O ffi ce arrested Darlene
Marie Douglas, 53, on one
count each of driving while
under the infl uence of intoxi-
cants and reckless driving.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Clastop Community College
Board, 5 p.m., work session,
6:30 p.m., regular meeting,
Columbia Hall Room 219,
1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria.
Cannon Beach City Council,
5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., 225 S. Main Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire Depart-
ment Board, 7 p.m., main fi re
station, 34571 Highway 101
Business.
Warrenton-Hammond
School District, 7 p.m., War-
renton High School library,
1700 S.E. Main Ave.
experts review the submissions
for creativity, originality, user
experience and design, among
other criteria.
Students in Oregon’s 1st
C ongressional D istrict, which
includes Clatsop County, must
submit their app’s source code
online before Nov. 2, as well as
a video demonstration explain-
ing their app and what they
learned through the competi-
tion process.
For more information on the
competition and how to register,
visit http://tinyurl.com/htkcvf9
servation District Board,
10 a.m., Conference Room
231, OSU Seafood Lab Center,
2001 Marine Drive.
Cannon Beach Aff ordable
Housing Task Force, 1 p.m.,
City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6 p.m.,
Judge Guy Boyington
Building, 857 Commercial St.,
Astoria.
Astoria School Board, 6:15
p.m., study session, 7:30 p.m.,
regular meeting, Capt. Rob-
ert Gray School third-fl oor
boardroom, 785 Alameda
Ave.
Wickiup Water District
Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road,
Svensen.
Oct. 7, 2016
LINDSTROM, John E.,
64, of Astoria, died in Asto-
ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton
Mortuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
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OBITUARY POLICY
APPLIANCE
YE
DUII
• On Friday, Astoria
Police arrested David Les-
lie Mills, 66, on one count of
driving while under the infl u-
ence of intoxicants.
• On Friday, Clatsop
County Sheriff’s Offi ce
arrested Toni Lee Ramvick,
32, on one count each of
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop Soil and Water Con-
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy,
sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
IN
be collected by the moder-
Candidate forum will
ator to be put to the candidates.
in Gearhart
Students invited
GEARHART — The Gear- to app challenge
hart Homeowners Association
ON THE RECORD
Burns
23/66
TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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67
89
45
85
74
78
90
73
87
86
82
87
63
85
66
82
72
67
61
66
Baker
18/60
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Tonight's Sky: Aquarius the Water Bearer will
appear low in the southeast at sunset and is visible
throughout the night.
Today
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La Grande
20/62
Ontario
28/66
Klamath Falls
33/70
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
is holding a c andidates f orum
from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at
McMenamins Gearhart Hotel .
Bob Shortman, a contrac-
tor and property manager, and
Matt Brown, a golf pro, are run-
ning for mayor . Ted Norton will
serve as the moderator.
All are welcome to attend
and bring questions, which
Roseburg
48/74
Brookings
49/61
Nov 7
John Day
37/69
Bend
29/67
Medford
47/78
UNDER THE SKY
High
7.5 ft.
7.6 ft.
Prineville
32/69
Lebanon
38/69
Eugene
41/69
New
Pendleton
31/60
The Dalles
35/63
Portland
43/66
Sunset tonight ........................... 6:36 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:29 a.m.
Moonrise today .......................... 4:21 p.m.
Moonset today ............................ 1:55 a.m.
City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
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Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
60
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Windy with rain
Tillamook
37/62
SUN AND MOON
Time
11:22 a.m.
11:13 p.m.
60
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Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs.
ASTORIA
43/64
Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 3.59"
Normal month to date ....................... 1.32"
Year to date .................................... 46.56"
Normal year to date ........................ 41.81"
Oct 15
SATURDAY
REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 61°/40°
Normal high/low ........................... 63°/45°
Record high ............................ 83° in 1991
Record low ............................. 34° in 2008
Full
63
54
Partial sunshine
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