7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2018 Fishing: Most gillnetters captain small boats alone Continued from Page 1A Concerns It was a hard year for most gillnetters. Legislation passed in 2012 has phased them off the river’s main stem almost entirely. Though they had a decent extended spring sea- son in the off-channel fishing grounds, or select areas, money was tight and expectations were low, fishermen said. The only time gillnetters had on the river’s main stem was during the fall, and only for seven fishing periods. They were also limited to what fish- ery managers refer to as Zones 4 and 5, a section of river that extends southeast from St. Hel- ens to Beacon Rock near Bon- neville Dam. While fishing in these zones, a handful of gillnetters, including Jim Wells, the pres- ident of commercial fishing advocacy organization Salmon For All, and Port of Astoria Commissioner Bill Hunsinger were cited for refusing to allow state observers on their boats in August and September. Their reasons ranged from safety issues, to questions about liability, to confusion over what the state had promised in terms of how often any single fisher- man would be asked to carry an observer. Some of the concerns Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Some gillnetters resisted state observers last year. they and other gillnetters raised still need to be addressed, state fishery managers said. Tweit and others thought they understood the maritime insurance issues that might arise going into the season. The 20 observers — six from Ore- gon, 14 from Washington state — would be covered by the states’ workers’ compensation programs if anything happened to them on board a boat. “What I think we didn’t understand as well as we do now is that just because they’re covered under workers’ comp doesn’t necessarily preclude them from going after the skip- per,” Tweit said. “And we don’t have any real coverage for that under current law.” Most gillnetters fish alone. They captain small boats with gear they can manage by them- selves. When they do bring along crew, it’s usually a fam- ily member. With a crew that is just themselves or a person they trust, few fishermen carry insurance policies to protect themselves from being sued if something goes wrong on the water, Wells said. “We’re just wide open for a lawsuit, and guys our age, our earning power is worn out,” Wells said. “If I lost (money in a lawsuit) now, I could never recoup it.” The men who faced cita- tions ranged in age from their late 60s to 74 years old. ‘Unexpected benefit’ For Wells, though, the big- ger issue concerned the num- ber of times he was asked to carry an observer. “To ensure broad sample of the fleet, ODFW and WDFW will maintain a list of observed vessels for each fishing period, and the same vessel will not be observed on consecutive fish- ing periods,” states a sampling plan for the two states. Wells fished one period, missed a second and then came back for a third. He mistakenly believed that because he was observed for the first period, he would not be observed again. When the state boat approached him to put an observer on board, he refused. It was a rough night and wasn’t safe, he said. When he later received notice from the Oregon State Police that he was being charged for violating the law, he decided to get a law- yer and fight it. Hunsinger, who had also refused to take an observer on board because of liability concerns, repre- sented himself. Their charges were lowered to citations and the Multnomah County Cir- cuit Court judge who heard their case fined them the min- imum amount of $225, a sus- pended fine that will evaporate if the men don’t have any con- victions or tickets in the next year. Roger Stecker, another gillnetter who refused to let an observer board his boat, decided to plead guilty. His charge was knocked down to a citation and he was fined $750. His concerns were over safety, he said. The night the observer wanted to board his boat, Stecker said the wind was blowing hard and he was in the middle of fixing a net that had been shredded when a sport boat ran over it the day before. He plans to talk with the Coast Guard about what his options are for denying access to his boat if he believes conditions are unsafe. Stecker estimates he has had observers on his boat more than a dozen times over the course of his career. It has usually been a positive experi- ence and he said he has always tried to follow the rules. The citation and his guilty plea have weighed on him. For the most part, the states saw a high amount of vol- untary compliance, and the observation plan met its goals, one of which was to validate data about the ratio of steel- head-to-Chinook salmon that fishermen encounter. “Not only did it validate our models, I think it allowed us to have as much fishing as we did,” Tweit said. 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