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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, January 24, 2017 Gillnetters get continued access to main Columbia channel BRIEFLY Flu season hitting hard in Oregon PORTLAND (AP) — It’s not even February, and this flu season has already sent more Oregonians to the hospital than the last one. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that 736 people have been hospitalized with the flu this winter. Only 443 were hospitalized during the last flu season. The elderly, as usual, have been hit the hardest. They account for about two-thirds of those hospitalized based on numbers collected in the Portland area. Dr. Ann Thomas, Oregon public health physician, says nearly all of the outbreaks affecting three or more people have been in long-term care facilities. Public health officials say it’s still not too late to get vaccinated. It generally takes two weeks for a shot to take effect. Decision puts Oregon at odds with Washington By ERIC MORTENSON Capital Bureau SALEM — By a tight 4-3 vote, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commis- sion veered away from an outright ban on gillnetting in the main channel of the lower Columbia River and set the state at odds with neigh- boring Washington on how to manage protected salmon and steelhead. The commission heard more than six hours of staff reports and strikingly discordant testimony from commercial gillnetters and recreational anglers, who have argued for years over who gets to catch how much of seasonal salmon runs, and what methods they may use. On Friday, the commercial fishery won the day, their case made by a parade of gritty Astoria gillnetters who spoke of generational ties, commu- nity businesses and family fortunes at risk if they were no longer able to make a living. The ODFW commission had previously appeared more likely to continue phasing out gillnets in the river’s main channel, a move long favored by the sports fleet, the recreational anglers and guides who hit the river with line and hook. Washington and Oregon agreed to such a plan, set in motion in 2012 by then Gov. John Kitzhaber. Instead, the commissioners approved an “enhanced” rebalancing plan, one of six options analyzed by ODFW staff. Highlights of the plan include: • Recreational anglers are allowed to account for 80 percent of the spring and summer Chinook, the wild fish protected under the Endangered Species Act. Commercial anglers will get 20 percent of what is called the “ESA impact” and will be allowed to fish the main stem with tangle nets. • The harvest of fall Groups seek to oppose lawsuit over Oregon rail expansion Courtesy Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Gillnetters fish the Columbia River. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Com- mission Friday backed off a plan to ban gillnetting in the main channel of the lower Columbia River. Chinook would be split 66 percent recreational, 34 percent commercial, with main stem gillnetting allowed in Zones 4 and 5 and Coho tangle nets in Zones 1,2 and 3. • Anglers can use barbed hooks in the Willamette River. • The Youngs Bay control zone will continue to be closed to sports fishing. Gillnetters had offered their own plan that would have given them a greater share of salmon. Steve Fick, owner of Fishhawk Fisheries in Astoria, said he wasn’t disappointed in the commis- sion’s action. “When everybody’s a little unhappy, it’s probably a reasonable decision,” he said. Recreational anglers main- tain that gillnetting takes fish indiscriminately, with no way to differentiate between wild fish and hatchery fish, for example. They argue that gill- netting should be relegated to the river’s side channels and say the sports fleet has a much bigger economic impact. “We fill the hotels to bursting in Astoria,” said Liz Hamilton, executive director of the Northwest Sports- fishing Industry Association. During Friday’s hearing, recreational anglers the commission shouldn’t vary from the path set by Kitzhaber and the “concurrent manage- ment” agreement between Oregon and Washington. “A deal is a deal,” one man testified. Earlier this month, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Commis- sion voted to remove gillnet- ting from the main channel in two years and increasing recreational anglers’ share of fall, spring and summer chinook. The Washington commis- sion also directed the wildlife department to “aggressively pursue” a buyback program for commercial gill net licenses. Oregon chose a different route. Fick, of Fishhawk Fisheries, shrugged off the split between the states. If necessary, he said, there is technology to “draw and management line down the river” and let each go its own way. He said commercial fishing is like logging, farming and ranching — a mainstay of economic life in rural areas. “It’s not a dying industry,” he said. “You can’t start chopping away at people’s opportunities.” At least a dozen commer- cial fisherman testified along those lines Friday. Several said they are sole providers of their families, and need the main stem fishery to make a living. “Is this the time of our lives to take away jobs from people?” asked William Huntsinger, representing the Port of Astoria. “Commercial fishermen and the ocean are what’s going to feed the world.” “I can’t afford to get kicked off the main stem,” said one man, adding that he is a fifth generation gillnetter with a wife and daughter. “I’m a 40-year-old uneducated man,” he said. “What am I going to do?” Alex Hendricks, a 17-year-old senior at Clats- kanie High School, said he is a fourth-generation gillnetter, following his mother, grand- father and great-grandfather. “I ask you for the opportu- nity to embrace the heritage the generations before me have created,” he said. Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Hi 41 71 64 44 76 15 33 55 33 78 48 Lo 19 59 48 29 46 -4 22 37 14 71 36 W pc r c pc s c s s s c s REGIONAL FORECAST Eastern Washington: Areas of freezing fog in the morning; mostly cloudy today. Cascades: Partly sunny today. Mostly cloudy tonight; a fl urry across the north. Northern California: Clouds and sun today; morning snow showers in the interior mountains. Cold tonight. Today Wednesday WSW 4-8 WSW 4-8 NE 4-8 NW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today. Rather cloudy tonight; a shower in spots across the north. Eastern and Central Oregon: Cloudy and cold today, except partly sunny near the Cascades; fog across the north. Western Washington: Partial sunshine today; patchy fog across the south during the morning. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. 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Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and Columbia Riverkeeper say they want to stop Union Pacific from circumventing laws that protects the Gorge as a national scenic area. They filed a motion Monday to intervene in the case. Omaha, Nebraska-based Union Pacific earlier this month sued Wasco County, which rejected the railroad’s expansion application, and the Columbia River Gorge Commission, which is scheduled appeals of that case. Union Pacific says federal rules govern railroads, so local restrictions like the ones Wasco County approved don’t apply to the project. The derailment last June sparked a massive fire near Mosier. 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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