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Oregon bans gillnets on Columbia
C R I T F C v o ic e s
t r ib a l o p p o s i t i o n
(AP) — The Oregon Fish
and Wildlife Com mission
voted last week to ban the use
of gillnets to catch fish on the
main stem of the Columbia
River, relegating the primary
commercial-fishing tool to
side channels and tributaries.
Washington's fish commis
sion was scheduled to decide
soon on similar rules, elimi
nating the centuries-old prac
tice from both sides of the
river.
The gillnet ban was pushed
by O regon Gov. Jo h n
Kitzhaber, who hopes to me
diate a longstanding conflict
between commercial and rec
reational fishers while
transitioning to new methods
of commercial fishing. Rec
reational fishers say gillnets
are harmful to the recovery
of endangered salmon.
The Columbia River Inter-
Tribal Fish Commission, on
behalf of treaty tribes of the
Columbia, is opposed to the
new regulation.
“T he tribes are disap
pointed that the governor of
Oregon responded to politi
cal pressures and forced the
O regon Fish and Wildlife
Commission to hastily ap
prove significant changes to
the lower Columbia River
fisheries,” said CRITFC ex
ecutive director Paul Lumley.
“T hey have been ap
proved without consultation
with tribal co-managers and
w ith o ut a com plete and
thoughtful analysis of the ef of endangered salmon.
fects on the entire mainstem
“Protecting arid enhancing
and ocean fisheries manage our wild steelhead and salmon
ment system,” Lumley said.
benefits commercial fishers,
“What was approved last recreational anglers, the pub
week essentially reallocates a lic at large, and, most impor
scarce resource with no dem tantly, the fish,” said Dave
onstrated benefits for rebuild Schamp, chairm an o f the
ing naturally spawning runs. Coastal
C onservation
Cooperation and partnership Association’s operations in
will rebuild salmon popula Oregon.
tions, not fighting over allo
Kitzhaber’s proposal was
advanced after Schamp’s or
cation.”
F irst used by N ative ganization gathered signatures
American fishers long before to ban gillnets altogether on,
the Lewis and Clark expedi the Oregon side of the river.
tion charted the Pacific
K itzhaber said he was
Northwest, gillnets are still the committed to improving eco
primary method of commer nomic benefits for commer
cial fishing on the Columbia. cial and recreational fishers
They snag fish,by the gills, alike. He viewed the ban as
preventing them from break part of a larger strategy that
ing free.
includes increasing the avail
The proposal also infuri ability o f hatchery salmon
ated commercial fishers, who returning to side channels
say it’ll be impossible for and legalizing alternative gear
them to earn , a living by fish for commercial fishing.
ing only in the limited areas
In a letterto the commis
where they’ll be allowed to sion last Friday, Kitzhaber ac
use gillnets.
knowledged that a lot must
They say the proposed go right for his plan to work
new fishing gear won’t work and asked the commission to
and see the move as a ploy consider backing o f f if
by recreational fishers to shared econom ic benefits
eliminate com petition for don’t materialize.
strictly limited fish harvests.
Washington is studying al
“Main-stem fishing should ternative fishing gear to see
not be taken away because whether it is safer for endan
greedy people want more,” gered fish.
Matthew Evans, a gillnetter
The most-touted method
from Astoria told the com is a purse seine, which en
mission. “T here’s a lot o f circles fish in the river then
people out o f work, and I is pulled shut at the bottom
d o n ’t w ant to be one o f to trap them. With fish still in
them.”
the water, fishers can sort out
S upporters o f the new endangered fish and set them
regulation say the nets are free.
cruel to fish and kill thousands
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Feds pledge to improve protection of sacred sites
(AP) _ Protection of sites
held sacred by American In
dian and Alaska Natives will
be bolstered under a memo
randum. o f understanding
signed by four federal agen
cies and the Advisory Coun
cil on Historic Preservation.
The memo signed Thurs
day by the departments of
Agriculture, Defense, Energy
and Interior also calls for
improving tribal access to
sites that are on federal land.
In terio r Secretary Ken
Salazar says the agreement
recognizes the shared respon
sibility the agencies have to
respect and foster Native
American cultural and reli-
gious heritage.
The agencies plan to work
during the next five years to
raise awareness about sacred
sites. That includes develop
ing a website, a training pro
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