Tribes Oppose Measure 81 Gillnetting Ban

Willamette Week:

The tribes with treaty fishing rights on the Columbia River have voted to oppose a Nov. 6 ballot measure that would ban the commercial fishing practice of gillnetting.

Measure 81 is backed by a coalition of environmentalists and sport fisherman, who say gillnetting is barbaric and cuts into the number of salmon recreational anglers can hook.

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