Here we go again..... Another day of kill-netting ... Must be to many fish in the river ???? I think I will take-up golf. P.S." BOAT FOR SALE "
That's the attitude! Quit when you don't get what you want :doh::doh:
Here we go again..... Another day of kill-netting ... Must be to many fish in the river ???? I think I will take-up golf. P.S." BOAT FOR SALE "
Netting is here to stay. Thanks cca and m81.
Remember we are getting to fish this extended season because the Nets are in.
Be friendly to the guys that want more hatchery fish and have the voice and power to do so.
Look how easy it was for them (Gill netters) to suggest a barbless hook rule for sports fishermen. It was almost instantly.
CCA abandoned a measure that would have banned gillnets from the Columbia River in favor of a plan that gives anglers a higher take on ESA listed salmonids, leaving zero wild fish for conservation. All the while supporting a plan that ensures tanglenets are in the CR to stay.If you are saying that CCA is the reason change is finally happening on this decades old issue.
Thank you
Last December the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to adopt a historic fishery reform package that includes a phased-in ban on the use of gillnets in the mainstem of the Columbia River. The reforms were first offered by Governor John Kitzhaber as a compromise proposal to resolve decades of controversy over the use of gillnets. The State of Washington adopted the same plan in January.
As you may know, commercial gillnetting interests have filed legal challenges against the new rules in Oregon and Washington. CCA has already formally intervened in the Oregon case and will soon be doing the same in Washington. We will be doing everything we can to defend these new rules, which in a few short years will end the use of gillnets in the mainstem of the Columbia River – providing real benefits to our fishery resources and to recreational fishing.
The Oregon Commission will be meeting on the morning of Thursday, June 6 in Tigard to reaffirm the rule package in response to procedural issues that were raised in the gillnetters’ lawsuit. The Commission remains committed to the compromise proposal, but it will re-adopt the rules to address these procedural issues.
Hundreds of CCA members attended ODFW Commission, WDFW Commission, and bi-state working group meetings last fall. You answered the call time and time again, which was essential to securing a plan that bans mainstem gillnets and prioritizes recreational fishing.
Of course the gillnet industry is doing everything it can to block, water down, and disrupt these new rules. We expect nothing less this Thursday. Please consider attending Thursday’s meeting to reaffirm your support for these historic reforms.
The meeting location is below.
Thank you,
CCA Oregon
ODFW Commission Meeting
Thursday, June 6, 2013 – 8:00 a.m.
Embassy Suites Washington Square
Regency One Room
9000 SW Washington Square Road
Tigard, Oregon 97223
Agenda and Meeting Materials Available Here
Joe,
Will you be at this event mentioned below? It would be a good time to meet. We could get to know who you are and maybe clarify some of your concerns, or just agree to disagree. I'd like to find out what your plan or action is and how you are going to carry it out. In any case, we'll know your name and where you stand.
See you there!
It is going to be difficult for me to make it, still might as work seems to be always in the way.
I have however sent personal letters to all of the commissioners expressing my opinion on how best to craft regulations that would benefit the majority of us Northwesterners.
That is what they are trying to do.
Ginny