Commercial Fishing in Till. Bay etc.

[Clamman]

Not meaning to stir up a beehive, but it is remarkable what one can find when surfing the net. Check out the link and look at what could potentially be open and what could not.

Commercial Fishing

[fish assassin]

Interesting ... It doesn't actually state that there *is* a
commercial season, only that it is lawful for the state
(in it's infinite wisdom) to create a commercial season in a
(very?) limited portion of the Tillamook Bay.

A few questions rise to the top of my pea little brain:

1) Is the state actually considering this, or has this been
an option for the state in previous years that has not been acted on.

2) Looks like this would be a commercial gill net season ... does that sound right?

3) If it is a gill net season, how many boats could/would participate?

4) Should Ifishers get concerned enough to try and stop this proposal?

I personally think that if it is a gill net season then it should be
stopped at all costs. Gill netting has a *lot* of by-catch issues
and in the Tillamook Bay, the by-catch would probably be CHINOOK.
A bad precedent to set, IMHO.

-assAssin-

[David Johnson]

There was a Novermber gill net season for chum in Tillamook Bay until the late 60's.

I guess it hasn't been taken out of the books yet. I don't think they could do it now though, with the depressed runs.