Oregon gillnet fishing ban supporters may file alternative measure for 2010

### February 16, 2010

SALEM, Oregon: Following a change to the Oregon Gillnet Fishing Ban (2010) ballot title, measure supporters announced that they plan to abandon their efforts.[1] The proposed measure, also known as the "Protect Our Salmon Act," called for using commercial fishing methods, which would have allowed selective harvest of hatchery fish.[2] On February 10, 2010 Attorney General John Kroger's office changed the ballot title to say a "yes vote" would ban "commercial salmon/sturgeon fishing in Columbia River" because the initiative would essentially end all commercial fishing on the river.[3] "The attorneys general's revised certified ballot title we feel is so far away from the intent of our initiative, we feel we are better off re-filing," said Bryan Irwin, a spokesman for the Coastal Conservation Association. According to measure supporters they plan to file another initiative for the 2010 ballot.

## See also

* Oregon 2010 ballot measures
* Oregon Gillnet Fishing Ban (2010)

## Footnotes

1. ↑ The Oregonian, "Initiative to ban Columbia River gill net fishing dead for now," February 12, 2010
2. ↑ The Columbian, "CCA files initiative in Oregon to ban gillnets, tangle nets," December 30, 2009 (dead link)
3. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Initiative 71," February 10, 2010

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