Originally Posted By: Chinook 1
Well groups like CCA and NSIA screaming for alternative gear on the Columbia. Have they got what they wanted at the expense of sportsmen. You bet they have with only wild fish being passed above these pound net. And how many of these pound nets will be installed in the Columbia. Just think if these pound nets were placed below tributaries like the Cowlitz ,Kalama and Lewis.Hell why not the Wynoochee and the Satsop. Sports fishing would be done as we know it. Will these pound nets create a pinch point for sea lions to destroy more of are fisheries. You bet they will sea lions are pretty smart animals.Remember pound nets were outlawed in the late 1930. So remember look at who you support before you spend your're hard earned dollars on out of state special groups.


Laws which made pound nets (fish traps) illegal on the CR were pushed by the gill net fleet for its own benefit. Funny how that happened and that same industrial fleet is complaining about a possible renewal of the pound net.

Now, the issue of how many pound nets, their locations, and the number of hatchery fish to be allowed to pass falls into "the Devil is in the details" category.
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