Columbia River fisheries makeover, Round 2

At the start of the meeting, sportsmen and gillnetters jammed into the ballroom of the Portland airport hotel, there to watch the revamping of fishing on the lower Columbia River. Hotel staff scrambled to find additional chairs.

And eight hours later, well, perhaps two dozen spectators remained.

Nobody said last week’s meeting of the Columbia River Fisheries Management Reform Workgroup would be thrilling to watch. The next session, on Nov. 15 in Astoria, likely will be equally dry.

But, incrementally, Washington and Oregon are overhauling the structure of commercial ....
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