If the initiative is passed, gillnetting in Oregon will be banned, period, is my understanding. That would include Safe Areas on the Oregon side of the Columbia. That means other alternatives for commercial fishing in Oregon could be developed.

If the initiative fails then the frog is in the pocket of Oregon's governor to do what he promised - and I'm skeptical of him doing things right. I'll guess we'll see how it turns out.

Never the less, gillnetting is alive and well on the Washington side of the Columbia until altered by a new policy or future statute, regardless of what happens in Oregon.

I also think that NSIA's and the ANWS "anti" position on the initiative is stupid. They should have just stayed out of it. Every time a master politician (like a governor)
is trusted in such a controversial issue, I end up being disappointed. We always seem to hear a political phrase like "There is new information.........."