Gill-Net Ban Case: Commercial Fishermen Tell Appeals Court New Rules Won’t Help Wild Fish

Newly adopted state fishing rules aiming to push non-tribal commercial gill netters off the lower Columbia River mainstem that were approved late in 2012 and again in 2013, ignore applicable state and federal law and procedure, according to a legal brief filed last week by lawyers representing commercial fishing interests.

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