Getting Gillnets OFF of the Mainstem Columbia
Posted February 03, 2017
The Columbia RiverThe Columbia River is one of the last remaining inland rivers in the United States that still allows commercial gill-netting.Over the past years, the Columbia River has been ripe with debate over whether or not it should be allowed. The primary debate is over the mainstem Columbia, where hundreds of thousands of fish, including ESA-listed salmon & steelhead migrate upstream each year.Fishing Addicts Northwest met with the CCA in January of 2017 (Coastal Conservation Association) to discuss CCA's efforts to remove mainstem Columbia Gill-netting. You can watch the Live Feed Below:What is CCA?The Coastal Conservation Association is an advocacy group...