Police Conduct Saturation Patrol For Gillnetters

The Oregon State Police along with Columbia River Inter Tribal Fisheries Enforcement and the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Police conducted nighttime boat patrols on four separate occasions in September to address illegal gillnetting complaints on the Columbia River at the Deschutes River Sanctuary.  The OSP says the majority of the commercial fishermen contacted were operating legally and happy to see the patrols.  Three commercial boats were located actively gillnetting in the Deschutes River sanctuary, with a fourth in the John Day Dam sanctuary.  A total of seven citations for fishing in closed waters were issued in the two sancutaries.  There were four arrests on various charges, two illegal gillnets seized, and other citations and warnings were given.

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