SENATE BILL REPORT
SB 6571
BYSenators Smith and Zimmerman
Providing for a special senior citizen salmon and steelhead bank fishing recreation area.
Senate Committee on Environment & Natural Resources
Senate Hearing Date(s):January 25, 1988; February 4, 1988
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators Jack Metcalf, Chairman; Smith, Vice Chairman; Barr, Benitz, Patterson.
Senate Staff:Ross Antipa (786-7413)
February 4, 1988
AS PASSED SENATE, FEBRUARY 9, 1988
BACKGROUND:
There are bank fishing areas in the lower Columbia River that are commonly used by recreational anglers, including senior citizens, for salmon and steelhead angling.
There are senior citizens who desire to fish from the bank on a year around basis for salmon and steelhead.
SUMMARY:
A senior citizen salmon and steelhead bank fishing area is established on the Columbia River from 600 feet below the Bonneville Dam fishway to the Megler-Astoria bridge. The senior citizen bank fishing area will be open for year around salmon and steelhead angling for persons 70 years old and older.
Appropriation: none
Revenue: none
Fiscal Note: none requested
Senate Committee - Testified: Oscar Johnson, Senior Citizen