Claim: "This ban will only apply to Oregon commercial fishermen. Washington commercial fishermen would still be allowed to use gillnets on the Columbia River."
Fact-check: Would proposed ban target only Oregon commercial gillnetters, leave Washington fishermen free to use gillnets on the Columbia? 
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Janie Har
Date published: 2012-08-09T00:00:00