Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313, Ban on Commercial Fishing in Nestucca Bay Referendum (1946)
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| Topic Business regulations and Fisheries and fishing regulations |
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| Type Veto referendum |
Origin |
Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313 was on the ballot as a veto referendum in Oregon on November 5, 1946. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported prohibiting commercial fishing in the Nestucca Bay watershed and requiring state fish and game commissions to jointly conduct coastal stream surveys, submitting findings and recommendations to the legislature. |
A "no" vote opposed prohibiting commercial fishing in the Nestucca Bay watershed and requiring state fish and game commissions to jointly conduct coastal stream surveys, submitting findings and recommendations to the legislature. |
Election results
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Oregon Measure Nos. 312-313 |
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196,195 | 65.93% | ||
| No | 101,398 | 34.07% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Measure Nos. 312-313 was as follows:
| “ | BILL REGULATING FISHING IN COASTAL STREAMS AND INLAND WATERS - Purpose: To prohibit commercial fishing in Nestucca Bay and tributaries, Euchre Creek, Hunters Creek, Floras Creek and Pistol River; determining time, manner and type of lawful fishing in all coastal streams and along Pacific Ocean coast south of Columbia River; and requiring state fish and game commissions jointly to conduct surveys of Oregon coastal streams south of Columbia River, submit findings and report to the forty-fourth legislative assembly recommendations respecting seasons, deadlines, limits and gear, considering steelheads primarily as game fish and salmon, shad and striped bass primarily as food fish, and promoting conservation of all species. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
The number of signatures required for a veto referendum was equal to 5% of the total votes cast in the last Supreme Court justice election.
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Footnotes
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