NATION IN BRIEF : OREGON : Native Americans to Fish Again at Falls

The collapse of salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest sparked an agreement under which Native Americans will exercise fishing rights for the first time in 50 years at historic Willamette Falls. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission agreed to let tribal fishermen harvest 2,500 salmon at the popular Oregon City sport-fishing spot, using dip nets, which have been part of their culture for thousands of years. The fish, mainly spawned at hatcheries, will make up for a disastrous decline of wild salmon that has forced regulators to close most regional waters to salmon fishing this season.