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Mar 11, 2024 · Drought and water diversions kill salmon. Today’s decision follows the release of population numbers for Sacramento River fall-run Chinook, which make up the greatest proportion of California and Oregon ocean salmon fisheries. Their numbers are down from an average of more than 200,000 fish that returned to spawn in the mid-2000s.
May 16, 2024 · Just over a month ago on April 10, 2024, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to finalize the closure of all commercial and recreational ocean salmon fishing off California’s coast. Today’s closure marks the second year in a row that inland fishing for Chinook salmon in California will be eliminated – shuttering the salmon fishery ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Salmon fishing across California was previously closed in 2008 and 2009. Sage Alexander can be reached at 707-441-0504. Originally Published: April 11, 2024 at 2:54 PM PST
- Sage Alexander
May 16, 2024 · California regulators have decided to ban fishing for chinook salmon on the state’s rivers for a second year in a row, in effort to help the species recover from major population declines.
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Oct 30, 2024 · “If you kill all the baby salmon, three years later you don’t have adult salmon.” Barry Nelson, policy representative, Golden State Salmon Association. The industrialization of the landscape to produce gold, water, cities, and crops has sent salmon runs tumbling. While the Central Valley’s fish hatcheries — built last century to ...
- Environmental Reporter
Apr 10, 2024 · About 213,600 Sacramento River fall-run salmon — a mainstay of the fishery — are estimated to be swimming off the coast. Though that’s an improvement over last year, the forecast remains the second-lowest on record since the fishery was closed in 2008 and 2009, Yaremko told the Pacific fishery council.
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Apr 10, 2024 · Commercial salmon fisher Matt Juanes prepares to set sail at Pier 47 in San Francisco on June 7, 2023. With California’s salmon season shut down this year, Juanes is pivoting to fish for crab and using his boat to charter tourists. (Kori Suzuki/KQED) He’s fished salmon for six years, and the numbers seem to dwindle each season, he said.