USA: It's a bad year for California salmon

State officials were supposed to take a conservative approach to approving salmon fishing season this year—and they did. California's fishing season had been scheduled to open April 1. Instead, as a result of low salmon projections, the season has been canceled. Salmon provides more to the state than meets the eye. "People don't realize how much California's a salmon state," said Micheal Milstein, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesman. "The Sacramento River is one of the big salmon rivers off the West Coast." As commercial and sport fishing comes to a pause this year, here's what to know: According to the Golden State Salmon Association, "California's salmon industry is valued at $1.4 billion in economic activity. Roger George, a Central Valley fishing guide, says he is hoping to protect salmon by "taking a hit right now in order to have something more positive happen later." "Some of the ...