USA: It's a bad year for California salmon

Published 2023년 3월 30일

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Due to the cancellation of the salmon fishing season in California, scheduled to open on April 1, due to low salmon projections and unfavorable water conditions, the state's salmon industry, valued at $1.4 billion, is facing significant challenges. The decision to cancel the season, made to protect the declining salmon populations, which have been negatively impacted by extreme summer temperatures and drought, is part of a larger effort to rebuild the species. The National Marine Fisheries service has also canceled all ocean salmon fishery openers through at least May 15, with the Pacific Fishery Management Council considering three regulatory options for the period from May 16, 2023, to May 15, 2024, which may further extend the fishing ban.

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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 ...

Source: Phys