Oregon, California Governors Ask Feds to Declare Catastrophic Salmon Disaster
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] by Susan Chambers - May 26, 2017
“People are going to be losing their boats,” California fisherman Dave Bitts testified before the California Legislature’s Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture Wednesday, noting the industry was hoping for state and federal disaster declarations.
He wasn’t alone.
Tribal and recreational fishermen also testified to the strains the low Klamath River runs and subsequent grim seasons will have on their communities.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and California Gov. Jerry Brown released their joint letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Thursday, in which they requested...
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