‘Hope Dies Hard’: Fishing Industry Reacts to CA Salmon Season Closure
This week, the Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted recommendations for ocean salmon fishing along the West Coast; for an unprecedented third year in a row, the council has recommended closing commercial fishing off the California coast and allowing only limited commercial fishing in Oregon and Washington.
Commercial fishermen and fishing organizations largely affirmed the need to suspend salmon fishing, but noted that three years without a season has been devastating to fishermen and coastal communities that rely on salmon fishing.
Commercial salmon fisherman and Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and...
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