The First California Salmon Season in Years Opens with Hope and Adaptation
Recreational and commercial salmon fisheries are open off California this year after two years of full closures and another year that had only limited recreational openers. The openers, which are still restrictive, have created a spark of life in the fishery. However, the statewide harvest is small compared to the past.
The improved salmon returns are due to several factors, including better ocean conditions for salmon, increased hatchery production, habitat improvements, and dam removals, although the impact of the Klamath dam removals has not yet been felt...
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