California officials say they are seeking federal disaster relief for the state’s salmon fishing industry after the 2023 fishing season for fall-run Chinook or king salmon was closed for much of the West Coast
West Coast Salmon Fishing Ban
Much of the salmon caught off Oregon originate in California’s Klamath and Sacramento rivers. After hatching in freshwater, they spend an average of three years maturing in the Pacific, where many are snagged by commercial fishermen, before migrating back to their spawning grounds, where conditions are more ideal to give birth. After laying eggs, they die.
“The fact is that just too many salmon eggs and juvenile salmon died in the rivers in 2020 as a direct result of politically driven, short-sighted water management policies, under the prior federal administration, to “maximize” irrigation river water deliveries during a major drought," said Glen Spain, acting executive director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations.
The Democrat, whose district includes the San Francisco Bay area, pledged to push for the Biden administration to act quickly on the state's request for federal aid.
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