Author: CalMatters

In summary Federal officials have moved to cancel commercial and recreational salmon fishing in California because the fish are still not thriving. In a devastating blow to California’s fishing industry, federal fisheries managers voted unanimously today to cancel all commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the California coast for the second year in a row. The decision was designed to protect California’s dwindling salmon population after drought and water diversions left river flows too warm and sluggish for the state’s iconic Chinook salmon to thrive. Salmon abundance forecasts for the year are “too low,” Marci Yaremko, the California Department of…