Salmon Fishing USA

From the San Francisco Chronicle, this editorial: ” … The issues are many. Oregon farmers want water from Klamath Lake at the top of the river. Tribes and fishing groups want steady flows and revived salmon runs, which could come from a dam-free Klamath. The dam’s owner, PacifiCorp, will pay up to $200 million in ratepayer [...]

Cynthia Koehler in the San Francisco Chronicle : Why should anyone care if California salmon, or local fishermen, go the way of the dodo? Can't we just buy fish from Alaska? And what's wrong with the farmed stuff, anyway? Because of economic suffering in the Central Valley, some are calling for an end to environmental protections for California's once-mighty salmon runs. At the center of the salmon debate is the fate of the Bay-Delta Estuary, the West Coast's largest and most important estuary.

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Despite the fact that biologists expect the fall run of chinook salmon in California and Oregon to be twice that of last year, that would still be below the 122,000 number needed to reopen commercial fishing. "The fall run -- in September and October -- has for decades been the backbone of the West Coast fishing industry . At its peak, it exceeded 800,000 fish. Over the past decade, the numbers had consistently topped 250,000." Peter Fimrite in the San Francisco Chronicle .

The grim reality of a devastated salmon fishery hit home Thursday when the Pacific Fishery Management Council agreed to another ban on commercial fishing of chinook in California and Oregon. It is the second straight year that the sea salts who make their...