All salmon fishing banned on US West Coast
- added May 2, 2008
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Salmon fishing was banned along the West Coast for the first time in 160 years Thursday, a decision that is expected to have a devastating economic impact on fishermen, dozens of businesses, tourism and boating.
It followed the recommendation last month of the Pacific Fishery Management Council after the catastrophic disappearance of California's fabled fall run of the pink fish popularly known as king salmon.
Although salmon spawning has been in decline all up and down the coast, the biggest problem is in the Sacramento River and its tributaries. So few salmon returned last fall that the fishery council was required under its management plan to halt fishing throughout the salmon habitat, which is all along the California and Oregon coasts.
The commercial salmon season off California and Oregon typically runs from May 1 to Oct. 31. The recreational season was to have begun April 5.
It followed the recommendation last month of the Pacific Fishery Management Council after the catastrophic disappearance of California's fabled fall run of the pink fish popularly known as king salmon.
Although salmon spawning has been in decline all up and down the coast, the biggest problem is in the Sacramento River and its tributaries. So few salmon returned last fall that the fishery council was required under its management plan to halt fishing throughout the salmon habitat, which is all along the California and Oregon coasts.
The commercial salmon season off California and Oregon typically runs from May 1 to Oct. 31. The recreational season was to have begun April 5.
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...it's the apocalypse!
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- 5 months ago
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i feel bad for the fishermen, but what would they do once there wasn't any left anyways?
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my local taqueria in san francisco is famous for their salmon burritos/tacos/etc... usually featuring huge slabs of salmon. I've watched the salmon cuts on the grill get smaller and smaller over the last few weeks. I wonder how much longer until they cross the salmon off their menu altogether.
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I've stopped eating fish all together (and I was a veritable fish lover, seafood fanatic) after reading this article:
WARNING: This is disgusting. and true.-
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- stephenthomson
- 5 months ago
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