[env-trinity] Congressman Thompson's Salmon Rally

[Byron]

>From Congressman Mike Thompson's Office:

On Monday, April 24th, Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-01) will be holding a
salmon rally at 10:00 a.m. on Pier 47. The purpose of the rally is to bring
attention to the salmon season off the coasts of California and Oregon, and
to also roll-out a disaster assistance bill that is aimed to help the
communities in need. Another aspect of the bill will have a conservation
component to help restore and monitor the salmon of the Klamath River. 

As you know, the reason for the dramatically shortened salmon season is
because the Klamath River will not meet the 35,000 natural spawner floor for
fall-run chinook for the third consecutive year. The reported result will
likely be a near closure of Oregon and California's commercial ocean,
in-river Klamath and tribal fisheries for 2006. The impacts on the
California coastal economy from last year's season, which was cut by
60-percent due to poor Klamath River returns, combined to a near closure of
this year's season, would be catastrophic and could very likely have
permanent affects on the salmon fishing industry and related businesses in
both states. 

As you also know, the declining salmon populations in the Klamath River
basin are not due to over fishing by tribes or the commercial salmon fishing
industry. They are due to federal mismanagement of the Klamath River system
which hurt both farmers and fishermen. This mismanagement led to the fish
kill in 2002 when up to 78,000 adult salmon died on the Klamath River. It
also led to the outbreak of Ceratomyxa Shasta (C. Shasta) which has
reportedly infected 80-percent of juvenile salmonids. Mortality from C.
Shasta is 100-percent. 

The congressman, tribes and fishermen will speak about the need for good,
long-term management of the Klamath River and it's resources. If your
members are interested in attending, we would welcome all of their support
at Monday's rally.

Event: Salmon rally to help salmon fishermen, communities and to restore the
Klamath River 
Time: Monday, April 24th at 10:00 a.m. 
Place: Pier 47 - San Francisco 







 

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