[env-trinity] Congressional Office Press Release on Klamath Fishermen's Rally in SF on 4/24

[Byron]

Members of Congress and Fishing Community to Protest Bush Administration's
Flawed Salmon Policy 
Thompson to Unveil Federal Disaster Assistance Legislation


April 20, 2006 

CONTACT: Matt Gerien (202) 225-3311

SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of commercial, recreational and tribal salmon
fishermen will join Bay Area Reps. Mike Thompson, George Miller and Lynn
Woolsey on Monday, April 24th at Pier 47 in San Francisco for a rally
protesting the Bush Administration's flawed Klamath River salmon policies
that have led to slashed salmon seasons. Thompson will also be unveiling
legislation to provide federal disaster assistance for the fishing
communities impacted by the near closure of this year's season. 

WHO: Reps. Mike Thompson, George Miller, Lynn Woolsey, hundreds of
commercial, recreational and tribal fisherman from throughout the west coast


WHAT: The introduction of federal disaster assistance legislation and salmon
fishing groups and Members of Congress rally to Protest the Bush
Administration's mismanagement of the Klamath River and.

WHEN: Monday, April 24, 2006, 10:00am

WHERE: Pier 47 in Front of Scoma's Restaurant, Al Scoma Way, San Francisco,
CA 94113

**Note to assignment editors: Salmon fishermen will be mooring their boats
in the basin behind Pier 47 as part of the protest. West coast fishing
groups will also have a 30-foot inflatable salmon, large banners and other
displays on the pier. 

Background Information:

In 2002, the Bush administration's water diversions on the Klamath River
resulted in a record fish kill that claimed 80,000 adult salmon the next
fall. Experts have directly attributed the adult fish kill and a parasitic
infection affecting spring juveniles, resulting from poor federal management
of the river, as being responsible for the low salmon returns estimated for
this year. 

The Pacific Fisheries Management Council recommended on April 6, 2006, that
the 2006 salmon season be drastically reduced. The decision will severely
affect ocean and in-river salmon fisheries along 700 miles of coastline,
from Point Falcon, Oregon to Big Sur, California. The economic impact to
coastal communities is expected to be devastating. The direct impact on
commercial and recreational fisheries is estimated to exceed $100 million.

 

Byron Leydecker

Chair, Friends of Trinity River

Advisor, California Trout, Inc

PO Box 2327

Mill Valley, CA 94942-2327

415 383 4810 ph

415 383 9562 fx

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