[env-trinity] PRESS ADVISORY: Fishing Communities Plan Fundraiser, Educational Event as Response to Salmon Crisis

[Tom Stokely]

PRESS ADVISORYApril 12, 2018 
Contact: Regina Chichizola, Save the Klamath Trinity Salmon 541 951-0126Dave Bitts, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations 707 498-3512 
Fishing Communities Plan Fundraiser, Educational Event as Response to Salmon Crisis 
When: May 27th at 6pm. What: Benefit Concert, Seafood Dinner and Education Event Where: Save Our Salmon will be hosted at the Inn at 2nd and C in the historic Eagle House in Eureka. 
Commercial and Tribal Fishermen will be hosting a fundraiser and education event on May 27th to draw attention to this year’s salmon fisheries disaster and local salmon issues. The bands  Digging Dirt and Irie Rockers will play music, speakers will talk about local community action to protect salmon, and a seafood dinner will be served. All proceeds from the event and related auction will go directly to fund fishermen and Tribal lead community action  to restore and defend salmon populations in Northern California.
Salmon populations, and the fishermen and tribal members who depend on them, are facing the worst salmon returns on the Klamath in recorded history, which has lead to the closure of the commercial season locally and a Tribal allotment of about one fish per 10 Tribal members. This situation was caused by a combination of climate change, drought, water diversions, and dams. 
While there are causes for hope, such as the proposed Klamath Dam removal project, political threats to the salmon way of life are mounting. California’s Twin Tunnels plan, petroleum pipelines, and federal anti-environmental policies continue to threaten North Coast salmon and communities. 
Speakers and representatives from the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, the Institute for Fisheries Resources, Save the Klamath-Trinity Salmon, Ancestral Guard, True North, the Native Women's Collective, and local Tribes will be on hand to talk about community action for the Trinity, Klamath, Sacramento, Eel, and Elk Rivers along with how to support water justice, fishing communities, and local wild seafood. More information can be found on the Save Our Salmon event page on facebook. 

   
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