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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <h4>Federal officials moved to cancel commercial and recreational salmon fishing off California as the fish still aren’t thriving.</h4>
<p><em>By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters<br>
</em><i>Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. <a href="https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe to CalMatters</a> today for nonprofit news in your inbox.</i></p>

<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cal-Matters-Logo.jpg?ssl=1" class="ydpd821db99tipi-lightbox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="ydpd821db99alignright ydpd821db99wp-image-148931 ydpd821db99size-thumbnail" src="https://i0.wp.com/mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cal-Matters-Logo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1" alt="" data-inlineimagemanipulating="true" style="width: 148px; max-width: 150px;"></a>In a <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">devastating blow to California’s fishing industry</a>,
 federal fishery managers unanimously voted today to cancel all 
commercial and recreational salmon fishing off the coast of California <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">for the second year in a row</a>.</p>
<p>The decision is designed to protect California’s dwindling salmon populations after drought and <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/09/september-2022-letter-to-nmfs-bor-and-ca-state-water-resources-control-board.pdf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">water diversions</a> left river <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flows too warm and sluggish</a> for the state’s iconic Chinook salmon to thrive.</p>
<p>Salmon abundance forecasts for the year “are just too low,” Marci 
Yaremko, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s appointee to 
the Pacific Fishery Management Council, said last week. “While the 
rainfall and the snowpacks have improved, the stocks and their habitats 
just need another year to recover.”</p>
<p>State and federal agencies are now expected to implement the closures
 for ocean fishing. Had the season not been in question again this year,
 recreational boats would likely already be fishing off the coast of 
California, while the commercial season typically runs from May through 
October.</p>
<p>In addition, the California Fish and Game Commission will decide next
 month whether to cancel inland salmon fishing in California rivers this
 summer and fall.</p>
<p>The closure means that California restaurants and consumers will have
 to look elsewhere for salmon, in a major blow to an industry <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">estimated in previous years</a> to be worth roughly half a billion dollars.</p>
<p>“It’s catastrophic,” said Tommy “TF” Graham, a commercial fisherman 
based in Bodega Bay who now drives a truck delivering frozen and farmed 
salmon and other fish. “It means another summer of being forced to do 
something you don’t want to do, instead of doing something you love.”</p>
<a href="https://i0.wp.com/mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-returns-Cal-Matters.png?ssl=1" class="ydpd821db99tipi-lightbox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img class="ydpd821db99wp-image-159311 ydpd821db99size-full" src="https://i0.wp.com/mavensnotebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Salmon-returns-Cal-Matters.png?resize=750%2C356&ssl=1" alt="" data-recalc-dims="1" style="width: 750px; max-width: 750px;"></a>Chart: John Osborn D’Agostino, CalMattersSource: U.S. Department of Commerce
<p></p>
<p>About <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">213,600 Sacramento River fall-run salmon</a> —
 a mainstay of the fishery — are estimated to be swimming off the coast.
 Though that’s an improvement over last year, the forecast remains the 
second-lowest on record since the fishery was closed in 2008 and 2009, 
Yaremko told the Pacific fishery council.</p>
<p>The numbers this year, plus the fact that the forecasts for salmon returning to spawn are <a href="https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">routinely overestimated</a>, “add concern,” Yaremko said.</p>
<p>Many in the fishing industry say they support the closure, but urged 
state and federal officials to do more to improve conditions in the 
rivers salmon rely on. Fishing advocates and environmentalists have 
lambasted Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration for <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/water-board-waives-environmental-rules-delta-water/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">failing to prioritize water quality</a> and <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">flows to protect salmon</a> in the vital Bay-Delta <a class="ydpd821db99glossaryLink" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>watershed</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>A &lt;strong&gt;watershed &lt;/strong&gt;is the land area that drains water to a particular stream, river, or lake. It is a land feature that can be identified by tracing a line along the highest elevations between two areas on a map, often a ridge. Large watersheds, like the Mississippi River basin contain thousands of smaller watersheds.</div>" href="https://mavensnotebook.com/glossary/watershed/" data-mobile-support="0" data-gt-translate-attributes="[{attribute:data-cmtooltip, format:html}]" tabindex="0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">watershed</a>.</p>
<p>“Our fishing fleets and coastal communities can not be the only ones 
making sacrifices to save these fish,” said Sarah Bates, who owns a 
commercial fishing boat called the Bounty, berthed at Fisherman’s Wharf 
in San Francisco. “Water policy needs to take the health of our river 
ecosystems seriously.”</p>
<p>The closure comes as the fishing industry <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/03/california-salmon-restrictions-ban-2024/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">still awaits disaster aid</a> promised from last year’s salmon fishery closures, which state officials estimated to have <a href="https://news.caloes.ca.gov/federal-assistance-for-california-salmon-fisheries-available-in-31-counties/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="enhancr_card_3639572100">cost about $45 million</a>. The fishing industry says that’s a vast underestimate.</p><div><br></div><div id="ydp3152eec3enhancr_card_3639572100" class="ydp3152eec3yahoo-link-enhancr-card ydp3152eec3yahoo-link-enhancr-not-allow-cover ydp3152eec3ymail-preserve-class ydp3152eec3ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" data-url="https://news.caloes.ca.gov/federal-assistance-for-california-salmon-fisheries-available-in-31-counties/" data-type="YENHANCER" data-size="MEDIUM" contenteditable="false"><a href="https://news.caloes.ca.gov/federal-assistance-for-california-salmon-fisheries-available-in-31-counties/" style="text-decoration-line: none !important; text-decoration-style: solid !important; text-decoration-color: currentcolor !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 0) !important;" class="ydp3152eec3yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="ydp3152eec3card-wrapper ydp3152eec3yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="max-width:400px"><tbody><tr><td width="400"><table border="0" class="ydp3152eec3card ydp3152eec3yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" style="max-width:400px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224, 228, 233);border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" class="ydp3152eec3card-info ydp3152eec3yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-size: auto; position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 100%; max-width: 400px; border-radius: 0px 0px 2px 2px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(224, 228, 233);"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="ydp3152eec3card-title" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-family: YahooSans VF, YahooSans, OpenSans VF, Helvetica Neue, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 34, 40); max-width: 314px;">Federal Assistance for California Salmon Fisheries available in 31 Count...</h2><p class="ydp3152eec3card-description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(151, 158, 168);">State of California</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
<p>“Some fishermen have already lost their businesses and many will in 
the coming months,” said RJ Waldron, who runs a charter fishing business
 out of the East Bay. Last year’s closure dried up his customers, and he
 put his sportfishing boat up for sale months ago.</p>
<p>“My dream of being a charter boat owner is very much a nightmare now.”</p>
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