GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) -- Federal fisheries managers today took the initial step toward imposing what could be the strictest limits ever on West Coast salmon fishing amid a sharp drop in fish returning to California's Sacramento Valley.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council unanimously adopted three options for sport and commercial fishing off the Pacific Coast, including a complete shutdown of fishing off California and Oregon.
The closest the council has come to halting all salmon fishing was in 2006 when a decline in Northern California's Klamath River run forced severe catch limits.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Salmon fishing to be cancelled in Oregon and California?
With cancellations possible, this is looking to be a bleak and expensive year ahead regarding salmon.
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