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The Central Valley will again experience a curtailed recreational salmon fishing season this year, the result of a historically low population of fall-run chinook.
The California Fish and Game Commission on Tuesday ruled that fishing will be allowed only on the Sacramento River between Knights Landing and the Lower Red Bluff Boat Ramp, and only between Nov. 16 and Dec. 31. Anglers may keep only one salmon per day and possess only one at any time.
All other areas of the Sacramento River and its tributaries, including the American and Feather rivers, are closed to salmon fishing.
The commission also affirmed a closure of commercial salmon fishing in all ocean waters off the California coast, in accord with a previous decision by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. It approved a limited recreational ocean catch, as well as a limited recreational season on the Klamath and Trinity rivers.
The Central Valley fall-run chinook was once the largest salmon run on the West Coast, but its numbers plunged amid poor ocean conditions and environmental problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
– Matt Weiser
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The California Fish and Game Commission on Tuesday ruled that fishing will be allowed only on the Sacramento River between Knights Landing and the Lower Red Bluff Boat Ramp, and only between Nov. 16 and Dec. 31. Anglers may keep only one salmon per day and possess only one at any time.
All other areas of the Sacramento River and its tributaries, including the American and Feather rivers, are closed to salmon fishing.
The commission also affirmed a closure of commercial salmon fishing in all ocean waters off the California coast, in accord with a previous decision by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council. It approved a limited recreational ocean catch, as well as a limited recreational season on the Klamath and Trinity rivers.
The Central Valley fall-run chinook was once the largest salmon run on the West Coast, but its numbers plunged amid poor ocean conditions and environmental problems in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
– Matt Weiser
More...
