Friday March 31, 2023
PhysOrg —
State officials were supposed to take a conservative approach to approving salmon fishing season this year—and they did.
California’s fishing season had been scheduled to open April 1. Instead, as a result of low salmon projections, the season has been canceled.
Salmon provides more to the state than meets the eye.
“People don’t realize how much California’s a salmon state,” said Micheal Milstein, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesman. “The Sacramento River is one of the big salmon rivers off the West Coast.”