Commercial salmon fishing along the California coast will return for the first time since 2022 after a federal fishery council found on April 12 some Chinook populations have rebounded.
Golden State Salmon Association members said the reopening was “long-awaited” but is still not a full recovery of the season.
“We’re cautiously optimistic,” the association’s executive director Vance Staplin said in a statement April 12. “Businesses up and down the coast are desperate for the economic boost this season will bring, especially after so many recent bad years of no business caused by the shutdown of salmon fishing.”
Recovery of Sacramento River fall-run Chinook and Klamath River fall-run Chinook has allowed for more ocean salmon fishing opportunities this year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced….