Salmon populations are struggling, bringing economic woes for California’s fishing fleet
… The season typically runs from May to October, but California Chinook salmon populations have declined so severely in recent years that fishery authorities are considering whether to adopt severe restrictions this season or impose a ban on fishing altogether for the second consecutive year. … [Many salmon fishers lay] much of the blame on California water managers, who [they say] send too much water to farms and cities and deprive rivers of the cold flows salmon need to survive.
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