Near-record low numbers of Chinook salmon across California and Oregon prompted the National Marine Fisheries Service to postpone the start of the 2023 salmon fishing season through May and to reco…
The agency also proposed plans to keep California closed for salmon fishing through April 2024.
Both showed the second-lowest numbers since records began. Only in 2009, another drought year, returned numbers lower. “The 2023 salmon season discussions have been dominated by the severely low forecasts for both the Klamath and Sacramento River fall Chinook stocks”, said PFMC Executive Director Merrick Burden in a statement.
Continuous droughts in the area and an increasing number of dams have put the species’ survival in danger.Traverso said that other salmon populations are not thriving either. , lots of barriers to fish passage like dams, increased human presence and infrastructure and climate disruption,” Traverso said.
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