Commercial salmon fishing season has been closed in California for the past several months and fishermen in Half Moon Bay are 'struggling just to try and survive.'
Back in March, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the drought from recent years limited salmon's ability to breed and that there weren't enough to open the commercial season this year.
"We're just hoping to weather the storm and the economy and everything will turn around, maybe the politics will straighten out, not going to hold my breath," he said."With the closures of the salmon, and also the closures on the groundfish, the rockfish for us, my business is off over 90 percent," Captain William "Smitty" Smith, Owner of Riptide Sportfishing said. "I am struggling just to try and survive.
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