Great news. I live in the area this story was filmed in and have been to that pro shop. I really hope they can weather a lost season and feel bad for the tough times ahead. But I’m happy and proud that our state is willing to take drastic measures to protect the resource. I hope that as we focus on balance and stewardship, populations of salmon, and abalone, to continue to rebound so that the fisheries are healthy and reopened, and we can all enjoy the bounty from this region’s ocean.
California cancels salmon fishing season
11–20 of 231 posts
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#12I've been Salmon fishing in California since I can remember. There are few things I love more than being on the water going for Kings as the sun comes up. I'm really bummed we won't have a season, but having more fish in the future is worth the short term cost.
It can’t hurt, but I don’t think something like this is really going to fix the problem. Dams, water levels abs temperatures, ocean trawling, acidification … there’s lots and lots of stress on salmon population aside from anglers.
Fixing a multifaceted problem requires multifaceted solutions. It can definitely help.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#13> Last year, 196,000 adult fish were expected to return to the Sacramento River to spawn but only 60,000 showed up. 70% decline If your business depends on this fishing season, what do you do? Go bartend?
>> 196,000 adult fish were expected to return
> If your business depends on this fishing season
It seems that there's more people than fish. Draughts, overfishing, pollution ... not much perspective in that.
If I may ... plant based has a future, fishing ... not so sure.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#14> For years, the salmon fishing industry has been locked in a political struggle in the legislature and the courts over how much water is being allocated to Central Valley farmers. An estimated 80 percent of the state's water goes to agriculture, leaving cities and fisheries to fight over what's left.
This is the core issue. With droughts tending to increase rather than decrease, CA probably needs to reevaluate its commitment to supporting its (very large) agribusinesses.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#15It's not just the draughts.
https://www.seaspiracy.org/facts
"Species like thresher, bull and hammerhead sharks have lost up to 80-99% of their populations in the last two decades.
Seabird populations have declined by 70% since the 1950's.
Studies estimate that up to 40% of all marine life caught is thrown overboard as bycatch.
Six out of seven species of sea turtles are either threatened or endangered due to fishing.
Over 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed as bycatch every year.
2.7 trillion fish are caught every year, or up to 5 million caught every minute.
Fish populations are in decline to near extinction.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#16> Last year, 196,000 adult fish were expected to return to the Sacramento River to spawn but only 60,000 showed up. 70% decline If your business depends on this fishing season, what do you do? Go bartend?
Start a catfish farm. https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/reeling-in-the-doug...
Catfish is not great.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#17> Last year, 196,000 adult fish were expected to return to the Sacramento River to spawn but only 60,000 showed up. 70% decline If your business depends on this fishing season, what do you do? Go bartend?
If I set up shop as a Blackberry developer and RIM goes out of business, I have a tough year as I regroup and figure out next steps for myself.
Every business has dependencies outside of its control, and yeah, sometimes you may have to go bartend for a bit. It sucks, but business never comes with total guarantees. Planning for this stuff can help.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#18It's not just the draughts. https://www.seaspiracy.org/facts "Species like thresher, bull and hammerhead sharks have lost up to 80-99% of their populations in the last two decades. Seabird populations have declined by 70% since the 1950's. Studies estimate that up to 40% of all marine life caught is thrown overboard as bycatch. Six out of seven species of sea turtles are either threatened or endangered due to fishing…
Studies estimate that up to 40% of all marine life caught is thrown overboard as bycatch.
This is a fairly important part. It’s one thing to fish and eat. It’s another thing to fish and destroy. Trawling is the strip mining of the sea.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#19> For years, the salmon fishing industry has been locked in a political struggle in the legislature and the courts over how much water is being allocated to Central Valley farmers. An estimated 80 percent of the state's water goes to agriculture, leaving cities and fisheries to fight over what's left. This is the core issue. With droughts tending to increase rather than decrease, CA probably needs to reevaluate its c…
CA needs to rethink its water law. Parts of the agribusiness industry are at least providing decent bang for the gallon. But the fact that there are fields of low value alfalfa being watered tells you the incentives are all screwed up.
Re: California cancels salmon fishing season
#20> For years, the salmon fishing industry has been locked in a political struggle in the legislature and the courts over how much water is being allocated to Central Valley farmers. An estimated 80 percent of the state's water goes to agriculture, leaving cities and fisheries to fight over what's left. This is the core issue. With droughts tending to increase rather than decrease, CA probably needs to reevaluate its c…
[flagged]