Salmon fishing in California will be off-limits for a third consecutive year in what anglers across the state are calling a “human tragedy.” Fishing regulators voted on Tuesday to restrict this year’s season to only a few days due to a dwindling number of salmon. The decision will hit commercial and recreational fishers alike.
A warning came earlier in the year from the Pacific Fishery Management Council, which manages West Coast fisheries, that salmon fishing would be limited this year, if possible at all. This was because of the predicted low number of fall-run Chinook salmon, or king salmon, in the Sacramento River.
