This week, the Pacific Fishery Management Council adopted recommendations for ocean salmon fishing along the West Coast; for an unprecedented third year in a row, the council has recommended closing commercial fishing off the California coast and allowing only limited commercial fishing in Oregon and Washington. … (Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations Executive Director Lisa )Damrosch told the Times-Standard that commercial fishermen have been feeling the effects of — and working to prevent — salmon population collapse in the Sacramento Valley. She stressed the PCFFA’s long-term goals of returning to a system of production hatcheries, if Californians want to continue to divert water to farming interests in Central and Southern California.

Other salmon news:

• California Trout: Blog: Strong salmon run and restoration funding flow into the Eel River, amidst third consecutive state commercial fishery closure​
• The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, Calif.): Editorial: More bad news for fishing communities