The question for the past year on most northern California anglers’ lips has been: Will there be a salmon season in 2025? That question has changed to: Why bother having a salmon season? That question is based upon the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s annual salmon information meeting and the three proposed alternatives listed by the Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC). A third consecutive year of an ocean and river salmon closure will further devastate the economies of northern California’s coastal communities, the proposed alternatives are based on a 4,000-fish commercial quota and a 12-day ocean recreational season at best.
–Written by Dave Hurley, a fishing writer and member of the California Outdoors Hall of Fame.

Other fishery news:

• Reuters: How Trump’s regulatory freeze is disrupting the US fishing industry
• Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, Calif.): Lagunitas Creek salmon habitat project nears next stage
• Lake County Record-Bee (Lakeport, Calif.): Hitch habitat restoration being executed yet still could use more funding
• SFGate: New study shows a rare salmon population is on the rise in a Northern California creek​