Facing the continued collapse of Chinook salmon, officials today shut down California’s commercial salmon fishing season for an unprecedented third year in a row. Under the decision by an interstate fisheries agency, recreational salmon fishing will be allowed in California for only brief windows of time this spring. This will be the first year that any sportfishing of Chinook has been allowed since 2022. … The decline of California’s salmon follows decades of deteriorating conditions in the waterways where the fish spawn each year, including the Sacramento and Klamath rivers.

Other salmon news:

• San Francisco Chronicle: California salmon fishing will be closed for the third year in a row
• Los Angeles Times: U.S. panel calls for suspending commercial salmon fishing in California for third year
• The Independent (London, U.K.): Californian salmon industry suffers despite Trump promise to put ‘people over fish’
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife: News release: Pacific Fishery Management Council recommends limited recreational ocean salmon season, continued closure for commercial salmon fishing off California