From the Sacramento River to the coast, salmon populations have struggled to survive, and fishing for salmon in California has been canceled for the second season in a row, marking the third season in the state’s history a fishing ban has been in place. The heart of the problem: dams and climate change. …  Steve Lindley, director of NOAA’s Fisheries Ecology Division at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, said the removal of dams from Oregon to Northern California on the Klamath will help with survival even if drought returns.   

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