Fall-run Chinook salmon migrate and spawn in the Feather River near Oroville in November. California wildlife officials will reopen limited Chinook salmon fishing on the Mokelumne, Feather and ...

A federal regulatory group voted Thursday to officially close king salmon fishing season along much of the West Coast after near-record low numbers of the fish, also known as chinook, returned to ...

California regulators have decided to ban fishing for chinook salmon on the state’s rivers for a second year in a row, in effort to help the species recover from major population declines.

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The fishing industry was promised $20 million in federal disaster relief in early 2024. Those funds are due to be distributed this summer, said Sarah Bates, a San Francisco salmon fisher.

BUT THE SHELF LIFE FOR SOME OF THEM HAS BEEN MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL. A LACK OF SALMON FISHING. WE’VE PROBABLY LOST 18 TO 20% OF OUR BUSINESS FOR NO SALMON FISHING ALLOWED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

Last month, a public federal process determined there will be no commercial salmon fishing off California’s coast for the third year in a row. It’s a grim milestone for our state. While we ...