California's fishing fleet depends on catching Chinook salmon. Low population numbers could lead regulators to shut down or sharply limit fishing this year.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently released its California Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier ...

In California, people that depend on dwindling salmon populations say they stand to lose everything if more water is diverted ...

Languages: English. In 2023 and 2024, California officials installed a statewide ban on salmon fishing amid concerningly low population numbers of the Sacramento Valley's fall-run Chinook salmon.

Smith, known as “Captain Smitty”, now spends time on the seas with aspiring whale watchers, or scattering the ashes of the ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced the California Salmon Strategy for a Hotter, Drier Future in January 2024 to help ...

Why bother having a salmon season? That question is based upon the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s annual salmon ...

Huge bass released and bite improved at Eastman Hensley, Alan Vang reported. Don Pedro king salmon hitting, Monte Smith said.

Droughts in California have taken a toll not only on the farmers but also those who make their living out at sea fishing, ...

Smitty,” now spends time on the seas with aspiring whale watchers, or scattering the ashes of the deceased — whatever it takes to stay afloat since salmon fishing was barred in California two ...

LOS ANGELES — California’s salmon population has declined so severely over the last several years that regulators canceled the fishing season in 2023 and again in 2024. This year, state ...