After three consecutive years of closures and restrictions, Chinook salmon fishing is set to return to major Northern California river systems this summer and fall. … The California Fish and Game Commission approved new sportfishing regulations at its May 6 meeting, reopening salmon fishing on the Klamath, Trinity and Sacramento river systems following improved returns of adult Chinook salmon from the ocean. … [L]ate spring-run Chinook salmon fishing in the Klamath Basin will open July 1 and continue through Aug. 14 on the Klamath River and through Aug. 31 on the Trinity River. Fall-run Chinook fishing will begin Aug. 15 on the Klamath River and Sept. 1 on the Trinity River, continuing through Dec. 31.

Other anadromous fish news:

• Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): Salmon fishing is coming back to major Northern California rivers for the first time in three years
• California Trout: Blog: Fighting for southern steelhead – science, the law, and what’s at stake