NOAA to allocate $21.3 million in support of California’s beleaguered commercial salmon fishery
California’s troubled commercial salmon fleet, fishing this year for the first time since 2022, is in store for some federal disaster aid after the Trump administration announced it would allocate $21.3 million to support the state’s beleaguered fishery. The June 17 announcement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, follows years of requests for help from a West Coast industry still reeling after a historic closure that banned all California salmon fishing in 2023, 2024 and 2025 due to low ocean forecasts of returning fish. … Salmon stocks have weathered sharp declines amid waves of drought, shifting ocean conditions and longstanding effects from dams, river diversions and other development that have decimated their spawning runs.
Other fishery news:
- KRCR (Redding, Calif.): NOAA to send $123 million in disaster relief to West Coast salmon fisheries
- Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): After three brutal years, California’s salmon season is finally open again
- Active NorCal (Redding, Calif.): The state just threatened $5,000-a-day fines over clay discharge into a Humboldt County salmon stream
- KDRV (Medford, Ore.): Klamath River salmon wins Endangered Species Act protection in court ruling
- California Trout: Blog: New report maps out blueprint for Klamath River steelhead recovery: anglers can make that a reality
