Tuesday Top of the Scroll: After years of closure, California salmon fishing set to reopen this spring — with tight limits
For the first time in four years, salmon fishing seasons will open in California for both commercial and recreational use this spring. … The sport fishing season will open first, on April 11 in ocean waters south of Pigeon Point, about 30 miles north of Santa Cruz. The commercial season, which has been closed in the state since 2023 due to low stock numbers, is set to open in California in mid-May, with a final date and regulations to be set in mid-April. The recreational fishery had only limited openings in 2025 following closures in 2023 and 2024 for the same reason. … The goal of the restrictions is to ensure plenty of adult fish return to the spawning grounds [in rivers] and hatcheries this fall, said the CDFW.
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