Anti-Salmon Mood in Congress Worries Fishermen- earthjustice

Despite surge in fall chinook run, Sacramento fish protections still needed

Sacramento River salmon

 

The excitement for the return of wild king salmon to restaurants and stores this spring and summer is nearly matched by anxiety.
People fear that this now-rebounding seafood mainstay and regional jobs powerhouse will be decimated by politically driven efforts in Congress to gut science-based protections for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Basin.

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