The Guardian
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2023-03-24
Ocean salmon fishing ban off California and Oregon as stocks plummet
Adult fall-run Chinook salmon returned to California’s rivers in near record low numbers in 2022
Adult fall-run Chinook salmon returned to California’s rivers in near record low numbers in 2022
SAN DIEGO (AP) — As drought dried up rivers that carry California’s newly hatched Chinook salmon to the ocean, state officials in recent years resorted to loading up the fish by the millions onto trucks and barges to take them to the Pacific.
The trees have been planted along the River Dove near Uttoxeter to support wildlife.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government ruled Monday that the last wild Atlantic salmon in the country can coexist with hydroelectric dams on a Maine river, dealing a blow to environmentalists who have long sought to remove the dams.