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Barry Nelson: The future of the California salmon industry

Posted by: Maven on February 2, 2010 at 8:31 am

From Barry Nelson at the NRDC Switchboard blog:

“Tomorrow, a federal district court in Fresno will hear a request from water users south of the Delta for a temporary restraining order to block protections under the Endangered Species Act for threatened and endangered species that are harmed by water project operations in the Central Valley. These species include winter-run Chinook salmon, spring-run Chinook salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon, delta smelt and even orca (which feed on anadromous fish from the Bay-Delta system). Although the fall-run Chinook salmon is not among these listed species, the fate of the fall-run – and the fate of California’s salmon fishery – may also hang in the balance.

The Central Valley fall-run is the backbone of the commercial and recreational salmon fishery in California and southern Oregon. The protections in place under the current federal biological opinion for listed salmon species also protect the young fall run currently migrating through the Delta and out the Golden Gate, to rear in the ocean. These protections are helping to give this fish – and the fishery – a fighting chance. … “

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February 2, 2010 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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