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Economist says salmon closure cost 1,800 their jobs, not 23,000

Posted by: Maven on April 6, 2010 at 7:46 am

From Stockton’s Record:

“Job losses in the salmon fishing industry are not as severe as fishers claim, says a University of the Pacific economist who angered farmers last year with similar findings about unemployment in the south San Joaquin Valley.

Jeff Michael, director of the university’s Business Forecasting Center, has not been afraid to take on either side in the rhetoric-rich conflict over the Delta and the state’s water supply.

“I’m amazed at some of the numbers that can be thrown around about jobs and employment on all kinds of issues and just be treated as if they’re fact,” Michael said Monday.

Farmers and Valley politicians repeatedly said last year that unemployment rates in some areas were close to 40 percent because less water had been pumped out of the Delta to protect the diminutive Delta smelt. … “

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April 6, 2010 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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