MAY 2008: AROUND THE STATE
Salmon
season sunk by total closure
THE COAST In a
move that surprised no one, a federal panel in April completely
shut down this year’s commercial ocean Chinook salmon
season, and placed massive limits on the Coho catch. A day
later, Oregon U.S. senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith sent a
joint letter to the Commerce Department asking the agency to
declare a “fishery failure,” which would allow
Congress to provide disaster assistance. “This
year’s salmon season will be the most restrictive in West
Coast history, and will have an extremely negative impact on
recreational and commercial fishermen and supporting businesses
up and down our coastline,” the senators wrote.
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