Earlier this month, California’s ocean recreational salmon fishing season closed for 2025. The recreational season lasted six days — after two fully closed seasons. California’s commercial fishing ...

Restoring water for salmon runs is restorative for the region’s people as it will improve water quality for all.” ...

Drought and water contracts diverted river flows, killing 75% of 2021 salmon eggs Overestimated ocean counts led to 2022 harvests that removed 75% of stocks Infrastructure failures and pollution in ...

Last week, California’s ocean recreational salmon fishing season closed for 2025. The recreational season lasted six days — after two fully closed seasons. California’s commercial fishing fleet has ...

Editor's note: This is another in an ongoing series by Tom Philp examining the precipitous decline of California's wild salmon and what can be done to head off extinction of the iconic fish. For ...